To download the photoshop actions from the iHeart Advance Photoshop class click here. THIS ACTION FILE HAS A ‘TXT file extender tacked on the end of the file to allow it to be uploaded to the website. ONCE DOWNLOADED, ERASE THE .TXT from the file BEFORE LOADING IT TO…
I glanced at the weather app on Tuesday and realized that it was the last day on the 10 day forecast where the weather was warm enough for a nice photo day outside. So I grabbed the camera and headed the hour drive to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch outside…
Last night was a beautiful evening in San Antonio so I took advantage of the warm weather and went to the Old West Christmas Light Fest in Boerne, Texas. This event is held at the Enchanted Springs Ranch which is just outside Boerne on Hwy 46. You drive through holiday…
I spend a few hours at Guadalupe State Park yesterday. Several images still need to be processed, but here are a just three of the ones I have finished. Monochromes work well for this area because the gnarly tree roots along the river just lend themselves to the high contrast…
We don’t get strong autumn colors around San Antonio but we can drive an hour to the north west to a couple of state parks and depending on the weather and the rainfall, we might see a bit of yellow and orange before the winter brown settles in. This year…
While up at Fort Worth last week, I went to the zoo. I have not started editing the over 500 images that I kept AFTER the first cut of the captures that day. And if that wasn’t enough, my friend asked me to join him at the zoo Thursday, so…
https://www.thepixelmixer.com/PUBLIC-GALLERIES/CURATED-COLLECTIONS/COMPETITION Mid-September the Professional Photographers of America held their annual International Photographic Competition where photographers and artist from all over the country submit there best work to be judged for Imaging Excellence and the Grand Imaging Awards. This year, over 5000 prints and digital images were submitted for review. This…
I’ve been going through my Lightroom folders and selecting out images that I think will render well as black and white images. Today I picked this image of the Guadalupe State River Park. I use to live just about 1o minutes from the park before we sold our house so…
Robben Island is just north west of Cape Town, South Africa and the site of the prison where political activist Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of the 27 years he was imprisoned for his beliefs prior to the fall of the apartheid. While on a tour to South Africa…
I purchased an ebook the other night and I’m about 60% finished reading it. I have always loved the simplicity of Black and White photography and this book has definitely inspired me to return to another one of my photography loves, landscape photography in black in white. While I have…