This has got to be my favorite doorway, the lounge entrance at a Lucille’s steakhouse here in SoCal. Ironically, I’ve never used this door, but have been in the main entrance (100′ ft. 7″ to the south, as it says). I captured this image with an iPhone and followed it with some post processing using Read more about Today’s artsy: Flying Pig Lounge[…]
I was out last evening and upon exiting a store got surprised by the largest rainbow I had ever seen, in SoCal or anywhere else! A complete arc across the sky, full spectrum colors, and it lingered for quite awhile. I only had an iPhone with me so I captured what I could. This first Read more about Right place, right time, wrong camera![…]
Topaz Clarity is now a part of Topaz Studio! To celebrate, Topaz is giving a 30% discount on the Clarity Pack in the Topaz Studio Store, priced at just $34.99 through September 12th, 2017. No coupon code is needed (the price is automatically discounted in the store). With improvements to the Precision Contrast and HSL Read more about Topaz Clarity news: Included in Topaz Studio, discounted[…]
I just got word from PhotoWhoa that they are offering a mega-bundle of 11,000 Lightroom presets for $49, original value $1K. Speaking of PhotoWhoa, keep an eye on all the other useful free and discounted stuff they offer (digital imaging software, photography training, etc.). Offers do expire, so if you see something you like… Thanks Read more about Lightroom users! The ultimate preset bundle[…]
I’ve been away from posting for a bit because I work in higher ed IT and next week classes start… All summer I’ve been busy working on reimaging and updating computer labs. Beginning this past semester I had the very large Visual Arts department added to my “evil empire”, as my supervisor calls it. My Read more about Buzy dayz![…]
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In the course of taking your images, you are sure to generate a fair number of clunkers. Our common practice when later reviewing the results of a shoot on the computer is to delete all the ones with technical or other issues without giving it a second thought. Here’s an unretouched/uncropped example of an image Read more about Don’t delete it![…]
PhotoWhoa, whom we featured a few posts ago, has always got an incredible amount of photography-related deals going on, such as this one expiring 8/6: LAST CHANCE – $19 TODAY, $500 Tomorrow: 29 Photoshop Action Sets with 1850 Actions. You can save an additional 10% off any PhotoWhoa deal by using coupon code “PLUGSNPIXELS” Also Read more about Heads up: A timely deal on Photoshop actions[…]
Maybe you remember the Love Boat TV show, where B- and C-list actors kept working well past their prime making cameo appearances. My very dated collection of celebrity photos reminds me of this scenario, since they’re so old, taken from the late ’70s until about a decade ago. If you look these people up now Read more about My “Love Boat” of celebrity photos[…]
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