Tips for using the before and after view in Lightroom 4
August 26, 2012 by Mark
Filed under Lightroom, Post Production
Tweet One feature of Lightroom that can always come in handy is the before and after view in the develop module. This gives you a nice view of the photo as it first started and lets you compare it with the current version. You can access the before and after view anytime by clicking on [...]
Our 700th Photography Article
Tweet I always post a little recap when we hit 100 articles on the site. For me it really just blows my mind how fast time flys by and also is fun to take a minute to sit back and see some of the top posts we had over the past few months. I have [...]
Digital Photo Buzz Store Page
Tweet We have released a few products over the years that help to support the cost of running this site that many of you might have missed. Today you will notice a new Store button at the top that is going to be a place for me to showcase all of the products that we [...]
Photoshop Smart Object Toning Techniques
August 21, 2012 by Mark
Filed under Post Production
Tweet Toning our images is a huge part of the artistic process to get just the right look and mood for the image we captured. In this video you can see how to give an ordinary image some extra pop by using an overlay image plus an adjustment layers. It’s a great trick and a [...]
HIpstamatic going under?
Tweet Synthetic Corp who makes Hipstamatic is going through some changes and it looks like laying off most of the designers and programmers in the company. For those of you who don’t know this app, Hipstamatic was one of the first photo filter apps out there on the iOS app store and a really great [...]
Photo of the month – awesome night shot
August 16, 2012 by Mark
Filed under Photographers Spotlight
Tweet Today I am starting back up a feature that we had awhile back and then put on the back burner for a little while. So many of you have amazing work that you are creating and really creative stuff. I want to highlight cool and unique shots out there and tell a little bit [...]
5 Great ways to Automate Lightroom
August 15, 2012 by Mark
Filed under Lightroom, Post Production
Tweet As digital photographers we spend way too much time in front of the computer and not enough outside enjoying the beauty around us. Part of what can help you get as much creative time as possible is making sure to automate as many things in Lightroom and Photoshop as possible. There are so many [...]
Canon Rebates are back
Tweet Canon has a new set of rebates for Flashes, Lenses and Select camera bodies that is running from now until September 1st, 2012. Rebate time is always a great time to get that lens that you have been on the fence on so if you were thinking of a new piece of glass nows [...]
Sharpening your photos in Lightroom 4
August 10, 2012 by Mark
Filed under Lightroom, Post Production
Tweet Sharpening sometimes can be one of those overlooked things in our post production flow. It’s one of those things that really can give our work that final polish and additional pop that it needs and I think sometimes can just be a little misunderstood. Im working on a few articles on sharpening so check [...]
4 Tips on Photographing Fireworks
August 9, 2012 by Mark
Filed under Shooting Tips & Inspiration
Tweet Today’s post is a guest post from Rob James. Top Tips For Photographing Fireworks Photographing fireworks can be difficult, given the speed and brightness by which they appear, and the practical issue of working within a large crowd of people. There are several different ways to think through the process of shooting fireworks, from [...]




