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Digital Photography Reviews

REVIEW: Custom Actions and Preset bundles by Sleeklens

Review: Bundled Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Custom Presets and Brushes by Sleeklens I recently was given an opportunity to try out and play with several bundled Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Preset kits offered by the company, Sleeklens. If you're a photographer who is looking for a jumpstart on your creative…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 8, 2016

California Digital Eastern Sierra Mountains Photos

That Crazy Nikon D800 HDR issue

Picture: Beaver Pond along Mill Creek, Lundy Canyon, Mono County, Eastern Sierra, California There are times when we come across a scene that we, as experienced photographers, know has an exposure range that is beyond what our camera is capable of recording in a single frame. With that in mind,…

Gary CrabbeNovember 13, 2014

California Coast Digital Photos Reviews Stock Photography Sunset Uncategorized

REVIEW: The Complete Guide to Luminosity Masks Video Tutorial

Picture: Sunset over San Gregorio State Beach, San Mateo County coast, California This last summer, during my six-week family vacation hiatus, I knew I was going to get very little real work done. So to feel like I was still being productive, I reached out to a few fellow photographers…

Gary CrabbeDecember 16, 2013

Digital Newsworthy Panorama Photo Business Photos Trees

You want it how BIG? (pt.1)

Picture: Redwood forest panorama, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, California Click on the photo to see the image larger. I may have previously mentioned in passing that I was working on a pretty big image. Earlier this year I met with a design team working on a project for…

Gary CrabbeOctober 11, 2012

California Digital Mountains National Parks Photo Business Photos Stock Photography Uncategorized

Yosemite Redux – why keeping those extra frames matter.

Picture: El Capitan and Half Dome during a late winter sunset, Yosemite National Park, California This week I had a potential client call and ask about a portfolio image similar to the one above. He asked about having Half Dome lighter. I gave him an example of how (IMHO) poorly…

Gary CrabbeMay 21, 2011

California Digital Photo Business Photos Spring Sunset

Classic California Hills in Color

Picture: Sunset along the green hills of Bolinas Ridge in Spring, Mount Tamalpais State Park, Marin County, California Two things caused me to post this image today. First, I've been following a discussion about the 'history' of (over)saturated color landscape photography on David Leland Hyde's weblog. The second factor is…

Gary CrabbeMay 12, 2011

Books Digital Photographers Photos Reviews

Light & Land by Michael Frye

Picture: Redbud reflection along the Merced River, California. Photo Courtesy and © Michael Frye Over the recent New Year's holiday, I had a chance to read the new e-book, Light & Land; Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom, by veteran landscape and Yosemite photographer, Michael Frye. Published as part of the…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 18, 2011

Barns Farms and Rural Scenes California Digital Photos

Drawing the Line, Crossing the Line, & Erasing the Line

Picture: High Tension Power Transmission Lines and Towers in the local hills, near Martinez, California After taking time this year to move my office and catch up on a number of back-burner home & office projects, and the hell that was last year, I'm slowly starting to de-lurk and poke…

Gary CrabbeDecember 17, 2010

Buildings and Architecture California Digital Photos

What’s old is new

Picture: Bidwell Mansion, Chico, California I tended to include "No HDR" with many of my landscape images posted online. I heard too many people say, "great use of HDR" at a time when I never used any automated HDR process on my images. Not long ago, I finally experimented with…

Gary CrabbeJanuary 20, 2010

California Digital Photos rocks Travel

Some HDR Required – or maybe not…

Picture(s): Lava Tube Cave Entrance, Lava Beds National Monument, Modoc County, California. Those people that know me and have seen my image postings around the internet may have seen many of my postings contain the phrase, "No HDR". The only reason I posted that, and have mentioned before, is that…

Gary CrabbeNovember 22, 2009

California Digital Photos Sunset

A venture over to the dark side

Picture: Early evening light over Mount Diablo from Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California Two great tests today. The first is this test of the hosted embed widget from my PhotoShelter Archive. (It works.) The second, and much more significant venture, is more akin to that Anakin Skywalker's trek…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 30, 2009

Digital Newsworthy Photo Business Photo Contests Photos

How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing?

Pictures: Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, California. The first is a straight RAW file; the second represents my standard image processing, which took less than 30 seconds, and the third is a "hyper-processed", highly-saturated image like might often be seen on Flickr. Processing note; the only other manipulation…

Gary CrabbeApril 22, 2009

Digital Photo Business Stock Photography

Testing LicenseStream One Two Ten Thousand

A good number of companies came racing to the aid of photographers in the wale of the Digital Railroad trainwreck. Like purveyors of private ambulance services, many touted the line "let us help save you". One company that has surfaced is LicenseStream. The company seems to be in a beta…

Gary CrabbeNovember 3, 2008

Digital Photo Business Photos

Fake Photo Detective

Some of you readers had a chance to see my post this last week regarding a fake reflection filter used on a slot canyon photo. Although I've since deleted that post, one of my favorite shows brings this subject to light. I'm a huge fan of the PBS show, NOVA,…

Gary CrabbeAugust 27, 2008

Digital Newsworthy Photo Business

A “Fixed” News Photo – You decide

So this evening I was doing some random surfing on the internet; and speaking of surfing... Check out this photo taken during this years Maverick's Surf Contest by photographer Brant Ward. The image appears on the SFGate.com photo gallery pages. The SFGate is owned by Hearst Newspapers, and everything about…

Gary CrabbeMay 9, 2008

Digital

Understanding that funny fuzzy line thingy

In following with my last post, I found another good explanation page for something most amateur photographers know nothing about; the Historgram. One of the keys to improving your photography is to gain an understanding of how your camera sees the world - and it doesn't see it like your…

Gary CrabbeOctober 24, 2007

Digital

REVIEW: Custom Actions and Preset bundles by Sleeklens

That Crazy Nikon D800 HDR issue

REVIEW: The Complete Guide to Luminosity Masks Video Tutorial

You want it how BIG? (pt.1)

Yosemite Redux – why keeping those extra frames matter.

Classic California Hills in Color

Light & Land by Michael Frye

Drawing the Line, Crossing the Line, & Erasing the Line

What’s old is new

Some HDR Required – or maybe not…

A venture over to the dark side

How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing?

Testing LicenseStream One Two Ten Thousand

Fake Photo Detective

A “Fixed” News Photo – You decide

Understanding that funny fuzzy line thingy

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