Off to Sedona, Arizona

Today we're leaving to fly to Sedona. I have been invited by my friend to give a lecture at his camera club. The subject is "An Introduction to HDR". From what he tells me, a good part of the members have never heard of hdr or think it's the work of the devil and has no place in photography. It should be interesting. Wish me luck.

John Paul Caponigro has written a wonderful article

John Paul is one of my favorite photographers and teachers. Over the years I have learned much from his wonderful style of teaching and his deep incites into the "Why" of photography. This time I think he has outdone himself with a wonderful article posted on Scott Kelby's Guest Wednesday blog post. You can find it here. His thesis is Personal Projects. It's clear message will push you into planning yours.

I have had a few ideas for personal projects that have not yet taking shape. This article will help in moving those along. I'll keep you informed as they do.

To our followers in Japan

I have seen the devastating videos and find it hard to comprehend the tragedy. I know that all that can be done is being done to help in the recovery efforts. I wish you well.

Trey Ratcliff's 9 HDR tips, a must read

A friend asked if he would contribute to her blog. He wrote these nine tips for HDR but they are tips for photography and photographers in general. There are some very interesting thoughts in this short piece. It may shake up some of your own thinking. Let me know what you think. You can find it here.

Kelby TV Introduces a new show, "The Grid" is on the air

Yesterday, Scott's newest show made it's debut on Kelby TV. "The Grid" is a new weekly talk show hosted by Scott and Matt Kloskowski about Photoshop, Photography and everything else in between. It airs every Monday at 12:30 pm EDT and will feature a different guest each week. You can watch the first show here. I think you'll like it.

Catching up and a NIK announcement

I apologize that I haven't posted in a while, but I'm back now and plan to post on some kind of regular schedule. No excuses to offer other than sometimes life goes by too fast.
On a much more important note, NIK software has announced the shipping of their updated SilverEfexPro2. If you have never used Silver Efex Pro for your black and white images, you don't know what your missing. Now they have added some additional very cool features that give you more control.
I know I have mentioned this before, maybe many time, but you should take a look at Trey Ratcliff's blog. If your in to HDR, StuckInCustoms is absolutly the best place to find information on how to use the HDR process correctly.