Cover of Rangefinder Magazine with Peter Hurley
I retouched a portfolio image for New York City photographer, Peter Hurley about a year ago. Peter has this incredible knack for capturing the raw emotion and expression from a person. One of my...
View ArticleReal-time Word Document Editing / Collaboration With Google Docs
I was recently needing to work on a word document with another person today in real-time. I’ve done this in the past over gChat or emailing however this is cumbersome and inefficient if you want to...
View ArticleUtah Mighty 5 Ad
Utah has some of the most beautiful natural landscapes that exist. For that reason it’s always exciting to have the opportunity to work on projects for Utah’s Tourism department creating some unique...
View ArticleDeath Bunny in Film Noir-esk
I worked on the retouching and compositing for this film noir-esk image for Taylor Castle, printed in this month’s Chiacgo Magazine. I created this image from a photo of the super cute bunny on...
View ArticleIndependent Contractor Agreements: Private Sector’s Restriction of Free...
In the six years I have been a self employed / freelance creative I have came across independent contractor agreements that contain wording that you just don’t want to sign, it happens to everyone. The...
View ArticleGet Ranked on Google’s First Page
With over 100 billion searches on Google per month and over 900 million unique users, getting ranked on Google’s first page for keywords that are relevant to the right people finding your website is...
View ArticleWorkbook 35 Image
It is always such a treat to see the new edition of the photography Workbook and when I saw Linda Levy at an APA event last week she shared the new book with me. It is amazing to see the amount of...
View ArticlePhotoshop Scratch Disk Speed and Size
When it comes to using Photoshop the weakest link in your computer setup is your hard drive unless you are using a higher transfer speed solid state drive (SSD) such as a Corsair Neutron or Crucial M4...
View ArticleChicago Flag Graphic with Fabric Texture
I am currently working on a project and needed a graphic of Chicago’s flag. I would like to share this with anyone who can use it to create works about Chicago. Below are large jpegs of a graphic...
View ArticlePermanently Turn Off Windows 8 Magnifier
After recently purchasing a new workstation and laptop for my Photoshop work I was confronted again with an old issue. The Windows Magnifier that opens as a result of the shortcut combination of...
View ArticleNokia Lumia 1020 Images … A Real Camera Phone
Three months ago I excitedly purchased the new Nokia Lumia 1020 phone. I was interested in it as much for the camera as the Windows Phone OS to replace my Android phone. Which now makes me a completely...
View ArticleFall Cycling Portfolio Piece with Matthew Bowie
Photographer Matthew Bowie and I started talking about collaborating on an ongoing series of unique images last month. Not long after that we set out to look for a background plate for an existing...
View ArticleColorado Mountain Sunrise by Ashton Ray Hansen
As soon as Ashton sent me this image of a Colorado mountain sunrise I was super excited to work on it for him. I don’t get many landscape images with such perfect lighting that comes across my computer...
View ArticleTaylor Castle’s New Website
Photographer Taylor Castle, whom I have been working with consitatnly over the last two years has launched a new website. It has a lot of images with quite a few of them being projects and portfolio...
View ArticleSan Juan, Puerto Rico Trip
At the end of March I took my first vacation in what seemed like quite some time. We decided on San Juan, Puerto Rico for our trip. Like any Caribbean island the weather was perfect everyday with sunny...
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