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Orchid Exhibit at the Denver Botanic Garden
The Denver Botanic Garden is having its annual orchid exhibit from January 12, 2012 through February 20, 2012. The event has more than 200 flooring orchids on display. The garden is open from 9 AM to 5 PM. The exhibit is put on by the Denver orchid Society. Below is a video of our recent […]
Learn Adobe Lightroom 4 BETA Fast with Chris Orwig
Adobe has just announced its release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 beta. I am really excited about the new features in this version of Lightroom. I would like to also introduce Chris Orwig photography instructor. Chris has just released his free new 2 hour training video on Photoshop Lightroom 4 Beta at Lynda.com. Adobe Photoshop […]
Fun with Topaz Labs Lens Effect Plug-in
Topaz Labs Lensing Effect is a Photoshop plug-in that adds realistic depth of field simulation and creative filters like neutral density, polarizing, fog, prism affect, soft focus, and much much more. This gives you the flexibility after the shot to add some pretty cool effects without the cost of expensive lenses and add-on filters. The […]
The Ghost Town of Bonanza Colorado
Last spring we made a trip down to the Great Sand Dunes National Park. We decided to take a different route home than we normally take so from the Sand Dunes we headed north on Highway 285 in the San Luis Valley towards Poncha Springs, Colorado. On the way we discovered there was a turnoff […]
This Christmas give the gift of knowledge!
Lynda.com has over 65,000 tutorials and all at a very reasonable monthly price. Lynda.com has an extensive list of courses on photography, including lightroom, Photoshop, video editing, graphic design and other applications, such as web design, WordPress, programming languages, operating systems, Microsoft office, Apple applications and much much more. Give the gift of education at […]
Free 2012 Vintage Car Calendar
The new year is almost here and it’s time for a new calendar. I hope you enjoy our new 2012 vintage car calendar. You can print it on plane or photo paper, save it to your computer, share it with your friends. I will also be producing a 2012 Colorado calendar in the next couple […]
Colorado National Monument
On our last trip to Moab, Utah we decided to take a side trip through Colorado National Monument which is just outside of Grand Junction. We’ve driven by Grand Junction many times and stopped for dinner or lunch just off the freeway as we passed on by, but never really stopped to see Grand Junction […]
Shooting with the Nikon D7000 at Lynda.com
Shooting with the Nikon D7000 digital SLR camera – The author, Ben Long, provides a detailed overview of all the functionality of the Nikon D7000 digital SLR camera. Ben has authored 9 photography training videos for Lynda.com to date. The course starts off with what is a DSLR then moves on to how to […]
Topaz Adjust 5 Just Released
Topaz labs has just announced its release of Topaz adjust 5. As an owner of Topaz adjust. I get a free upgrade. The new version has 107 new presets, a selective brush that allows you to dodge burn smooth and brush out adjustments, a new apply button which allows you to stack multiple effects and […]
Good Times Car Show Old Colorado City in HDR
20th Annual GOOD TIMES CAR SHOW. The Good Times Car Show was held at Bancraft Park in Old Colorado City on Sunday, August 21, 2011. Hosted By Colorado Cruizers ~Rocky Mountain Mustangers ~ Southern Colorado Mopars ~ Modern Mopar Muscle Club of Southern Colorado. Up to 400 Mustangs, Muscle cars, Hot Rods and Classic cars. I have […]
Learn High Dynamic Range Photography (HDR)
A couple of weeks ago Linda.com announced it had a new training course called Shooting and Processing High Dynamic Range Photographs (HDR). I found this course to be Complete and comprehensive for beginners to advanced. This course is 4 hours 55 min. long. It covers programs like Adobe Photoshop CS5 , the new Nik software […]
Helicopter over Colorado Springs
I had the opportunity to take a ride on a helicopter over Colorado Springs. This was a great time to get out the camera and shot the local sites. We took off from the Colorado Springs airport and headed west over to the Broadmoor Hotel then to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the Will Rogers shrine […]
Topaz Labs B&W Effects Plug-in
Topaz Labs released their new B&W Effects plug-in last August. I have not yet tried this new plug-in, But if it is as good as the rest of the Topaz Labs plug-ins like my favorites Adjust and Simplify. It should be a great addition to the Topaz Labs Lineup. In the near future I will […]
Good Times Car Show Coming to Old Colorado City
20th Annual GOOD TIMES CAR SHOW Sunday, August 21, 2011 The Good Times Car Show is coming to Bancraft Park in Old Colorado City. Hosted By Colorado Cruizers ~Rocky Mountain Mustangers ~ Southern Colorado Mopars ~ Modern Mopar Muscle Club of Southern Colorado. Up to 400 Mustangs, Muscle cars, Hot Rods and Classic cars. Sunday, August 21, […]
Alpine Tunnel Pitkin Colorado
The Alpine tunnel was a part of the narrow gauge rail system between Denver and Gunnison Colorado. Construction on the tunnel began in 1880 and started service in 1882. The tunnel was then abandoned in 1910 due to tunnel cave-ins. This was the first tunnel to be constructed through the Continental Divide. The tunnel sits […]
Build or Buy a Computer for Lightroom 3
Looking to speed up Lightroom 3? In my last article, Speed Up Lightroom 3, I talked about setting up preferences in Lightroom 3 to increase performance and adding a few small upgrades to help speed things up. But, sometimes, your computer may be too old to make a difference. you may need a major […]
Speed up Adobe Lightroom 3
Lightroom 3 is a great program to organize your photos and is an excellent tool for editing your photographs. But, if you have an older computer system like I had, Lightroom 3 can get a bit sluggish. Here are a few things I found that can help. Optimize Catalog After a while using Lightroom you may […]
Rifle Falls State Park Colorado
This spring we made a trip to Rifle Falls State Park. We traveled from Colorado Springs to Buena Vista, up over Independence pass into the beautiful town of Aspen. From there, up to Glenwood Springs and then west on Interstate 70 to Rifle Colorado. With over 200% snow pack from last winter, the Colorado waterfalls […]
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Gator Farm
The great Sand Dunes are not to be missed. Contrast of the sand with the snow-capped mountains in the background and the creek that flows in front of the sand dunes make for the perfect photograph. You can climb the sand dunes with the highest dunes being about 700 feet above the valley floor. Spring […]
Camera Equipment I Use
Recently I was asked what camera equipment I use? Below is a list camera equipment I use. However you may have different needs than I have. There are many top rate camera systems out there like Nikon and Canon among others. Just remember it’s the photographer that takes the pictures not the camera. Camera body: Nikon […]
10 of My Favorite Places in Colorado to Photograph
Colorado has some of the most beautiful places to photograph in the United States. I’ve lived in Colorado for the past 16 years and have traveled all over the state photographing its beauty. I figure it would be nice to share some of my favorite locations with you. There’s so many beautiful locations in the […]
Christmas Under The Sea In Cozumel Mexico
Last Christmas 2010 was our 8th trip to Cozumel and our 6th to the Iberostar Cozumel dive resort. This resort is the last resort on the south side of the island. It was strange being, not only away at Christmas, but also in the Mexican paradise of Cozumel. Where’s the snow? Where’s the cold weather? […]
Cameras For HDR Photography
Here’s what to look for in a camera for HDR photography. HDR, or High Dynamic Range ‚Photos start off as 3 or more separate photographs at 3 or more different exposures and then are combined with programs like Photomatix. This process allows one to see the detail in the shadows and highlights that may be […]
Compare the Advanced Point and Shoot Cameras
Below is a comparison of the Canon PowerShot G12, Nikon CoolPix P7000 / P7100, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 and the Samsung TL500. I am really excited about these Advanced Point and Shoot cameras. First of all, they support the RAW file format which is what I shoot. RAW files used in these cameras will keep all […]
Photography Courses at Lynda.com
lynda.com is a great resource for software video education, but what you may not know is that Lynda.com also has education videos on photography and profiles on professional photographers. I’m a visual leaner and I expect a good majority of you are too. Video training is perfect for me. Learning from a book or […]
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