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Bandelier National Monument New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument is located about 48 miles Northwest of Santa Fe New Mexico. This archaeological area is home to the ancestral Pueblo people. Long house was at one time an 800 foot stretch of adjoining multi-storied stone homes with handcarved caves as back rooms it may be what inspired Adolph Bandelier’s exclamation, “The greatest […]
The Enchanted Doors Windows and Gates
A photo walk of downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico . The historic Canyon Road is home to over 100 art galleries. A walk down internationally famous Canyon Road is filled with unique art galleries to suit anyone’s taste. The galleries specialize in Native American art, Southwestern art, Ceramics, Jewelry, Weavings, Kachina dolls, Sculptures, Paintings, Woodcarvings, […]
How To Set Up Your Camera For HDR
This is a brief description of what High Dynamic Range photography or, HDR is. Have you ever looked at a scene and took a picture and said, Wow! This is going to be an incredible photograph!” only to realize once you get it home and loaded on your computer to realize that something is missing. […]
John Denver Sanctuary, Aspen Colorado
Aspen Colorado, once an old mining town in the 1800s, is now known as one of Colorado’s best ski destinations. Aspen was also home to the musician and composer John Denver who died in 1997 in a plane crash off the coast of California. He recorded over 300 songs in his lifetime. In the back […]
New Lightroom 4 is Here! Learn it All!
Lightroom Overview Before we get in the Lightroom 4, let me explain what Lightroom is. Lightroom is all about photography, speed and workflow. It was designed for the professional photographer along with the advanced amateur who needs a fast way to process their images. For more detailed editing Lightroom works seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop CS5, […]
Medicine Bow National Forest & the Snowy Range
Late last summer we made our first a trip to the Medicine Bow National Forest. This is an absolutely beautiful place in the snowy range mountains in south central Wyoming. Admittedly, this breathtaking place is out in the middle of nowhere, but if you’re used to travel in the Southwest, you know how it is. […]
DNP Photo Equipment & Book Store
Welcome to the DNP Photo Equipment & Bookstore. Find all the latest photography equipment, photo software, photo accessories, memory cards, photo printers, photo DVDs, photo books and much much more.
New Nikon D800 and D800E
Nikon has just announced production of the new Nikon D800 & Nikon D800E. This is going to be a pretty cool camera in the Nikon line and the Nikon D800 SLR Digital Camera (Body Only) will sells for about $3000. That may seem like a lot but, these two new cameras use the FX full […]
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
New post Update visit: New Lightroom 4 is Here! Learn it All! 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 […]
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 […]
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