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Pixology Magazine February 2021

The February 2021 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:

  • PhotoPills Planner
    In this article I demonstrate how to plan a photo that includes a “supermoon” over Saint Peter’s Basilica to showcase the powerful planning capabilities of the PhotoPills app.
  • Reasons for Black & White
    There are many reasons you might consider converting a color photo to black & white, and in this article I share what I consider to be some of the top reasons.
  • Tilt-Shift Effect
    You can simulate the “miniaturization” effect possible with a tilt-shift lens with a clever trick in Lightroom Classic, as outlined in this article.
  • Online from (Almost) Anywhere
    If your photography involves travel, especially to other countries, you might be interested in a device that enables you to get online in over 135 countries, and just such a device is reviewed in this article.
  • Photo Story: Sydney Opera House
    In this article I share the story behind my effort to create a unique photograph of the Sydney Opera House, which needless to say is a subject that has already been photographed countless times by many photographers.

Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/pixology-magazine

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Keynote at FCCC Annual Photography Conference

I will be a keynote speaker for the online Annual Photography Conference hosted by the Florida Camera Club Council, being held February 10-11, 2021.

In addition to my keynote presentation on “Take Your Best Shot: Top Lessons Learned in Photography”, I will also present two breakout sessions. Those sessions will cover “Maximum Control in Photoshop” and “Staying Organized in Lightroom Classic”.

You can get all of the details and registration information for this online event here:

https://www.f3c-conference.com/schedule/

 

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Photo Contest Winner: “Full Moon”

We have a winner! I am pleased to announce that photographer Ron Byram of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been selected as the winner of the “Full Moon” photo contest. Here is Ron’s winning image:

Here is what Ron had to say:

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Hello, I am Ron Byram from Charlotte, NC. By Day, I am a Computer Analyst. I have done amateur photography since I was 10 years old. But since 2010 I have been into DSLR photography.

On weekends when I’m not on call and I’m off my chain, my wife and I travel through North Carolina, South Carolina, and other states to photograph nature and landscapes or action and sports.

The photo was taken in December 2020 at the Pocosin Wild Life Refuge in eastern North Carolina. My wife and I have been going out to the refuge for the last 5 or so years to get away from work and see what we could capture.

The full moon was the Full Cold Moon and the last one of 2020. The birds in flight were snow geese at sunset.

The geese were in a corn field feeding and the moon rose up over the tree line. The geese lifted off and swirled around and around. This was my first time trying this. I was not 100% sure about my proper settings or if the geese would fly in front of the moon.

I used my Canon 7D Mark II on tripod, with a 150-600mm lens on a ball head mount. The exposure was 1/8th of a second at f/11 and ISO 100 in Aperture Priority mode. I was exposing for the moon, and I guess I got lucky.

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I’d say there was much more than luck involved in capturing this photo. Ron made a plan to visit a good location at the right time to photograph the full moon, and was able to make the most of the geese flying around him.

As the winner of this GreyLearning Photo Contest, Ron wins a Tamron 100-400mm lens (https://bhpho.to/39NWhRy). Congratulations, Ron!

 

 

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Pixology Magazine January 2021

The January 2021 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:

  • Red Labels for All!
    In this article I share a relatively new addition to my workflow that involves adding a red color label to every photo upon import to my Lightroom Classic catalog.
  • Understanding Lens Compression
    Photographers often talk about “lens compression” changing the perspective of a scene. In this article I explain how it isn’t really the lens that creates this effect, but rather the position of the photographer relative to the subjects in the scene.
  • Sharpening Settings
    This article delves into the general settings that are commonly used for sharpening using software such as Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic, to help you better understand what these settings do and how to best apply them to your photos.
  • Time Zone Management
    If your photography ever involves travel across time zones, you have probably struggled with managing the capture time on your camera and in the metadata for your photos. In this article I share tips for how to deal with time zone changes for your photography.
  • Photo Story: Fishermen at Sunrise
    While leading a photo workshop based in Salzburg, Austria, with a focus on the majestic Alps, I captured a photo I’m very happy with that was only possible because I listened to one of my students. In this article I share the story behind the photo.

Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/pixology-magazine

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New Course: “Optimizing Photos in Lightroom Classic 10”

I have just published a comprehensive new video course on “Optimizing Photos in Lightroom Classic 10“, which includes 65 lessons totaling almost five hours of informative content.

This is the second in a series of courses on Adobe Lightroom Classic 10, and you can save by pre-ordering the full bundle of courses covering all aspects of Lightroom Classic.

I am already in production on courses to help you understand and configure Lightroom Classic, as well as a course on sharing photos from Lightroom Classic. Those courses will be added to the “Mastering Lightroom Classic 10” bundle as soon as they are completed.

You can get details of the full bundle of courses covering Lightroom Classic 10 on the GreyLearning website here:

https://www.greylearning.com/bundles/lightroom-classic-10

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Live Online Workshops for January

During the month of January 2021 I’ll be teaching two live online workshops in our “virtual classroom”, during which participants can get answers to their specific questions. The two online workshops for January are “Photoshop for Lightroom Classic Users” and “Cleaning Up Your Mess in Lightroom Classic”. You can get either an individual online workshop or the bundle of both at a discounted rate.

You can get all of the details about the bundle of both online workshops here:

https://www.greylearning.com/bundles/online-workshops-january-2021

If you’re interested in only the online workshop on “Photoshop for Lightroom Classic Users” you can get those details here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/online-workshop-photoshop-for-lightroom-classic-users-january-2021

If you’re interested in only the online workshop on “Cleaning Up Your Mess in Lightroom Classic” you can learn more here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/online-workshop-cleaning-up-your-mess-in-lightroom-classic-january-2021

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New Course: “Organizing Photos in Lightroom Classic 10”

I have just published a comprehensive new video course on “Organizing Photos in Lightroom Classic 10“, which includes more than 100 lessons totaling more than six hours of informative content.

This is the first in a series of courses on Adobe Lightroom Classic 10, and you can save by pre-ordering the full bundle of courses covering all aspects of Lightroom Classic.

The next course is in production, and will focus on “Optimizing Photos in Lightroom Classic 10”. After that, I will be publishing courses on configuring Lightroom Classic, sharing photos with Lightroom Classic, and more.

You can get details of the full bundle of courses covering Lightroom Classic 10 on the Greylearning website here:

https://www.greylearning.com/bundles/lightroom-classic-10

 

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New Course: “Photo Planning with PhotoPills”

I am pleased to announce that I have published a new GreyLearning course focused on helping you plan many aspects of your photography using the powerful PhotoPills app for mobile devices (iOS and Android).

To celebrate the launch of the new “Photo Planning with PhotoPills” course, for a limited time you can get $10 off. You can get all of the details with the “pillslaunch” coupon code applied automatically by using this link to get started:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/photopills?coupon=pillslaunch

The “Photo Planning with PhotoPills” course features almost four hours of in-depth lessons to help you master the many powerful tools of this app. From basic details like the timing of sunrise and sunset, to specific planning such as determining when the sunset will align with a specific subject, you’ll be amazed at how much the PhotoPills app can help in your photography.

For example, I use PhotoPills to plan where and when I need to be in order to capture photos that include the sun and moon. PhotoPills can also be used to calculate exposure settings, determine depth of field, find out when you can view and photograph the Milky Way and meteor showers, and much more.

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Online Workshops for November 2020

In November I will be leading two online workshops in my “virtual classroom”, with one focused on optimizing photos in Lightroom Classic and the other on creating composite images in Adobe Photoshop.

Each of the online workshops features four live online sessions of two hours each, for a total of eight hours of live online learning for each of the workshops. The topics for these online workshops will be:

Optimizing Photos in Lightroom Classic

and:

Creating Composite Images in Photoshop

You can learn more about the individual online workshops with the links above. If you’re interested in joining me for both of these online workshops, you can save by signing up for the bundle of both workshops here:

https://www.greylearning.com/bundles/online-workshops-november-2020