Category: Planning

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Presenting at NECCC Photo Conference

I’m looking forward to presenting at the 75th NECCC Photograpy Conference, which is being held in Amherst, Massachusetts, July 15-17, 2022.

I’ll start presenting before the conference officially begins, with a pre-conference workshop on “Photoshop Power Features”. I’ll also be presenting a session on “The Ultimate Image Workflow” in Lightroom Classic and demonstrate detailed photo planning with the powerful PhotoPills app. For those who want to get a hands-on look at PhotoPills, I’ll also be leading a photo walk during the conference that will focus on this helpful tool.

To learn more about the NECCC Photography Conference please visit the event website here:

https://necccphotoconference.org/

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Pixology Magazine February 2022

The February 2022 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:

  • Photoshop’s Best Kept Secret
    Learn why the Camera Raw filter may just be the best kept secret in Photoshop.
  • Folder Filtering
    Discover the various ways you can filter photos in Lightroom Classic by identifying favorite folders, adding color labels to folders, or performing a text search.
  • Sun or Moon Size
    Get tips for planning for photos that include the sun or moon, including understanding how to anticipate how large the sun or moon will appear in the frame.
  • Instant Panoramas
    Learn why most of my panoramic captures are now captured with a smartphone rather than a “real” camera.
  • Photo Story: Smartphone on the Street
    While a recent photo experiment ended up getting cut short, it still provided some great smartphone photo opportunities, as explained in this story behind a 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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Supermoon on Monday!

On Monday, April 26th, there will be a “supermoon”, which is a full moon that occurs when the moon is near the closest point (the perigee) in its elliptical orbit around the Earth. That means the moon will appear larger in the sky than usual, which can be great for photographing the moon in the context of foreground scenery.

If you’d like some help planning a great shot that includes the supermoon, the PhotoPills app for mobile devices provides some powerful features. You can get the specific timing of the moon (or sun), and also use the Planner pill in PhotoPills to plan for an optimal location from which to photograph the supermoon juxtaposed with an interesting scene or subject.

If you’d like to learn to make the most of the PhotoPills app for planning various aspects of photography, I have a comprehensive course on PhotoPills called “Photo Planning with PhotoPills”, which is available in the GreyLearning library here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/photopills