Last weekend we made a photo-trek with Lance (Bad dog), Maria, Wendy & Mike to the Living desert in Palm Desert, California.
We had a great time and there were plenty of available photo opportunities every where you looked.

Even though the attraction doesn’t open until 9:00 am, we were able to keep the “high-noon” sun at [...]

Check out the new Photoshop Express techniques by none other than Matt Kloskowski, of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
Get a jump start using the newly introduced web-application, Photoshop Express.
You can check it out here.

Today Adobe announced the Beta-version of Photoshop-online, a free web-based version of Photoshop that’s called “Photoshop Express”.
I played with it and it has some nice features. The interface makes me think it’s kind of like a “Photoshop Elements for Dummies”.
It can do most of the basic editing functions (rotate, colors, brightness/exposure) as well as a [...]

Here are some more pictures from my weekend shoot. These are such great kids, kind, fun, loving and hilarious. Cousins, brothers and sisters. Aren’t they completely cute?

Here are some early selects from a photo shoot I had this weekend. The kids were awesome and had a blast running around. Brightly-colored Easter clothes, the green garden, and the water pistols made a great combination for a shoot. You can’t go wrong on a hot spring day with happy [...]

Rob Walker, for the New York Times has an interesting piece looking at people who still long for a Polaroid world.
The Polaroid Corporation, long an innovator in all things like instant-film, sonar (or “sonar-like” devices), battery technology has, shall we say, gone by the wayside.
Beyond the fact that the film was exorbitantly expensive, and the [...]

I’ve learned a thing or two recently from lugging my DSLR and a couple of toddlers down to the beach for a quick photo shoot. I thought I’d share with you some tips to save you a little heartache and hopefully ensure that you’ll end up with some fun memories of the day.

I am always amazed how many people know exactly what’s good for you and exactly how you should be taking your photos.
I mean, they come over and tell you that you’re doing it all wrong, insinuate that you have no idea what you’re doing and proceed to spew bits of advice that they read in [...]