Photoshop Tutorial: Selective Leveling

I first learned this method of improving local contrast from Damien in a thread he posted on ILP.  If you don’t already know about Damien’s blog, he’s got some really great posts and tutorials about everything from post processing …

To Give or Not to Give:Antibiotics!

Somehow, despite what seems like an endless run of minor health issues when Jasper was a baby, we still made it to almost 2.5 years without ever taking antibiotics. Well, actually, that’s not true.  He got IV antibiotics for his …

Wall Display Guide Winner!

And the winner of the Wall Display Guide Holiday Giveaway is…….#16 Megan Rogers!

Megan will be getting a both the Photoshop Sets I&II as well as the Lightroom 3 plugins.  I hope they make a huge difference …

2010 Holiday Gift Guide!

Thanks so much to all of you who contributed suggestions. I couldn’t list everything here, but I wish I could because you all had wonderful ideas!! Here is just a quick list of what caught my eye off of …

Photographer’s Wall Display Guides Holiday Giveaway!

When I was  invited to participate in this super cool Christmas Blog train giveaway it occurred to me that I’ve had giveaways for my Wall Displays on pretty much every other photography blog BUT MINE! Well, it’s time to remedy …

I Locked Him In the Car :(

It’s always been a fear of mine, and today it finally happened.   I pulled into the driveway at daycare and saw that his hat was on the seat next to his carseat. When I tried to open the door, it …

I Want Your Holiday Gift Ideas!

Last  year I put together a little Holiday Gift Guide (which still has some great ideas if you want to check it out.)  Those weren’t just my suggestions, many of them came from a post just like this one where …

Christmas Blog Train – 10 Days of Great Photography Giveaways!

Hi all,

There is a great contest starting today and I am really excited to be part of it! A group of 10 of the best vendors dedicated to the photographer in business are teaming up for a great Christmas …

And the Winner of the Lightroom 3 Giveaway Is..

Commenter #75, Danielle!

Congratulations to Danielle and thank you to everyone who entered.  I hope you have enjoyed the series of posts about Lightroom this past week!  Don’t forget that Amazon still has a great price on Lightroom 3 right

My Workflow from Lightroom to Photoshop

Sorry this came a few days after promised. I’ve been plagued with technical problems, from my desktop microphone failing to some bizarre issue where one part of the audio got unsynched from the video. That and the fact that I …