Great, your DSLR shoots video.  Who cares?  I thought you were a photographer?  All of these things ran through my mind the minute I heard that some DSLRs were now equipped with video.  Who would really care about that if they were a serious photographer, right?  Wouldn’t you want to spend your money on something that went more toward improving the camera than adding in something extra like video?  Well, up until a few days ago I was a skeptic, and that is putting it mildly. Read more »

I received a really cool birthday present this year from my mom.  It was a Flip UltraHD video camera.  Complete with rapid charger and HDMI cable.  My current video camera (some older model Sony) is not bad, with the exception of the batteries not holding a decent charge.  But being a gadget geek, new gadgets will always appeal to me.  So I took the Flip for a few test runs. Read more »

So this article has two purposes. The first was for me to test a new screen recorder application that I have been wanting to use. I am working on some Photoshop screencasts and figured this might be a great testing ground.  The second purpose was to offer a little insight into some post-processing that goes into some of my work. Read more »

While this is not a complete, step by step tutorial, it does give you a little insight into some of my typical creative workflow when working on postprocessing photos.  This image, which is a self-portrait, was merely an experiment with my new lights, trigger, with a bit of make-up thrown in the mix. Read more »