Purchase prints and support an amazing charity!

I have contributed a print to support NYC SALT's mission to help raise funds to ensure that high school students at NYC Salt continue to receive college guidance and creative development during this pandemic time where the students are isolated and at even more of a disadvantage.

My image for sale at the NYC SALT print event

Please visit https://printsbysalt.com/ to support the cause and browse many of the beautiful prints by professional artists.

NYC salt uses a camera as a tool to build futures. The program combines art education, college preparation, 1:1 mentorship, career exploration, internships, and job placement. It’s a one-stop resource for our students who are immigrants, from low-income families and primarily young women of color who dream to enter the creative industry in NYC. 

It is truly a great cause!!


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New video: Macro Photography - something you can do at home!

I just released another video tutorial on my YouTube channel. This time the subject is macro photography, with tips on how to create really cool photos right in your own home.

You can click here or you can click on the image below to open the video in YouTube.



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I hope you learn something from the video and go out and shoot something really outstanding during this long weekend.


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Shooting a unique graduation photo and color swapping in Photoshop

Yesterday afternoon I had a request from our neighbor to take their son's graduation photo. He needed one right away since his school was putting something together last minute.

If you have been reading this blog for a long time, you may recognize Jeffrey. He has been my subject for many blog posts, including this one where he walked for the first time without a wheel chair. The following image is still one of my favorite photos ever...

Well...Jeffrey has grown up a lot in the last 8 years, and is graduating high school.

His mom (Becky) asked if we had any caps and gowns at our house (for props) but we did not. Being resourceful, Becky was able to round up what she needed, but only in the color blue. She told me that his school colors were burgundy, but that his real cap and gown would not arrive for another week. Well after the photo deadline.

I told her not to worry.  I figured that I might be able to work my magic and do a color swap in Adobe Photoshop.

Here is the original photo that I took in their front yard. I used my Canon 1D X Mark III with the Canon 70-200mm lens and the Canon 600EX-RT flash.

I took the image with the burgundy (gown) that Becky had sent to me via text and added it to the image so that I could pick my target color from it. 

I went into the Adjustments panel of Photoshop and chose "Replace color". I then selected the target color (the blue from the gown) and the replacement color from the burgundy gown image. And voila... 

It was really simple to do and quite effective.

After doing this, I realized that this may be a common situation right now in this Covid-19 world, and thought that this might be of help to others out there.

I took images of Jeffrey in portrait and landscape and did the same color swap to all images for them.

For all those kids that are graduating right now, I wish you all the best, and I hope that you have great photos to show for it!

Oh - and speaking of portraits, I just released my 2 minute video tutorial on focusing on the eyes. You can watch it here.

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New video on photographing peak of action

When photographing things that are in motion, whether it is kids, athletes, wildlife or other subjects, you want to get the shot with them in the peak of action. Your best bet for capturing this exact moment is to have your camera in a burst mode when shooting. This video explains that and more.

I hope you enjoy it and learn from it as well.

You can click the image above to launch the video in YouTube.

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New video on one of my favorite techniques - Motion panning

I just released the second video in my series of new photography tutorials. This video teaches you how to do one of my favorite photography techniques, motion panning.

For those of you who are not photographers, this is when we slow the shutter speed of the camera and follow our subject to blur everything but what we are focusing on. It is a great way to photograph a subject (a person, a pet, a car, or any moving object) in a much more dynamic way.

Trust me, this creates really cool images that will inspire you to do more.

Check out the new video to learn how to do this yourself.

You can click the image above to launch the video in YouTube.

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The first in my new series of instructional videos: Servo focus vs. fixed focus

I am really excited to release the first in my new series of instructional videos.

Each of these videos is kept short and sweet, trying to give you valuable information in a short amount of time.

This first video explains the difference between fixed focus and servo (or follow) focus in your camera. Knowing how to change these focus modes can make a HUGE difference in the quality of your photos. This video explains why that is the case.

You can click on the image above to watch the video. And, while on the YouTube page, don't forget to subscribe to the channel.

I hope that you enjoy this and the upcoming videos and learn from them as well.

Jeff


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A whole new series of free photo tip videos for you all!

After years of people asking me to do video tutorials of my tips and tricks in photography, the time has come. With the slowdown associated with Covid-19, I have have been using that free time to shoot and edit a bunch of short videos (usually between 2-5 minutes) that I hope will help all of you to take better photos.

You can click on the image above to see my short introduction. You will also notice a super cool new lead-in and lead-out that my buddy Jason created for me.

I have already completed 20 videos and plan to roll out a new video at least once a week.

Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel to see them all!

And this is just the beginning. I have a long list of ideas for other videos, and hope to record them soon. And, of course, if you have any ideas of videos you would like to see, please leave a comment here on the blog or send me an email.

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