How To Create Fake Real Horizon Lines in Photoshop

When photographing in the field, you don’t always have control over your surroundings, and you definitely don’t have control over the weather. I try to make images that accurately depict what I experienced at the time I pressed the shutter button. However, making artistic images is about conveying emotion, not just representing data. So, sometimes creating …

Ludington Beach & Big Sable Point Lighthouse

How to Buy Fine Art Photography Online

A Guide to Buying Fine Art Photography Online I often get asked if I have my work hanging in a gallery for sale.  A physical building that you can walk into and touch… well, no. But in a sense, I have my work on display in the largest art gallery in the world – The …

Three Lightning Bolts

DIY Camera Lightning Trigger

For some time now, I’ve been looking for a better way to capture incredible lightning photos other than pushing the shutter button over and over hoping to catch a bolt.  The image on the left was a 15-second exposure that luckily captured two lightning bolts in the same frame.  The third bolt was added from …

DIY iPad, iPhone, or iTouch Stylus

So I bought an iPad last week, largely to use as an e-reader. Of course, there are countless uses for the iPad, and one app I purchased was ArtStudio. This is a great app for drawing or painting on the iPad. However, I quickly realized that drawing with a finger is just not natural, nor …