Tutorials

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 …

Warm Rays Over Frozen Chicago
Photography

Warm Rays Over Frozen Chicago

The other day I was flying back home to Chicago from a short trip to Raleigh, NC. As we approached the city from the east, all I could see below me was a white cloud carpet. However, as I always do when flying into Chicago, I pulled out my new Canon G7x camera to see …

25th Anniversary Pillars of Creation (square)
Photography

25th Anniversary Pillars of Creation

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Hubble has revisited the famous “Pillars of Creation”, providing astronomers with a sharper and wider view than ever before. The pillars (a region of the Eagle Nebula, or M16) have been photographed in near-infrared light as well as visible light. The infrared view transforms the pillars into eerie, wispy …

Photography

Space Images as Fine Art

Being an engineer, and having a natural draw towards science, I have always been fascinated with the planets, outer space, the Universe and all its secrets. The immensity of it all is just staggering, and hard to comprehend for just about everyone. This immensity is a reminder of how small and insignificant we mere humans …

Trike aerial selfie.
Flying Photography

GoPro Famous

This week, GoPro chose one of my images as their Photo of the Day! That’s exciting because it gives me additional exposure online, and because GoPro is well known for adventure seekers (that’s me!).  This was fun to shoot for obvious reasons.  Flying my Airborne XT912 trike (powered hang glider) around Illinois is so freeing, …

General Site News

October Giveaway Contest Winner

Last month, we ran our first ever giveaway contest. Thanks to everyone who signed up, we now have a winner. Congratulations to Facebook fan Vicki S. for being selected at random and winning a free 16×24 inch print. She chose this beautiful macro photograph of Autumn Maple Leaves to fashionably adorn her wall. Want to …

Ludington Beach & Big Sable Point Lighthouse
Photography Tutorials

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 …

Adam in helicopter
Photography

Helicopter Aerial Photography over Chicago

I recently had the opportunity to take a helicopter flight over the awesome skyline of downtown Chicago. I met Chris Bachman of Bachman Aero at Schaumburg Regional Airport on a beautiful, albeit hazy summer morning. Since it was nice and warm, Chris had taken the doors off the helicopter so I have unobstructed access for my aerial …

Photography

Panoramic Photographic Prints

A client of mine recently asked for a custom sized panoramic print for his dental office reception area.  The images below are the options I provided, taking into consideration his furniture and other decor.  He decided on the Marathon Key Sunrise Panoramic, but I’ll make the rest of these available for purchase as well, just …

Panoramic Metal Print
General Site News Photography

Metal Prints & Frames Update

Good news! Fine Art Metal Prints are now available for order direct from this site!  This amazing product is created by infusing dyes into a polymer coating that is heat transferred onto a 1/16th inch thick aluminum sheet.  This process makes the print durable, scratch resistant, and water proof, with an archival value of well …