Photography Reviews

I’m always looking for new and better photography programs and photo equipment to satisfy my photo addiction. Here is the list of tools I use on daily basis and love.

CreativeLive: Free High Quality Photo Education

Today, Chase’s CreativeLive project is much bigger than just a photography educational platform. It has business, design and video sections but, by far, photography is still the biggest part of the project.

Topaz Software Review – How I use Topaz Plugins

In order to help photographers who are just starting to use Topaz software, I have listed the plugins I use in the order of importance for my photography.

Raya Pro – the Digital Blending Panel for Photoshop

Raya Pro serves as a tool that helps photographers streamline the editing workflow in Photoshop.

How to Choose Best Travel Tripods – A Practical Guide

I’m eager to share my system of selecting the best travel tripod to meet your photography needs and am confident that it will help you make the right choice.

My method is simple—it’s a short questionnaire. As you plug in your specific data, the range of available tripod options becomes more and more limited.

Best Compact Camera for Travel

Today, I’d like to share with you the process I went through a few months ago when I chose the best compact camera for my photography.

I hope that my experience helps you make the best compact camera selection for your travels.

The Way I Use SmugMug in My Photography Business

My favorite tool for portfolio design, image hosting and online sales.

How Thrive Themes Helps Me To Run My Online Business

It is very rare when one single product or service drastically changes your business. But, this is exactly what recently happened to me when I was introduced to Thrive Themes.

Thrive Themes has impacted my business in a profound way. I believe that Thrive’s business model is unique—they not only build and sell tools, they serve as business coaches to help you run your business. The tools work as milestones and mark the progression of your business and success.

Gifts for Photographers Under $99

It is not easy to find exciting and interesting gifts for photographers.

This year I to put together a list of gift ideas to help our wives, girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends to find something special for us. I do not expect or want for our loved ones to buy us a new lens or a tripod but something inexpensive and fun.

What’s In My Camera Bag

It is not easy to find exciting and interesting gifts for photographers.

“The Art of Digital Blending” Video Course by Jimmy McIntyre

The most complete luminosity masks tutorial In the world.

18 Best Photography Books for Travel Photographers

The complexity of travel photography comes from the need to excel in different situations and types of photography such as landscapes, wild life, architecture, street and portrait photography (to name a few), all of which are exposed to the limitations that travel brings.

The following list of 18 Best Photography Books for Travel Photographers will help you make your workflow leaner and more organic to make every resource count when you are traveling.

Book Review: Mastering Composition by Andrew S. Gibson

Here is how I suggest using "Mastering Composition". It is hard to absorb everything when you read it the first time because of the incredible volume and depth of information. After you read it once, I recommend using it as a reference guide. Open one of the chapters, read it and try to understand the general idea behind it. Then, apply it to your photography. When you are comfortable with this particular subject, move on to the next.