In this week’s episode, we discuss how I focus stack manually for incredibly sharp landscape photos. In my video last month all about Auto Focus Stacking I received many questions in regards to Manual Focus Stacking and what you should in the event that things are moving throughout your scene. This is a very common situation especially in landscape photography where it’s not unusual to have things like clouds, leaves, or water moving throughout your composition. In situations such as this Photoshop often has issues accurately determining which areas of an image to use and which areas that shouldn’t be used.
In this video, I review how I manual focus stack my landscape photos when Photoshop requires a bit of extra assistance. If you’re not familiar with what focus stacking is, it’s the process of taking a series of images that are each focused at different areas of your composition. Then during your post processing workflow you blend the images together only using the areas of greatest focus thus creating a final photo that's perfectly sharp throughout the entire image. Now I understand that blending photos can be a bit intimidating, but once you try this technique out a couple times I think you'll be surprised just how easy this actually is.
So the next time you encounter a composition that requires focus stacking and also has things moving throughout your scene, I hope the information in this video helps you feel more comfortable attempting to manual focus stack your landscape photo.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss how I focus stack manually for incredibly sharp landscape photos. In my video last month all about Auto Focus Stacking I received many questions in regards to Manual Focus Stacking and what you should in the event that things are moving throughout your scene. This is a very common situation especially in landscape photography where it’s not unusual to have things like clouds, leaves, or water moving throughout your composition. In situations such as this Photoshop often has issues accurately determining which areas of an image to use and which areas that shouldn’t be used.
In this video, I review how I manual focus stack my landscape photos when Photoshop requires a bit of extra assistance. If you’re not familiar with what focus stacking is, it’s the process of taking a series of images that are each focused at different areas of your composition. Then during your post processing workflow you blend the images together only using the areas of greatest focus thus creating a final photo that's perfectly sharp throughout the entire image. Now I understand that blending photos can be a bit intimidating, but once you try this technique out a couple times I think you'll be surprised just how easy this actually is.
So the next time you encounter a composition that requires focus stacking and also has things moving throughout your scene, I hope the information in this video helps you feel more comfortable attempting to manual focus stack your landscape photo.
If you enjoyed this video, please consider giving it a thumbs up and let me know what you think in the comments below - I guarantee I'll get back to ya.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss how metering modes can ruin your exposure. Metering modes are one of those lesser spoken about things in photography - it wasn't until a few years into my career that I fully understood what they we're meant for. And, as with most things in photography, there's many different metering modes to choose from, Matrix, Center, Spot, Highlight, depending on what you're photographing. In this video, I'll walk you through a hands on approach that'll help decide which metering mode you should be using for your genre of photography. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss how I quickly organize and cull thousands of landscape photos. It's a common question that I've never answered in a video before, until now - with the question being, "what's the best method for organizing and culling photos?". Now I don't believe my method is the best, but it probably is the most simple and budget minded solution available that has served me well for years. In this video, I'll review my complete process from taking images from my camera and organizing, backing up, and culling my images. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss what took my color editing from basic to pro and how you can do the same with this simple technique. There's over 100 tools and sliders available within Lightroom and most of these are dedicated to enhancing color. So, it can quickly become confusing & overwhelming when trying to figure out which color editing tools are best for a certain photograph. In this video, I'll share with you a technique that'll take all the guess work out of color editing while simplifying the entire editing process. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss what you should never say to a landscape photographer. Throughout my career, I've heard them all, all the cliches, statements, and outright odd questions regarding landscape photography. These are all harmless statements, but after you hear them time and time again, they can leave you scratching your head. In this video, I'll review the ten most puzzling statements that I've heard about landscape photography throughout my career. I hope you enjoy this week's fun & lighthearted video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, I share nine Lightroom hacks professional photographers know that most beginners don't. Over the years Lightroom has improved and expanded it's features greatly, but like most things that experience exponential growth, the user experience has become a bit overwhelming - especially for beginner photographers. In this video, I'll share with you the top nine tricks that have greatly improved my photo editing life that also improved the end result as well. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss the camera stuff that's actually worth the money. There's no shortage of camera gear and accessories on the market today and from my experience, the majority of these items are not what I'd consider to be essential things worth spending your money on. But in this video, I'll review the ten camera accessories I couldn't live without that I think provides incredible value for the money. All ten of the items I cover in this video are all things I'd recommend every skill level of photography to try out - I don't think you'll be disappointed. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss why you should stop wasting money on photography. Over the past ten years I have spent tens of thousands of dollars on photography gear. Most of it has been money well spent, but I've also wasted my fair share on useless and overrated camera gear and accessories. In this video, I'll review eight of the most overrated camera gear related accessories I've purchased to improve my photography process, along with why I don't think it's worth the money and what I think a better option is. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, I review the 5 advanced warning signs of over edited photos. This is something all photographers must deal with from time to time. Some still find themselves in the midst of this over editing stage while others have broken free from the grips of this difficult time period. This over editing stage of your photographic journey can be difficult as it may not be obvious to you at the time that you've gone too far with your editing process. And my hope is that this video can help shed some light on some of the most common areas of concern when it comes to over editing landscape photos. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
*📺VIDEO CHAPTERS* 🔘 Shadow-Less 00:30 🔘 Bad Balance 02:37 🔘 Highlight Crush 05:41 🔘 The Halos 08:58 🔘 Over Contrast 11:15
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In this week’s episode, we discuss why 99% of my time goes to this one photography skill. There's many different skills a photographer must possess to continue improving their craft, but there's one in particular that's by far the most important. In this video, I'll review the most significant moments of my photography career that had the biggest impact on my overall improvement. If this video was available ten years ago it would definitely be on my must-watch list as I firmly believe the path to fast photographic improvement is by becoming a student of composition. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss the lenses every landscape photographer needs and why. Over the past couple of months I've completely upgraded all the camera gear I use. I recently switched over to the full frame Nikon Z8 camera and have tested many different lenses in order to determine what the best lenses are for my landscape photography. Throughout this process I've traveled quite a bit, taking this camera gear to the Smoky Mountains, Grand Teton National Park, Icelandic Highlands and the Faroe Islands. So I've done a great deal of photography lately and have finally determined what the best lenses are for my landscape photography needs. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
*📺 VIDEO CHAPTERS* 🔘 Intro on Testing: 0:01 🔘 First Lens: 02:19 🔘 Second Lens: 06:36 🔘 Gap Lens: 09:46 🔘 Why it's Perfect: 12:22
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In this week’s episode, we review the photo editing trick every photographer should know. This "trick" is something I've been applying to my photos quite often recently and I'm really enjoying the focused attention it provides while at the same time creating a much more dynamic lighting situation. It's often that we receive flat lighting conditions with landscape photography - either on cloudy overcast days or days with full light, but this technique will vastly improve your photos when you get those conditions. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss my complete start to finish RAW photo editing workflow. I'm currently in the Faroe Islands on break between my two summer workshops. I have a bit of downtime to review and edit some images from last week's workshop in the Icelandic Highlands and wanted to share with you some of my favorite photos from this trip along with a complete start to finish RAW photo edit. These "on-location" edit videos have become quite popular over the last couple years and wanted to be sure to create one for you while on this incredible trip. In this video, I go through my complete Lightroom editing process in hopes that you can pick up a couple pieces of helpful information that you can apply to your editing process moving forward. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, I review the essential camera gear I'm bringing on a 21 day photography trip. I'm packing things up, heading to run a couple of my summer photo tours in the Highlands in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. In total both of these trips will result in three weeks of non-stop photography, and I couldn't be more excited! Since some of the planes I'll be traveling on are smaller I have to be careful not to bring too much camera gear as it will either weigh too much or my bag will be too big for the overhead compartments. In this video, I'll show you all the gear that made the cut to come along on this epic photography journey! I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we review how to color grade your landscape photos in Lightroom. Have you ever found yourself longing for incredibly vibrant sunrise or sunset conditions that never seem to materialize when you're on-location. I know I certainly have, and the color grading technique I review in this episode will show you how to add a bit of punch into some of your sunrise and sunset photos. Color Grading is an incredible photo editing skill to understand, not just for enhancing sunrise and sunset images, but for also developing a creative style within your post processing work flow. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss how to sharpen blurry photos in Lightroom. Sharpening photos is one of those steps in the editing process that most photographers do, but there's quite a few differentiating opinions on the topic. In this video, I'll share with you a technique that's seldom spoken about, but produces the best results in my humble opinion. And once you try this out on your own photos, I bet you'll never look at sharpening the same way. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss why I bought the Nikon Z8 Over Sony & Canon for landscape photography. The response to last week's video regarding my switch from a Medium Format camera to the Full Frame Nikon Z8 was incredible! There were so many interesting and passionate responses in the comment section. In this video, I'll review some of the most common questions I received, along with the most popular questions regarding why I chose the Nikon Z8 over the Sony a7r V and Canon EOS R5. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss my leaving Medium Format for a Full Frame camera. For the past three years I've used the Fuji GFX100s medium format camera to capture my landscape images, which I've been very happy with. But, recently I noticed a troubling trend with regards to the photos I was capturing with it that led me to looking at the other available options on the camera market today. It's been quite a few years since I've seriously entertained the idea of switching camera systems, and in this video I'll review why you haven't seen me using my medium format camera recently - along with what my plan is moving forward. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss RAW photo editing basics and how to color correct your photographs the right way. Did you know there's over 100 tools and sliders available within Lightroom and over half of these are dedicated to enhancing colors? If you think about this, that's a pretty big leading indicator as to the overall importance that color plays within your photographs. And in this video, we'll review the RAW photo editing basics regarding correcting color in your landscape photos, along with a must try color editing technique that I use on every one of my photos. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss a beginner camera setting mistake that should be avoided at all costs! In my opinion, shutter speed is the most important camera setting decision you have to make. And it's much more than a choice regarding image sharpness or how to create a perfectly exposed photograph. Selecting the perfect shutter speed for the scene you're photographing can be the difference between a good and great image! In this video, I'll take you on-location to photograph some of the most beautiful river scenes I've ever witnessed and will show you a technique that will help you choose the perfect shutter speed every single time. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss what your favorite camera lenses reveal about your personality. This is a topic that's been studied extensively and the findings are quite interesting. Have you ever wondered what your most used camera lens is? If you're a Lightroom user, you are in luck as there is a simple way to see which lenses you use most often. And in this video, I'll reveal the findings of this research that points to what your personality may be based off of the camera lenses you use most for your photography. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss 10 years of honest photography advice summed up in just 20 minutes. Almost 10 years ago I was a complete beginner and since then have quit my job in the corporate world, became a professional photographer, created an entire business centered around outdoor and landscape photography and made a ton of mistakes along the way, while at the same time learning more about photography than I ever thought was possible. In this video, I'll review each of the proverbial "light bulb" moments that had and continue to have the biggest impact on my photography. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss RAW photo editing basics and how to fix exposure the right way. Much like most things in photo editing, there are many ways to correct exposure issues, some ways are better than others, but the technique I share in this video is one that I've found the most success with. When I was a beginner photographer, just getting started, I would often return home from a trip with a series of under exposed images. And, I would always correct the exposure the same way, which was by cranking up the Shadows, reducing the Highlights and adding a ton of Exposure recovery. This often resulted in muddy contrast, flat light, and dull colors. In this video, I'll show you a trick that'll solve all of these problems the right way! I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss what most photographers say is the most important aspect of a great landscape photo. Over the past two years, I've had an ongoing survey running where I ask photographers if Light, Composition, Subject, or Conditions is the most important aspect of an incredible landscape photograph - and for the most part I agree with the overall consensus. In this video, I'll share with you the best piece of advice I've ever heard related to how one can assemble a pleasing landscape composition, which we all know is not the easiest thing to do. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we review how to edit foggy landscape photos in Lightroom. Atmosphere, whether it's fog or mist, has an amazing ability of transforming a flat and dull photograph into a dramatic work of art. But, unfortunately foggy conditions don't occur all the time - I often think to myself when I'm on-location that the scene I'm photographing would look much better if there was just a bit of fog rolling through. And, in this video I'll show you a great photo editing technique that will add a foggy misty quality to your photos. This is a great editing tip that's fun to experiment with on all landscape photos. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss a complete lightweight camera kit that wont break your back for landscape photography. Lets face it, none of us are getting any younger, and there comes a point in everyone's life where your priorities begin to shift a bit. See, I suffer from what I call "Premature Back Fatigue" that stems from an injury in my 20's that I never properly took care of. And, over the course of the past few years, I've been heavily aware of how much weight I'm carrying on my back along with how far I'm hiking with this weight. With that said, a lightweight camera kit for landscape photography is something I've been working towards and I've finally landed on a setup that works best for me. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
*📺 VIDEO CHAPTERS* 🔘 Van Mention 01:26 🔘 Lightweight Tripod 03:04 🔘 Lightweight Camera Bag 04:36 🔘 Small & Lightweight Lenses 07:40 🔘 Sling Bag Problems 09:50 🔘 Hybrid Camera 11:18 🔘 Camera Straps 13:53
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In this week’s video, we discuss why you should skip Manual Mode and try this camera mode instead. There's a common misconception that those who use Manual Mode are somehow better photographers or more professional than those that don't - and that couldn't be further from the truth. In this video, I'll review the problems with Manual Mode along with what I've found to be the best camera mode for photographers of all skill levels to use. There is no perfect camera mode and there isn't a one size fits all solution either, but this approach is by the best that I've found! I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss RAW Color Profiles in Lightroom and how you can use them to improve your photography. Color Profiles are something I didn't pay much attention to until recently and I feel like I might have been missing out all this time! You might not be aware of these Color Profiles in Lightroom, much like I wasn't, and rightfully so as this feature is rather hidden amongst all the photo editing tools and sliders. In this video, I'll show you not only how to access the Profile Browser, but also how to change and apply new color profiles to your photographs. These RAW Color Profiles open up a whole new world when it comes to editing your photos, plus they're quite a bit of fun to experiment with as well. I hope you enjoy this week's episode and as always thanks a million for watching! - Mark D.
*📺 VIDEO CHAPTERS* 🔘 RAW Color Profiles 01:21 🔘 Camera Matching Profiles 04:56 🔘 Artistic Profiles 06:56 🔘 Black & White Profiles 09:16 🔘 Modern Profiles 10:33 🔘 Vintage Profiles 11:45
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#landscapephotographyThe TRUTH Behind the ISO 100 MYTH that the PROS Know!Mark Denney2024-04-03 | Go to squarespace.com/markdenney to get a free trial and 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.
In this week’s episode, we discuss the truth behind the ISO 100 myth that professional photographers know. When you're a beginner photographer, there's many techniques and "rules" you hear about. One of the most common misconceptions is the ISO 100 myth, which is the belief that one must always shoot at ISO 100 in order to create the best and cleanest possible photograph. In this video, I'll put this myth to the test to see if you can really even notice the difference between a high ISO image versus the same photograph taken at ISO 100. I guarantee you'll be surprised by the results. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss five landscape photography mistakes that I see all beginners make! My most viewed video of all-time was a video on this very topic five years ago. I've learned a great deal in the past five years, but most importantly have spoken with hundreds, if not thousands of photographers since then and feel more equipped than ever to deliver a video on the top five mistakes photographers make with landscape photography. In this video, I'll review the five most common mistakes I see beginners make, including myself, in hopes that if you're doing the same, you can correct these much quicker than I did. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
*💡VIDEO CHAPTERS* 🔘 The Rule of Thirds...Always: 01:18 🔘 New Gear Focused: 03:58 🔘 Fundamental Avoidance: 05:38 🔘 Stop Thinking & Start Doing: 08:09 🔘 Not Leaning into Post-Processing: 10:00 🔘 Wrap-Up: 11:48
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In this week’s episode, we discuss RAW photo editing basics that professional photographers know that I wish I knew sooner. Editing RAW photos is one of the most intimidating and confusing aspects of photography. We all know that photographing in a RAW format provides the most flexibility from a post processing perspective, but how to get the most out of your RAW images can be overwhelming. In this video, I've created a simple 10 step workflow that you can follow in order to become more comfortable with a RAW photo editing process. I even took it a step further and created a step by step guide that you can download above and keep handy while you practice at home. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discus how you can improve your photography fast with a telephoto lens. While wide angle lenses are synonymous with landscape photography, they're actually rather limiting with what you can do with them. You can either capture grand sweeping vistas or exaggerate elements in your foreground, but outside of that you're sort of stuck! In this video, I'll share with you how you can improve your photography fast by maximizing the versatility and forgiveness of a telephoto lens, which in all honesty, might be the most important lens for landscape photographers. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss how three years of medium format affected my landscape photography. It's my three year anniversary since I switched from a full frame camera to a medium format system and what a journey it's been! My switch to this system is one of the biggest changes I've made throughout my photographic career and one that I'm happy I made when I did. In this video, I'll review the good, the bad, and the things I had to overcome in order to use this style of system for landscape photography. I hope you enjoy this week's video & as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we review the five things you're still doing wrong when editing photos in Lightroom. The list of the five mistakes mentioned in this video are a culmination of errors I made for years along with the most common I hear about in my one to one coaching sessions. These are all mistakes that I'm sure most photographers, beginner to professional, have made at some point throughout their journey. As always, I hope you're able to pick up at least one piece of helpful information in this episode that you can apply to your Lightroom editing workflow moving forward. Thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss why you're not a great photographer and that's ok. Most people will never achieve the badge of "greatness", but theres a much quieter narrative of those that have a burning desire to improve. And this is the bucket that I fall into - while I may never be one of the greatest landscape photographers of all time, I find comfort in knowing that I'm better today than I was yesterday. In this video, I'll share with you the four things that have had the biggest positive impact on me throughout my transition from beginner to professional photographer. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
*VIDEO CHAPTERS* 🔘 Experimentation 01:19 🔘 Focused Post Processing 04:01 🔘 Student of Composition 07:30 🔘 Rising Tide Lifts All Ships 09:12
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In this week’s episode, we discuss what the pros know about exposure bracketing that beginners avoid - at least I always did. When you're a beginner and just starting out with something, you don't know what you don't know - it's a bit cliche, but it's the truth. And, when I was a beginner, just getting started with photography, I fell into this trap regarding exposure bracketing or as I like to call it "over-exposure bracketing". In this video, I'll review a technique you can use to help you determine when you should and when you shouldn't exposure bracket a scene in order to save you some time both on-location and in the digital dark room. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
*VIDEO CHAPTERS* 🔘 When You Don't Bracket: 02:36 🔘 When You May Bracket: 04:49 🔘 When You Must Bracket: 10:09 🔘 How to Tell the Difference: 11:22
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In this week’s episode, we discuss a change I made for 30 days that improved my photography. This has been a popular topic lately, the idea of doing something for 30 days in order to improve an aspect of ones life. And, after noticing a nasty habit that I had created throughout 2023, I figured now was as good of time as any to try and resolve this problem. In this video, I'll review what the problem was, what caused the problem, what the solution was, along with the results after making this change for the first 30 days of 2024. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we review a Lightroom glow effect you must try on your landscape photos! One of the most popular editing techniques over that past few years with landscape photographers has been the Orton Effect. If you're not familiar with what the Orton Effect does, it gives you the ability to create a soft and dreamy look to your photos, which looks quite nice when done correctly. But, this technique is something that has previously always needed to be done within Photoshop. And, in this video I'll show you how to create the same exact look only using Lightroom. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss why you don't crop your photos enough and how you can fix it. Cropping is one of my favorite photo editing techniques. It gives you the ability to alter your composition after the fact, which is pretty cool if you think about it. But, many photographers don't use this incredible tool enough in my opinion. In this video, I'll review the three things I think about when deciding how best to crop a particular photos in order to create better visual impact. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss if deleting photos can damage your camera. Who would have thought that deleting photos from your SD card would be such a controversial topic with a multitude of different ways to do it. Over the years I've heard of four different ways to accomplish this and it appears that all photographers transfer and delete their photos in one of these four ways covered in this video. But, one approach stands out amongst them all as the best, safest, and most convenient way to do this, which I discuss in this video. So if you've been wondering if you're saving and deleting your photos in the best way, this video is for you! I hope you enjoy this week's episode and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss how you can exposure blend photos in Lightroom. One of the biggest limitations within Lightroom as always been it's inability to blend multiple photos together, but what if I told you this actually is possible. But, for some reason the exposure blending feature is somewhat hidden within Lightroom. It's been available for years, but the results used to be a little aggressive, but now it's better then it's ever been! In this video, I'll review the step by step process so you can begin blending photos together in Lightroom to create incredible landscape photos. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
VIDEO CHAPTERS 🔘 What is Exposure Blending? 0:38 🔘 The Problem Exposure Blending Solves 2:11 🔘 How to Photograph an Exposure Blend 3:57 🔘 How to Exposure Blend in Lightroom 4:40
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In this week’s episode, we discuss how to make 2024 the greatest photography year of your life! If you're someone who doesn't like setting New Years resolutions or goals, then you'll love this week's video. I for one enjoy creating goals for my myself and my business and am always striving to become a better version of myself each and every year. And in year's past I've always set sometimes as many as ten photography focused goals, but last year I strayed away from this approach and had one of my best years of photography ever. And, this approach to goal setting is something I'm going to continue with in 2024 as well and hopefully it's something you might want to add to your photography goals in the new year. - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss something I've got to address with you. Mean comments or comments that aren't constructive are something that comes with the territory of running a YouTube channel. And, in this video I want to address some of the biggest complaints I received in 2023 in order to start the new year off with a clean slate. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss one of the most impactful moments of my photography career, which is when I began asking other photographers for their opinion on my photos. Getting feedback from photographers provided me with some of the most impactful feedback along with things I can improve upon moving forward. And in this video, I'll review some of the photos you all sent in for an opportunity to be featured in a photo review episode - and spoiler alert, the photos that were sent in were absolutely incredible! I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, I test out Luminar Neo's new GenErase tool on some of my favorite landscape photos of 2023. Photo cleanup is something I perform at the end of almost every photo I edit. There's almost always a few things that can be removed in order to create a clean final edit. And in this video, I review the new GenErase tool inside Luminar Neo; I discuss what I like about it, what I don't like about it, and how I can see myself using it within my workflow in the future. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we discuss the best focus point for perfectly sharp photos. Image sharpness and focus are two topics that always seem to attract quite a bit of attention, which is interesting as they both go hand in hand. And depending on what you're photographing, the focus mode, point and size of focus point will more than likely require some level of adjustment in order to achieve sharp focus. In this video, I'll review the different focus modes, point types and sizes in order to help you determine which is best for your particular genre of photography. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
✅VIDEO CHAPTERS: 🔘 Where to Focus? 00:30 🔘 Focus Modes 2:40 🔘 Focus Points 3:58 🔘 Which is Best? 9:27
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In this week’s episode, we discuss my final seven editing moves to finish your landscape photos. There aren't many things I do consistently when it comes to photo editing, but the seven things covered in this video are the steps I take to finish the edit on all my landscape photos. If you think about it, we all have a "finishing" process we go through, it may vary depending on the photo, but either way, there are steps we often take to wrap up an edit. And, in this video, I'll share with you the 7 editing techniques I apply to finish my landscape photos. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
✅ VIDEO CHAPTERS 🔘 Starting Point: 1:43 🔘 Large Details 2:40 🔘 Small Details 4:57 🔘 Atmosphere 6:40 🔘 Tone Curve 9:10 🔘 The Masks 10:20 🔘 Adding a Glow 11:20 🔘 Photoshop Clean-Up 14:36 🔘 Lightroom Clean-Up 15:26 🔘 White Border 16:30 🔘 The Other Photo 18:24
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In this week’s episode, we discuss the truth behind the f/11 myth that the pros know. If you've gotten into outdoor and landscape photography in the last ten years you've more than likely heard that f/11 is the best aperture to use for this genre of photography. In this video, I'll share with you three reasons that debunk this f/11 myth along with what I've found to be a much better solution when it comes to determining the best camera settings for your photography gear. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
✅ VIDEO CHAPTERS 🔘 Sensor Size Matters 1:10 🔘 Focal Length Matters 2:52 🔘 Lens Performance 4:52 🔘 Finding the Sweet Spot 6:30 🔘 Objects in Your Scene 7:25 🔘 The Better Solution 10:01
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In this week’s episode, we discuss why I stopped using a wide angle lens for landscape photography and why you might want to as well. One of the first lenses most beginners purchase for landscape photography is a wide angle lens - I know that was the case for me. And the problem with this is that wide angle lenses are by far the most difficult focal length to use. This really frustrated me when I first purchased one as I noticed a rapid decline in my photography and it took me until recently to fully understand why. In this video, I'll review why I stopped using my wide angle lens in hopes that some of this information might resonate with you as well. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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In this week’s episode, we review the new Lightroom tool that can actually improve the color quality of your photos. Over the last few years, Lightroom as made great advancements in its ability to enhance and target specific colors of a photograph, but their newest tool just released is by far the most powerful of the bunch! So, if you're a Lightroom user that enjoys creating color photographs then this video is for you. In this episode, I'll review the new Point Color Tool along with the problem it solves and how you can use it to improve your color photographs. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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