The Digital Photo Guy

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Lee — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:54:19 +0000

Yes Virginia, There Really Are Burrowing Owls After 3 fruitless years of searching, I finally found and photographed burrowing owls in the wild. In fact, within one hour, I saw 4 of the cute critters and managed to get a photo with two in one frame. The originals of two are shown below. If you [...]

One Trick Pony

Lee — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:00:54 +0000

FREE Topaz Labs Webinar Eric Yang, Marketing Manager for Topaz Labs will present a free webinar on April 7 at Noon CDT (Central Daylight Time). Eric will demonstrate how to use several Topaz plug-ins and answer questions. There will also be some cool give-aways so be sure to register ASAP. There’s limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Click [...]

United Breaks Guitars – Song 3

Lee — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:09:08 +0000

I produced three Video MMTs over the last 2 days which I’ll be releasing while I’m leading the Spring Desert Wildflower Photoshoot Workshops this weekend and next. There’s still time to register so sign up now. When’s the last time you went to the desert to photograph wildflowers? Here are some photos from last year. While taking a break, I [...]

More Plug-In Plugs

Lee — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:00:23 +0000

UPDATE: Just heard from Roger at LensRentals.com (see end of MMT) that they have a 5% discount going on right now. Sounds like a great excuse to rent a wide angle or macro or both and join me at the Anza-Borrego Desert Wildflower Workshop next weekend (3/13 & 14) or the following weekend (3/20 & 21). If [...]

Plugging a Plug-In

Lee — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:00:49 +0000

Shoebill Stork Video Anyone who’s taken a Wild Animal Park “Hands-On” Photoshoot with me knows of my fascination with the shoebill stork whom I’ve nicknamed “Fred”. He’s an interesting bird, not just for his massive beak but also because he almost seems to be observing the people who stop to view him. A friend and former student who [...]

New Videos

Lee — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:43:56 +0000

Monday Morning Tip OK, so it’s a little bit past morning. It’s my blog and I say it’s still Monday Morning in some remote corner of the world. I presented a Photoshop Elements webinar this past Saturday and had prepared seven short videos to be played during the webinar. Unfortunately, the instructions for loading the videos were incomplete and [...]

New Workshops Added

Lee — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:51:57 +0000

Desert Wildflower Photoshoot – Extra Sessions Added The rangers at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park are forecasting peak wildflower blooms between Sunday, Feb 21 and Saturday, Mar 13. I’m pretty sure the flowers will still be there on Mar 20 & 21 but, just to be safe, I’m scheduling a workshop for the weekend of Mar 13 [...]

Ansel Adams, a Ric Burns video

Lee — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:51:07 +0000

Some photographers transcend photography and become icons. Ansel Adams is such an icon. I’ve read lots of articles about Adams, sat through many lectures about the him and admired all of his iconic images but it seems that every new story has a different nuance about this multi-faceted giant. I really enjoyed this video and hope you will [...]

Digital SLR Cheat Sheet

Lee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:51:18 +0000

I’ve had several requests for the Cheat Sheet I published last year so I resurrected it. The purpose is two-fold. First, make the dSLR Cheat Sheet available to those who missed it the first time and second, point out the new, cool Search Box at the top of each page. As a test, I entered ‘cheat sheet’ [...]

Scam/Virus Alert!

Lee — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:10:23 +0000

Sorry, I just learned the bad link was still active in this post. Be Careful Out There… I don’t normally post this stuff but I’ve received this scam e-mail three times over the past day and it seems to be targeting photographers so be careful. The body of the e-mail starts with something like this: Hey, some jerk has [...]