Printing Prints

Printing can be for the birds

Printing your own stuff is expensive. It is actually VERY expensive, but it gives you complete control.  If you have prints made they can also get pricy.  Here is what I do with prints I make and how I figured out how much it costs to print and mat [...]

Yes Virginia, I am a Food Photographer too.

French Onion Soup

Shameless plug: If you are a possible commercial client please contact me to discuss shooting your food / establishment.

It has been darn cold here in Austin.  With record lows not seen in decades and some new records set in the last few days.  I’ve also been out shooting in it at night, [...]

Trey Ratcliff, HDR, Kittens, The Austin Photography Group

You kill a kitten every time you post a bad HDR image.

Blog post should be succinct and limited in scope. I’ll try. No promises.

The Austin Photography Group holds a meeting the second Sunday of every month here in Austin. Their meetup website: http://www.meetup.com/photo-438/ I’ve been wanting to go for months [...]

Lone Star Beer Can White Balance (Wonkish)

Summary: I’ve added a new body to my street bag.  The color is different between body models.  While color-correcting images I found that the white found on a can of Lone Star Beer is a very convenient way to do a quick white-balance correction in Adobe Bridge.

I’ve been shooting all Nikon D3oo bodies last year.  [...]

Happy New Year

No So Happy New Year's Eve

One of the pics I’m not sending to my editor over at Austin360.com.   It was a pretty quiet night for cops on 6th Street as far as I could tell.