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In the event you’re planning your fall color photo trips SmokyMountains.com has an interactive map predicting this stages of fall color nationwide over the course of late August to mid November. The map has 37,000+ data points generated by an algorithm that takes into account NOAA precipitation forecasts, daylight and temperature forecasts and historical precipitation. Predictions are incredibly difficult for f

Friend and fellow landscape photographer Michael Frye has released a new ebook today: Landscapes in Lightroom 5: The Essential Step-by-Step Guide  Use code lr520 to save 20% This discount is good through Sunday August 4th midnight PST. Michael is equally as talented as a teacher as he is as a photographer. His ebook includes a great combination of tips, tricks, overview information, videos and even downloadable image

It’s always interesting to see which blog entries for the year caught the eye of my blog readers most. If you’re looking for some great reading and photography as you wait for New Years to approach then this is it. As always thanks for reading my blog and have a great New Years! 10. Half Dome Permit Related Death? 9. Adobe Lightroom Lesson to Learn – Backup Your Library 8. Privacy Watch: Cell Phones, Meta

I got turned on to a video titled “Happiness Revealed” by Louie Schwartzberg last week and found it really hit home. If you’ve spent any time in nature you might have had a similar thought as the last narrator of this video on “gratefulness”. As you start your week and prepare for the New Year I recommend reserving 10 minutes of your day to watch this video. I love Louie’s take on

JPEGmini is a company that has a unique approach to optimizing your JPEG format images in an effort to help you save storage space. I took a quick look at their offering and shared my thoughts on it with Sarah Perez in a recent TechCrunch article New Startup JPEGmini Reduces Photos’ Size, Not Their Quality. I thought I would share a little more about my take on the service in the event it’s something you feel i

Paul Rand was an incredible American graphic designer and in this video he shares some of his wisdom that is easily applicable to other art forms including photography. I highly recommend watching this video multiple times as he talks about the confusion created by some teaching efforts versus just creating (10 min), solving complex problems with simplicity, and his view on the merits of interactivity in design . My

This month some great eBooks have been released by Digital Photography School, Craft & Vision, and Enzo dal Verme. Each address a different topic and are great resources no matter what your level of experience or expertise. January’s eBook releases include: Nuts and Bolts and Shots – Tools and Techniques for Creative Photography by Neil Creek and Digital Photography School – $14.99 This eBook is

With the holidays around the corner I thought I would remind readers of my blog that there is no time like the present to purchase a photo or photography eBook as a gift for others or even yourself. For those who might be interested in prints of my photographs I welcome you to email me directly with your order and I’ll take 25% off the total. Note: Include in your message the print size, image name/url and your