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Techniques and Tutorials

  • Color to Black and White

  • What I Do in Raw, What I Leave for Photoshop

  • Basic Principles of Scanning

  • Raw and Photoshop

  • Photoshop CS6 and RAW

  • Depth of Field

  • Perspective Correction

  • Artwork Copying

  • Long Exposures

  • Simple File Indexing

  • Photo Downloading

  • Contrast without Saturation

  • Chromatic Aberration

  • Sharpening

  • Monitor Calibration

  • A Compositional Checklist

  • An HDR Pro Approach

  • Dynamic Range Expansion

  • Depth of Field Expansion Hand Done

  • Real Image Dust Removal

  • Printing Tutorial: Paper Whites on Screen Modes

  • Comment on CS5 HDR Toning

  • Depth of Field Expansion

  • Color Balance in the Field on RAW files

  • Digital Exposure and Histograms

Technical

  • Printing and the Problem of Double Color Management.

  • 48 bit Color: Stephen Johnson and Bruce Fraser

  • Printing Fine Art

  • Camera Needs

  • Color Management Chapter from Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography

My Vimeo Video Tutorials Album

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Lectures now Online (a developing list)

  • New Options, New Habits. January 15, 2025.

  • A Journey Toward The Sacred Print. May 7, 2021.

Essays

  • In the air over Colorado

  • An Artist's Path

  • Passion and Commitment

  • The Intrigue of Complexity

  • Photography, Art, Inspiration and Rock and Roll

  • Antarctica 2005

  • Seeing, Feeling, Wandering

  • Bruce Fraser Remembered

  • Ralph Putzker

  • Light, Beauty and Exploration

  • The Real Experience, The Photograph

  • Interview by John Paul Caponigro

  • Antarctica 2007

  • The Impulse to Postcard

  • Notions of Beauty and Design

  • Light Out of Darkness

  • Thoughts on Photography Books

  • Travel, Photography and Home

  • Reflections on Mastery

  • The Arts, the Economy and Hope

  • Photographic Tools of Revelation

Tidbits

  • Loading heavy paper into Epson 2400/2800

 

 

Next Class

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Yosemite Valley in Winter Field Photography Class
Feb 7
Feb 7, 2026 – Feb 9, 2026
Yosemite Valley in Winter Field Photography Class
Feb 7, 2026 – Feb 9, 2026

Winter in Yosemite Valley is a transformed world. Trees are wet and dark, the oaks are bare. The cliffs are blanketed with snow. Weather moves through in waves of clouds and mist. Ponds and river edges are frozen. There is usually snow on the valley floor. Visitors are dramatically fewer in number. Our three days together will likely be cold, but we will no doubt be warmed by the special beauty that winter brings to this grand valley. Although we will carpool to various locations, I hope our basic mode of transportation through the valley will be our feet. There is really no other way to come to know a place. 

Feb 7, 2026 – Feb 9, 2026
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