Day #8 | Self-Portrait Challenge

June 8, 2019August 3, 2015 by Dan Carr

Today’s challenge for your photography is all about self portraits. We’re up to day #8 now on my Stay Out There 10-Day Challenge, and this one is another easy one that anyone with a camera or a cell phone can take part in. I’ve found that when you really love taking photos, you can quickly become the designated photographer in your circle of friends or family. The result is many great photos of them, but often much less in the way of evidence that you were actually there as well. At the time it might not seem like a big deal, but …

Day #7 – Photoshop Sequences

December 3, 2016August 2, 2015 by Dan Carr

For day #7 of my Stay Out There 10-Day Challenge, I wanted to highlight one of my favourite Photoshop techniques, called a sequence. This is a technique that involves taking a number of photos in quick succession, and then layering them on top of each other in Photoshop CC. This kind of technique used to be confined to photographers with professional grade cameras, dude to the necessity for a very fast frame rate. Thankfully these days, my iPhone shoots photo bursts and 10fps, and even my recently purchased Sony RX 100 IV pocket camera shoots at a mind-boggling 16fps! Both of these …

Dan #6 |Preset Power

December 3, 2016August 1, 2015 by Dan Carr

For day #6 of my Stay Out There 10-Day Challenge, I’ve got a confession to make: I use presets to process a lot of my photos. The reason? Practicality. Once you start shooting a lot of photos, you have to start fine-tuning your workflow, or it’s easy to fall behind on organizing and editing your images. Unedited images never see the light of day, confined to the depths of a hard drive or cell phone for eternity. Presets can free them! Since I’m a Lightroom user, I’m specifically referring to the use of Lightroom presets here. Presets are a 1-click …