Sharpening showdown: Topaz Photo AI vs Luminar Neo
Sharpening software can sometimes take away the blur. But with Luminar Neo and Topaz Photo AI both...
Wavy Gravy’s hippie Hog Farm at night: A long strange trip
I explored Hog Farm, an abandoned hippie commune located on top of a mountain, at night. This is...
Light Painting 101: Sometimes less really is more
You don’t have to light paint everything in a scene. Sometimes, keeping parts in the shadow is...
Topaz Photo AI V2 vs. Lightroom Denoising Battle: RAW to RAW (One more try!)
How does Topaz Photo AI V2 compare to Lightroom Denoise AI? We decided to try again, this time...
Topaz Photo AI V2 vs. Lightroom noise reduction showdown
We all want to know how Lightroom Classic Denoise AI compares to Topaz Photo AI. We denoised a...
Huh? Pentax announces a new daguerreotype camera!
Ricoh/Pentax announced a daguerreotype camera, catching the film industry off guard. “It’s 1830s...
Reducing noise of high-ISO Milky Way photo with Topaz Photo AI V2
How does the noise reduction work on the new Topaz Photo AI V2? We kicked the tires on its noise...
Boost editing comfort & control: Large, waterproof FlexiSpot Mouse Pad
FlexiSpot sent us their Large Mouse Pad (MP018). Will this waterproof mouse pad improve your...
EBL 808U Battery Charger for traveling photographers
EBL sent us their Updated 808U Battery Charger with eight AAA batteries. It has a flexible design...
FlexiSpot Keyboard Tray: The photographer’s workstation upgrade
Flexispot sent us their Clamp-on Adjustable Keyboard Tray (KT3B). Can it upgrade your workspace?...
Night photography: Light painting Joshua Tree’s ghosts
I will describe how I light painted the Ryan Ranch ruins in Joshua Tree National Park. Hopefully...
Manfrotto Element MII Red: Your versatile travel photography BFF?
The Manfrotto Element MII is a lightweight tripod aimed at hobbyists and entry-level photographers...
Featured Stories
Premiere of the beautiful new ambient music of Eleven Shadows!
Today is the premiere for my Eleven Shadows album "The Seahorse in the Center of Your Mind", full of beautiful deep ambient music. You may listen to or download the entire thing! This is the first Eleven Shadows since probably about the year 1791, haha! I had eye...
My night photographing an eerie haunted abandoned water park
I had just driven to the front of the post-apocalyptic looking abandoned water park. This was a high-profile abandoned location. After all, you could easily see it while traveling between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Sure enough, there were several cars circling around,...
My strange adventure photographing at night in an abandoned mental hospital
My friends Tim, Mike and I were on a trip, photographing abandoned areas at night. We met up with John, whom we had contacted via Flickr. I had to work my way through some sharp vines to look the outside of these windows at an abandoned mental hospital. Walking in...
