Category: Photography

screenshot of Lightroom's import menus

Creating a Preset to add Metadata on Import in Lightroom

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
Including your name, copyright, and contact information in your images should be an important part of your workflow photo editing. Embedding that information as metadata in your photographic files is like putting an address tag on your luggage. Wherever the...Read More
Latourell Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.

Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls Update

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
Latourell Falls in Guy Talbot State Park, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon. The Eagle Creek Fire in September 2017 devastated much of the forest surrounding many of the waterfalls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge...Read More
Devils Tower rock formation aat sunrise

Devils Tower National Monument

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming. President Theodore Roosevelt declared Devils Tower to be the first National Monument in the United States on September 24, 1906. Interestingly enough, this was ten years before the National Park Service was established. The 867-foot...Read More
Mount Hood and the Hood River Valley with fruit tree orchards in fall color.

Top Spots for Fall Color in Oregon

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
Mount Hood and Hood River Valley in Autumn. Autumn has long been the favorite season of many nature and landscape photographers. Changing weather and the brilliant colors of leaves provide great opportunities for getting out and capturing the beauty and...Read More
California poppies blurred due to wind during exposure

Windblown Poppies

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
Windblown poppies; Carrizo Plain National Monument, California. Several months ago I put together a very detailed plan for a month-long road trip to Baja California, Mexico that included stops on the return to some of southern California's best wildflower locations....Read More
Close-up photograph of Osoberry blossoming at Mount Pisgah Arboretum

First Signs of Spring

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_15293" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Indian Plum or Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis); Mount Pisgah Arboretum, Willamette Valley, Oregon.[/caption] Looking at my Lightroom catalog, I realized that I hadn't done any serious photography for the whole month of January. That, and a day...Read More
A screenshot comparing showing the difference that using Topaz Sharpen AI can make in a slightly out of focus photo

Testing Topaz DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
The photographers, programming wizards, and coding geeks over at Topaz Labs have developed some impressive photography software in the past couple of years. Previously, I mostly used Topaz apps and plugins for adding special effects or unusual looks to my...Read More