This is a collage of LAB channel color adjustments, developed for my Creative LAB Color in Photoshop course for Lynda.com in LinkedIn Learning. To really get the idea, click here…

When I was a kid growing up in the east they used to have "snow days"---when school was called on account of snow. You went back to bed, covered your…

It rained all day as I was recording, but towards late afternoon there was a break in the weather. I positioned myself on the roof of a parking garage, and…

I am feeling smug that I still have some decent computer skills. The last time I updated this Photoshop Action (a kind of macro using Photoshop's internal scripting language) was…

The marble languidly perches on the cornice of the volumes of the collected New Yorker cartoons, high above the carpet. "Marble, don't jump, " I cry, as I spring into…

In 2019 I am looking forward to another exciting year, with travel, creative projects, books to deliver, more online courses, and workshops. If you are interested in my workshops, I…

The coming of a new year brings reflections on the year that has past, thoughts appropriate to the last day or first day of a year, and ideas about new…

My favorite comment on this series of images, on #3, found over on Instagram: "I've sat here a long time looking at this!"

Somewhat in the spirit of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, maybe it is all a misunderstanding on the cosmic scale, with the universe a multidimensional freeway interchange where we've…

The Steamboat Slough Bridge, shown here from underneath, was built in 1924. According to HistoricBridges.org, this bridge is a good example of a Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridge. Despite some repair…