Cortados on the Beach with CoffeeGeek Mark Prince
Mark Prince, founder of CoffeeGeek.com, made cortados for my wife and I at a beach in Victoria, BC using portable espresso equipment.
Refresh Your Old AirPods with a Podswap
After using my original-model AirPods nearly every day for three years, the batteries finally got to the point where they would deplete after only 20 minutes or so. I replaced them with a set of AirPods Pro, and put the first set into a drawer (next to an old iSight camera). I didn’t want to ...
PhotoActive Podcast: Bryan William Jones on How We See
One of the great joys of co-hosting the PhotoActive Podcast is getting to talk to smart, interesting people related to photography. In the latest episode, we chat with retinal neuroscientist and photographer Bryan William Jones about how we see the world, and how that translates to what our cameras see. I was surprised to learn ...
[April Fools’ Day] Exclusive: Luminar AI for Apple Watch
Skylum just announced a revolutionary Apple Watch companion app for Luminar AI, using onboard machine learning to make your photos great.
PhotoActive Podcast: Jordan Drake on Shooting Video
The PhotoActive podcast that I co-host is all about photography, but nearly all of our cameras now have the ability to record video. Shooting video with your DSLR or mirrorless camera is different from the camcorders of old, so even though there’s a lot of overlap between stills and video, the latter can be daunting. ...
Photoshop Elements 2021 Classroom in a Book
Did I mention that 2020 was a busy year for me? One of my regular projects for the last couple of years has been updating the Adobe Photoshop Elements Classroom in a Book for Adobe Press/Pearson. I originally worked on it in 2013 when the authors were too busy to update the title, and then ...
Why Webcams Aren’t Good Enough
Standalone webcams... stink. I wrote a big article explaining why, and was interviewed about it by MacVoices.
Managing Files Book Review and MacVoices Interview
I share a great review of my new book Take Control of Managing Your Files at MyMac.com and talk to Chuck Joiner at MacVoices about it.
PhotoActive #83: Raw and ProRAW on the iPhone
On the latest PhotoActive podcast episode, we dig into Apple's new ProRAW photo format, and Kirk McElhearn explores further in a post on his site, Kirkville.com.
Take Control of Managing Your Files
Is your macOS desktop filled with file icons? Do you even know a desktop picture is hiding behind them?!? Perhaps you need to take control of managing your files.
Giving Thanks for Distraction
Thanksgiving close to home has me thinking about focused photography elsewhere.
