A few days ago, I received an email from Skylum announcing their new pricing plans for Luminiar Neo. As of September 29th, 2022, the prices have gone up. But Skylum is known to offer great discounts on its products throughout the year. So, you can … [Read more...]
October 2, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Random Picture of the Week #197: Abandoned Church in Wichita County, Texas
This week’s random image is of an abandoned church in Wichita County, Texas. I took this picture as my wife and I passed through town after our 2020 vacation to the Wichita Mountains. About the Old Church The old church is located in a small west … [Read more...]
September 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
New Luminar Neo Extension Release! Focus Stacking
I just received word from Skylum that the next Luminar Neo Extension is about to release and that new extension is Focus Stacking. This will be a great tool for those that do focus stacking. I was also told they will be raising the price of Luminar … [Read more...]
September 25, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Random Picture of the Week #197: Star Gazing in the Texas Panhandle
This week’s random image is from our Texas Panhandle trip we took back in July 2022. The trip was a lot of fun, we were able to catch up with old friends, and I could visit a few abandoned places that have been on my list for a few years. I named … [Read more...]
September 6, 2022 By Leave a Comment
A View from the Rim – Palo Duro Canyon
Back in July 2022 my wife, myself, and some of our longtime friends rented out a couple of cabins on the rim of Palo Duro Canyon where we spent a few days exploring the canyon and surrounding area. I will go into our trip once I've processed all the … [Read more...]
August 18, 2022 By Leave a Comment
October 2021 Road Trip: HWY 56 Sherman to Paris, Texas
I was going through some of my old images from last year and realized I never shared one of my road trips. Back in October I made a back-to-back road trip I shared the West Texas Road Trip one but I never shared the East Texas one. For that trip I … [Read more...]
July 29, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Topaz Image Quality Bundle Sale
Topaz Labs has a great line of Image Editing Software. I use Sharpen AI and DeNoise AI as part of my image editing processing system. They do a great job and saved a few images that I thought were no chance of saving. I've even been able to go back … [Read more...]
July 7, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Review: Breakthrough Photography 72mm Snap-On Center-Pinch Lens Cap
I'm good at losing lens caps. It doesn't matter if I leave the cap in my gear bag, in my pocket, or my car, I will lose it at some point. My last cap lasted three years but I lost it a few months ago. I think it fell out of my pocket on a lonely … [Read more...]
May 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Luminar Neo Summer Sale
One of my favorite new image editing tools is Luminar Neo and I have to say this tool along with their other tools has helped save a ton of my old photos that were just bad enough that I didn't want to use them. But after using the Skylum toolset, I … [Read more...]
May 19, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Topaz Gigapixel AI v6.1 – New Release & Sales Promo
Topaz Gigapixel v6.1 was just released and it’s a considerable improvement over Gigapixel AI v6.0. They are offering a $20 discount off the regular price to celebrate the release. I've used the previous version of Gigapixel AI and have been impressed … [Read more...]
