Photos of Fall Color in the Smokies!

It's leaf time in the mountains of Western North Carolina!

8 Photoshop Tutorials for Retouching Your Profile Pic

Even if you don’t have a magazine photo team to touch up your photo, it’s easy to make a couple of quick enhancements with basic Photoshop knowledge.

Whether you want to remove acne or add a tattoo — these eight tutorials will teach you how to retouch your photos like a pro:

8 Photoshop Tutorials for Retouching Your Profile Pic

The Power Of Color And Negative Space

Nothing brings power and emotion to a photo as well as bold, saturated color. Photographers capturing photos with this type of color are praised for the mastery of their images. But just capturing bold color is not enough alone to make a powerful photo. The purpose of this blog is to discuss just one color technique that will immediately improve your photographs: using complementary colors and negative space.
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Facebook Upgrades Photos: Look Out, Flickr

Facebook, which is one of the world’s largest photo-sharing sites (in addition to being the leader among social networks), is rolling out some marked improvements to its Photos product.
These upgrades include hi-res photos, photo-download links, bulk tagging options and an elegant lightbox interface for viewing images from anywhere on the site. The lightbox in particular reminds us of similar features recently rolled out by Flickr (Flickr); and some of these improvements, such as hi-res and downloading capabilities, are what have prevented Facebook (Facebook) from serious competition with Flickr as a photo-sharing destination.
Read the full story, courtesy of Mashable: Facebook Upgrades Photos: Look Out, Flickr

The Blue Ridge Parkway at 5000 feet! - A One Day Photo Workshop

Richard Bernabe, outdoor photographer and author, is offering a one day photo workshop in the Blue Ridge Parkway.

This one-day photography tour and instructional workshop will take you through the North Carolina Highcountry during peak fall color via the famed Blue Ridge Parkway. From sunrise to sunset, you will not only see and capture the brillaint autumn color on display, but you will learn important professional photography techniques with your camera.

We will be meeting at 6:30 am in Pisgah Forest near Brevard and then carpool from there to our sunrise location, so if you live more than an hour from Brevard, an overnight stay in or around the area might be a good idea. We will pick up lunch on the road during the day and you will be on your own for dinner after sunset when the workshop ends. Prepare for a long, but very productive day. No long or strenuous hiking is involved, but some walking will be done in order to get some various locations.
Instructional topics will include:

Getting the most out of your digital camera
Getting the right exposure every time
Creating dynamic compositions
How to photograph moving water
How to make colors "pop"
Filters
How to shoot sunrise and sunsets like a pro.
And much more.


Read the full article here

Cades Cove

Digital Nature Photography Workshop

Digital Nature Photography Workshop:

This comprehensive weekend course is open to both beginner and intermediate nature photographers shooting with digital cameras.