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Roses and Butterflies

How did I arrive at taking photos of roses and butterflies from my usual buildings and monuments? On my first day here in Kalavrita, Greece, I met a British guy by the name of Terry.[…]

How to Publish Photos Directly from Lightroom to Facebook…even to Fan Pages

The other day I wrote about how you can publish your photos directly from Adobe Lightroom to WordPress using the Dossier de Press. But what if you have a Facebook page associated with your WordPress[…]

About Hopeless Pictures

Sometimes I shoot pictures and I know “this one is not going to turn out…”. “So why are you still shooting it, then?” you might ask. Well, good question. Maybe I just have the itchy[…]

The Beauty of RAW: You can modify the White Balance

Often I sense a lot of hesitation among people who have just started with DSLR photography to shoot in RAW. They’re used to their digital point & shoot cameras or cell phones generating JPGs and[…]

Killer Bokeh with my New f/1.8 Lense

While sipping a hot chocolate with lavender in the infamous cafe Gerbaud in Budapest, I could’t resist experimenting with my new ultra-fast f/1.8 lens I had purchased recently using Gerbaud’s signature cake as a guinea[…]

Publish Photos Directly from Lightroom to WordPress

I take a lot of photos, which I always shoot in RAW, and I shoot a lot of HDR pictures, which results in an even higher number of photos, and I certainly don’t want to[…]

How to Recover Photos from a Corrupted Flash Card

Having just gotten home from one of my best photo tours ever, I couldn’t wait to upload the photos to my computer and start editing, so I stick the CF memory card into my card[…]