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Beyond the Lens with Matt Suess – Photography Journal & Blog

Zion by Moonlight

By Matt Suess | November 6, 2014

Many times the human eye sees things much better than what a camera can see. The eye has a much larger contrast ratio with a lot more dynamic range. Other times the camera comes out on top and can see things that our eyes can not. This is one of those photos.  “Zion by Moonlight” […]

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Shoot first, setup tripod later

By Matt Suess | November 6, 2014

I arrived in Zion National Park, Utah on Sunday with my colleague Christine Hauber ahead of our 2014 Zion Fall Foliage Photo Workshop a few days ago under cloudy skies and a slight drizzle less than an hour of when the sun would be setting. By the looks of it there wasn’t going to be […]

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One Camera, One Lens: The AZ State Fair – a Photo Essay

By Matt Suess | October 31, 2014

I am starting a new feature here on my photography blog called One Camera, One Lens Photo Essays. These photo essays will be photographed when I am out shooting with just one camera and one lens. Why only one camera and lens? Read here for the story and to view the galleries. As for my […]

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The making of my Blood Moon over Abiquiu photo

By Matt Suess | October 9, 2014

Early morning on October 8th, 2014 I had the good fortune of photographing my second blood moon of the year. In April I was in North Scottsdale, Arizona when I photographed my “Lunar Eclipse Blood Moon over Phoenix” and this time I was in Abiquiu, New Mexico – about an hour north of Santa Fe. […]

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The colors of fall in Santa Fe

By Matt Suess | September 30, 2014

The leaves are starting to change in the mountains above Santa Fe, New Mexico. This was photographed with my Sony a7 and Sony FE 35mm lens. It was photographed in RAW and processed with a beta version of onOne’s upcoming Perfect Photo Suite 9 which is set to be released to the public in late […]

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Just how much faster is Perfect Photo Suite 9 than v8? Seeing is believing.

By Matt Suess | September 24, 2014

onOne Software’s upcoming Perfect Photo Suite 9 (available late October) promises speed gains over version 8. In this video I will demonstrate the speed improvements using a folder containing 100 RAW images from the 36MP Sony a7R comparing browser speed between Perfect Photo Suite 8 and a beta of Perfect Photo Suite 9. For more […]

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Better Landscape Photos with Lightroom Online Course

By Matt Suess | September 5, 2014

Announcing my new 3.5hr “Better Landscape Photos with Lightroom” self paced online course on my new online photography educational website http://learn.mattsuess.com Join me as I show you how to process and enhance 9 RAW landscape photographs in Lightroom. Much better than a webinar, this course includes 9 of my RAW landscape photos that you will […]

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Announcing Perfect Photo Suite 9 from onOne Software

By Matt Suess | September 2, 2014

Today onOne software has announced Perfect Photo Suite 9, the next version in their awesome photo enhancement software, with new features that photographers have been asking for. It will be available in late October with new pricing that every photographer should be able to afford. Stay tuned to my blog here for information on new classroom […]

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Editing screencast video recordings now for upcoming Lightroom online course

By Matt Suess | September 1, 2014

Here is a screenshot as I edit the screencast video for one of the RAW photos you will be working on alongside me during my upcoming online class, “Better Landscape Photos with Lightroom”. In this particular video recording I will be showing you how to use the Upright tool, the adjustment brush to mask one […]

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Early evening light at Coyote Buttes

By Matt Suess | August 28, 2014

I photographed this 7 years ago in Coyote Buttes, a very remote area in Northern Arizona along the Utah border. Earlier in the day I was photographing at the Wave when I tripped and slightly fractured my ankle and had to hike out using my tripod as a crutch. This was photographed on the hike out. […]

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