So, I have not had a whole lot of time to play with the Nik plug-ins, but I have had enough chance to decide to get them. I am more than happy with what they are able to do. You can actually pick a point in a photo, attach and anchor to it and adjust the size of the anchor and edit only that area! I...

I just read about Nik's Silver Efex Pro in my latest Outdoor Photographer magazine. So I had to give it a try. They have a 15 day free trial and let me just say.... I am sold! Hook line and sinker! So with that said, first an old pic I edited with the nik filter Gorgeous, striking, amazingly simple...

Okay I have been scratching my head thinking how did this girl in deviant have such good lighting on her photographs? Besides the fact of using lights, what if u did not have one? Like she has shadows at areas she wanted. I was thinking about it for three days...and then...it struck me. During one...