How and when to use your visualize spots tool in Lightroom

Yesterday I posted this photograph so if you’d like to find out the exact details about it go to yesterday’s post.

I created this video to show you how and when to use your visualize spots tool. This is a very important tool when it comes to removing sensor spots. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to clean your sensor often and if you can’t do it yourself or take it in this is when this tool comes in really handy.

When I see people’s photos and they are really really nice but they have sensor spots it takes all the goodness away from a beautiful photo. It is important that when you spend so much time editing a photo you finish it off my cleaning all the sensor spots. A trained eye will always see these sensors spots first and immediately be turned off.

In this video I will show you how to take care of your sensor spots if you have any questions please leave them on the comments below and please subscribe to my YouTube channel for more awesome tutorials and cool videos.

Miami Beach Sunrise This Morning

Here is my favorite from todays Miami Beach Photography Workshop. I love doing this workshops they are so much fun. Loads of awesome photographers always show up and I end up making lifetime friends with most of them. It’s amazing how this has changed my life. Everyone learns awesome techniques and there is nothing better then photography talk with this view at six in the morning.

Below is the edit of the photo, even though I can’t shoot a lot when I’m teaching, I always try to sneak one or two photos in :)

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Miami Sunset How to Shoot it and How to Edit it

Here is an incredible sunset I shot yesterday. The photography gods came thru and gave us some amazing colors. I am going to be doing a lot more of this videos so please subscribe to my Youtube channel.

Check out the video below to see how it came about and the second video to see how I edited the photo. Thanks for dropping in and checking out my work.

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Cuban Cars

One of the coolest things about Cuba is of course the cars. Its like being stuck in the 50s, almost as if time stopped but life continued. It’s what you always see in photos so you immediately think of old cars when you think of Cuba.

Let me tell you they do not disappoint. There are lots of them and they are all beautiful. Some are old and tired and some are fully restored. No matter in what condition you find them in, they are all jaw dropping, and if you are in to cars, well they are that much cooler.

My first impression when I saw this cars was Woaaaaa, passion immediately came to mind. There are lots of new cars in Cuba, it’s just that you never see them in photos because they are not very interesting. When you see this old cars and talk to the owners, you realize how passionate they are about their cars. Their face lights up and they can’t stop talking about it. The cars are either purchased but mostly handed down from generation to generation, making them that much more valuable to the owners.

Have you ever been? If you want to go hang out with me and my friends I have a workshop coming up there soon. Check out this link for details.

If you are interested in learning how I edit my fotos from Cuba, scroll down to the bottom and watch a video.

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Want to see how I edit my photos from Cuba? Check out the video below where I go through and entire edit of one of the images above.

When I showed up to the beach to shoot the sunrise you won’t believe what I found

At first this event sounded like a good idea, perhaps if you are young and like to party this could be for you. I personally do not like large crowds and rather spend time on the beach alone or with a close group of friends.

This event is called Floatopia and its supposed to raise awareness about painting the beaches clean and pollution. Let me tell you it did just the opposite.

Here is a video and some aerial photos of the actual party. 100,000+ people showed up.

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Ok now here is a video of the next morning and photos that will shock how the beach was left.

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What do you think? Crazy right how we can just destroy our own planet.

I felt compelled to make this videos and take this photos in order to create awareness. We must stop this madness and take care of the planet we live in.

#MiamiBeach #Floatopia #FloatopiaMiami #edincahvez

Miami River Rally

As if paddleboarding was not hard enough, paddleboarding through the Miami River can has its fair share of challenges.

This is the Miami River Rally and it was a SUP race in the Miami River. In this video you can see how the dark waters, tug boats, ships, and just all around traffic can create a very challenging situation for these athletes.

It was also challenging to fly thought the river to get some of these shots. All in all it was a really fun day in the sun watching this guys rip up and down the murky waters of the Miami river.

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