Tim Grey

Digital imaging expert

Areas of Expertise:

  • digital photography
  • digital imaging
  • consulting
  • speaking
  • writing
Tim Grey is regarded as one of the top educators in digital photography and imaging, offering clear guidance on complex subjects through his writing and speaking. He loves learning as much as he possibly can about digital imaging, and he loves sharing that information even more. Tim’s work combines several of his greatest passions: technology, teaching, photography, writing, and travel. All of these have been part of his life in some way for as long as he can remember, and became a major focus starting in high school. He has been focused on digital photography and imaging for over 10 years. Tim has written more than a dozen books on on digital imaging for photographers, including the best-selling Photoshop CS3 Workflow and Color Confidence. He has also had hundreds of articles published in magazines such as Digital Photo Pro, Outdoor Photographer, and PC Photo, among others. He publishes the Digital Darkroom Questions email newsletter, as well as the Digital Darkroom Quarterly print newsletter. Tim teaches through workshops, seminars, and appearances at major events. He is a member of the Photoshop World Dream Team of Instructors. With such a busy schedule, Tim doesn't get much time to actually take pictures. He squeezes in as much photography as he can during his business travels, and also takes advantage of every opportunity to photograph near his home in Bellevue, Washington.

Take Your Best Shot Take Your Best Shot
by Tim Grey
July 2008
Print: $34.99
Ebook: $27.99

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May 2013 Issue of Pixology

May 12 2013

The May 2013 issue of Pixology magazine has been delivered to current subscribers. This issue features–most prominently–an article covering the new features in Lightroom 5 Public Beta. This, of course, suggests that the final release of Lightroom will include the … Continue reading → read more

Unexpected Sunlight

May 06 2013

Today marks the first day of the Olympic National Park field photography workshop I’m leading along with Wolfgang Kaehler, and things are certainly not going as expected. In this case that means we’re unexpected working with lots of sunlight. And … Continue reading → read more

Learning Silver Efex Pro

April 21 2013

If, like me, you enjoy creating black and white interpretations of some of your color photographic images, you may want to take a look at my latest video training course, “Learning Silver Efex Pro 2“. This course features a full … Continue reading → read more

The New Art of Photographing Nature with Art Wolfe

April 02 2013

I am happy to announce that a new book I’ve worked on with world-renowned photographer Art Wolfe is now available. The new book is called “The New Art of Photographing Nature“, and it is a complete revision of Art’s original … Continue reading → read more

Nik Software Hangout on Air Interview

March 22 2013

For those of you who missed my live “Hangout on Air” interview yesterday, the recording has been posted online, and you can view it here: This interview was hosted by Nik Software (now part of Google) in Mountain View, California, … Continue reading → read more

Wide-Angle Blurs in Broad Daylight

March 19 2013

Creating images with motion blur can be a great deal of fun. But what about in broad daylight with clear blue skies? Yes, of course, a neutral density filter makes this possible. But what about when you’re using a wide-angle … Continue reading → read more

Deciding on Distortion Correction

March 13 2013

A reader inquired via a comment on my previous blog post (“Seeking Blue on Blue“) about why I didn’t correct for the distortion of the church spire in my Blue Church photo captured in Bratislava, Slovakia. For reference, a small … Continue reading → read more

Seeking Blue on Blue

March 10 2013

When I’m photographing a subject with a strong color element, I almost always prefer to have a background that is either relatively neutral or that has a color that is complementary to the subject’s color. But for the Blue Church … Continue reading → read more

How Much Detail?

March 01 2013

I have often suggested that three of the key attributes that tend to be preferred in a photographic image, at least in terms of what can be affected significantly in post-processing, are contrast, saturation, and warmth. We tend to prefer … Continue reading → read more

64GB Storage to Go

February 25 2013

Those who have seen me present live know that I tend toward being a little paranoid. And petty. Among other things. But mostly paranoid. One of the most significant reasons I’m involved in photography is that I desperately want to … Continue reading → read more

The Importance of Paper Attributes

February 14 2013

I recently had the opportunity to test out some fine art papers from Ilford, and this got me thinking about photo papers in general. First off, one of the challenges of evaluating papers is that so many papers are so … Continue reading → read more

You Might Be Surprised…

February 06 2013

You might be very surprised at my answer in today’s edition of the Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter. It relates to the relative merits of saving images in the Photoshop PSD versus TIFF file formats. A reader indicated that a Photoshop … Continue reading → read more

Bridging the Gap

February 05 2013

I should have thought twice about this considering the freezing (literally) cold that had gripped New York City, but the sky looked good and I figured it was a good night to photograph the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn. Of course, … Continue reading → read more
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