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Poutine Sunset

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This Way to Splash Mountain Stars

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Cinderella Castle Glow

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One of My Legs is Longer Than the Other

by Matthew Cooper June 3, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper
More weird angles from me… I blame it on my extra long leg. In reality I was trying to use the compass arrows as a guide for the bottom corner of the frame and also with the spire of Cinderella Castle. I didn’t completely nail it and if you hate these kind of angles I don’t think the compass is gonna make it for you but that’s where my head was at.
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Partners in Noir

by Matthew Cooper June 1, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

This is another shot I’ve sat on for a while. I originally processed it in color a little over 2 years ago, didn’t like it, and then would occasionally look at it to see if I changed my mind. Recently I had the epiphany it could potentially be a great black and white and set to work. I used Silver Efex from the Nik Collection and ran two separate passes on the base color image with 2 different color filters, one for the background and one for Partners. I masked those two together, made levels adjustments, did some dirt cleanup on Walt’s back and was done. Now I’m more than happy to share it.

June 1, 2020 0 comment
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Landspeeders ‘r Us

by Matthew Cooper May 27, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

This is a cool little scene from Galaxy’s Edge. There’s a lot of cool little details to pickup on and I actually found myself standing here for quite a while listening to the little radio broadcast playing in the back of the workshop. One thing to watch out for is the lights in the back of the shop are VERY hot so if you are bracketing you may need to really pay attention to your underexposure to make sure you got it right. Even with my underexposure shots there are a few spots I wish I could have recovered a bit better. Something for me to keep in mind next time.

May 27, 2020 0 comment
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Southernly Beauty – The Deuce

by Matthew Cooper May 26, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

This was the very first Disneyland shot I worked on and is yet another shot I’ve thought could have been done better. So, I’ve gone back and re-edited it from scratch and come up with a final image that is much moodier and pleasing. To me anyway…

May 26, 2020 0 comment
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Morning at Arch Rock

by Matthew Cooper May 25, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

I’ve sat on this one for nearly 3 years now not quite happy with it was turning out. I scrapped it yet again this weekend and started over and finally I was able to edit it as it deserved. I spent not even 24 hours in Joshua Tree but photographing here was an experience I’ll never forget.

May 25, 2020 0 comment
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Eureka Mill & the Case of the Missing Grizzly

by Matthew Cooper May 25, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

It’s not often I get to post something old at Disney that I’ve never posted before but here we are. I’ve sat on this shot for a while because it always annoyed me that the trees had grown so much by the time I visited that Grizzly Peak is obscured. I’ve gotten over it now and other than that minor issue I really do like the shot. The sky especially turned out really nice and I love the contrast against the warmth of the mill.

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Mickey & Minnie’s Great Movie Ride

by Matthew Cooper May 21, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

I had literally just setup for this shot and started my first exposure when it started sprinkling. By the time I had taken my second exposure (for the sign) it was turning into an absolute washout. This worked out great for some other shots, but it definitely doesn’t work when your framing involves pointing the camera straight up into the sky. One additional frame would have helped with some problematic highlights, but I made it work with the 2 frames I had with a bit of color painting.

May 21, 2020 0 comment
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Goonies Never Say Die

by Matthew Cooper May 20, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

I must be honest… I only really edited this photo so I could use this title which I thought was sort of ironically funny. Even then it’s basically only related because Pirates. Well, there’s some insight into the deep inner-workings of my brain.

This is from the Disneyland version of Pirates of the Caribbean. The edit was very straight forward with some minor exposure, highlights, and shadow adjustments in Lightroom followed by a single level adjustment in Photoshop. I then finished it off with a very light touch of Color Efex’s Pro Contrast and sharpened.

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Smoky Falls Fall

by Matthew Cooper May 19, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

It’s been a while, but I finally got around to editing some more shots from our October 2019 trip. This is another one from the foggy, rainy morning along Newfound Gap Rd.

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Tomorrow is Bright but Surrounded by Darkness

by Matthew Cooper May 19, 2020
written by Matthew Cooper

Alright it’s time for me to venture back to my Disneyland shots. It’s been nearly 3 years since my one and only trip and I have gone back and re-edited some shots I wasn’t happy with along with a bunch of “new” shots. This one kind of falls somewhere in the middle. I did edit this shot but did not post it to all my normal channels as I was doing a bit of a color test with the orange space thingy behind the Tomorrowland logo. A new look at this one after a few years renders a much nicer final image. I hope you’ll enjoy it.

May 19, 2020 0 comment
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Hi there, I'm Matthew. I love shooting Disney photography with some occasional travel and landscape photography.

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