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MCP Photography and Editing Challenge: Highlights from this Week
This week’s photo editing challenge features a mermaid cutie shot by Amber Bullock Owens. The photo challenges give you a chance to experiment with creative editing of other photographer’s images, receive critique of your work, and see how others edit the same photograph. Join us! Participating allows you to practice editing, learn how to give (and…
Retouching in Photoshop: Sharper Eyes, Smoother Skin, Better Color
If you want to learn to do retouching in Photoshop, start by watching this step-by-step video tutorial.
MCP Photography and Editing Challenge: Highlights from this week
During the last challenge, the MCP Shoot Me Group asked you to get down and dirty to capture an original photo from a new vantage point. This week we asked that you sit back, relax, enjoy the action around you and capture it. This week’s challenge is to snap a photo that stops or…
MCP Photography and Editing Challenge: Highlights from this Week
The MCP photo challenges give you a stress-free chance to sharpen your creative editing skills. Edit the weekly photo, share it for critique and you can gain increased strength and confidence with your editing skills. Participation allows you to strengthen your editing skills, learn how to give and receive constructive criticism, and watch how others work with different…
What Editing Style Fits You Most?
As a photographer, once you define your photography look you will also want to determine your editing style. Here are some tips on how to do this.
MCP Editing and Photography Challenge: Highlights from this Week
This week’s photo challenge was all about looking at things from a new angle. The MCP Shot Me Group photography challenge for this week is to capture a photo from a new or different angle. Shoot high, shoot low, the choice is yours. Join the photography challenge! It is a great way to grow…
Using Photoshop Actions to Bring Out Beautiful Spring Color
Using a variety of Photoshop actions and techniques can really draw out color in a landscape and enhance the spring colors.
MCP Photography and Editing Challenge: Highlights from this Week
Join us for our photography and edit challenge each week.
How to Use Photoshop Actions To Add Golden Light
This image has been a popular one on our site for years and I often get asked how to accomplish the edit and how to add the golden light using Photoshop Actions. Here’s a step-by-step Blueprint for Photoshop and PS Elements – to help you achieve this look using MCP Fusion Photoshop Actions. Thank you…
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from this Week
This week’s MCP Shoot Me group photography challenge dug into your past ; your past photography that is! This week’s challenge is to look back at your photography and editing skills and style and compare and contrast them to your skills and style today. We loved seeing everyone’s take on this theme. Here are…
Lightroom Presets: Use The Secret Import-Export Trick
This blog post will teach you how to create multiple looks with one photo using MCP Enlighten presets.
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from This Week
This week one of our MCP Shoot Me moderators offered up an image of her own for your editing enjoyment. Thank you to Nicole Baldwin for letting us flex our creative muscles on this beautifully reflective photo: The photo challenges give you a chance to edit other photographer’s images, share them for critique, and see how…
My New Tamron Telephoto Stabilized Lens: 70-200 2.8 Informal Review
As a photographer sometimes you will want new lenses. One decision you’ll need to make is whether to buy a lens from the camera manufacturer (such as Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc) or choose a company that specializes in lenses, like Tamron. In the interest of full disclosure, I have photographed images for a Tamron ad campaign and…
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from this Week
This week’s MCP Photography Challenge is all about sharing the places and spaces that make your city, town or space unique. We challenged you to take a shot of an iconic location, special attraction or favorite piece of scenery in your town. We loved catching a glimpse of your space through the lens. Here are…
How To Photograph and Quickly Edit Your Family Vacation Photos
Learn what gear to bring and how to edit your family vacation photos.
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from this Week
This week’s editing challenge features an architectural shot of an old building, taken by John J. Pacetti. Here is the original photo: We want to thank John J Pacetti for allowing us to use this photo. Several of members of the group have shared creative edits. Here are a few of the many favorites: Edited…
Using Graduated Filters and Brushes in Lightroom for Bluer Skies
Learn how to use brushes and graduated filters in Lightroom 4 to create beautifully saturated blue skies.
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from this Week
This week the MCP Shoot Me Facebook team offered up a more ordinary challenge. The challenge this week is to embrace your environment and snap a photo of something you might not ordinarily find beautiful. Sidewalk cracks, bricks and weeds, the sky is the limit! We loved seeing the different takes on this theme.…
What Photoshop Actions To Buy To Edit Wildlife Photography
What Photoshop Actions To Buy To Edit Wildlife Photography As I mentioned in last week’s edit, I love photographing wildlife. My go to lens is the Canon 70-200 2.8 IS through I am hoping Canon will release a new version of the 100-400 (and I will have my name on a wait list). While I never…
MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from this Week.
This week’s editing challenge photo features a darling cutie captured by Jennifer Moses. Here is the original shot: Several of members of the group have shared great edits. Here are a few of the many favorites: Edited by Amber Bullock Owens with MCP Fusion Edited by Amy MagnetGirl Edited by Carrie Smith Flanagan Edited by Irene…
How To Edit Wildlife Photos Quickly With Photoshop Actions
How To Edit Wildlife Photos Quickly With Photoshop Actions Background and Gear In the past year, I have discovered a photography LOVE: photographing wildlife. When I traveled to Australia and then Alaska in 2012, I discovered my love for taking pictures of whales, kangaroos, and bears. Show me any creature roaming around in the woods…