Month: April 2009
Senior Photography: How to Find Great Locations
Want to learn how to find great locations for senior photography? Hi MCP Actions readers! I’m Sandi Bradshaw of Treasure the Time Photography. And I am so excited to be back here and to be sharing more ideas with you on working with seniors! Today I have some things to share with you regarding finding…
Blueprint: Magic Blog It Board & Print It Board Photoshop Actions Shares
This week instead of sharing editing “Blueprints” I am sharing a great way to display images on the web (with the help of a few customers and fans.) The blueprint itself: “click play on the photoshop action and follow the directions as your photos almost magically insert themselves into a storyboard collage template. A minute…
40 Top Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials from MCP Actions
Over the past year I have done many videos and shorter tips and tutorials. My readership has grown tremendously and many of you may have missed some of these. I wanted to make your lives as easy as possible and put them in one place. Here are links to 40 popular Photoshop quick tips and tricks and video…
12 Ways to be an MCP Fan that Rocks!
Jodi Friedman’s Profile Here are 12 ways you can be an MCP Fan that ROCKS!: Read my blog via email subscription or RSS. Comment to my posts with opinions, comments, feedback or to expand on the subject Friend me on Facebook Join my Facebook Fan Club Page (NEW) and post to the wall and participate in discussions Join…
8 Great iPhone Apps for Photographers
There are hundreds of apps that can be useful for photographers. I have only tried a few dozen. But there are 6 that I use on a daily basis that I want to share with you, plus 2 more that my kids love (see how you can tie them into your photography). These apps are available…
Recognize the Person in Today’s Before and After Blueprint?
Yep – I figured today I would subject myself to a little “Blueprint” action. I still remember the days of getting carded and being told I look so young. Well those days are “past tense” I think. I am now 37 and starting to look and feel my age. Here is a photo of me before and after some…
4 Quick Tips to Printing a Gallery Wrapped Canvas
In a few hours, MCP Actions will be partnering with Color Inc. to do a super fun contest – with 3 Gallery Wrap Canvases up for grabs. If you have questions about getting images ready for print on canvas or about canvases in general, please post them below and I will have a rep from Color Inc.…
Ordered a BIG Gallery Wrapped Canvas {Check out these Pictures}
A few weeks ago I ordered my 2nd ever gallery wrapped canvas. Years ago I got my 1st one and it was 16×20 from a company that just makes canvases. I loved the color and image but the quality was not amazing (the back was not finished and it just looked incomplete). Well this time I decided to…
How We Remember What We See by Guest Blogger Paul Ernest
The Order of Cognition: How We Remember Logos First let’s define cognition: Cognition is the scientific term for “the process of thought.” Its usage varies in different ways in accord with different disciplines: For example, in psychology and cognitive science it refers to an information processing view of an individual’s psychological functions. Why is this…
The Winner(s) of the Tracy Joy Camera Bag Set and Goodies
Well after almost a week of entries and over 480 fun comments, my kids selected a winner for the grand prize camera bag and goodies set from Tracy Joy. The winner is #298 – Amy Dungan who wrote: Tracy was so impressed with the amount of comments that she also decided to have a second…
Breaking into the Senior Photography Market
Breaking Into the Senior Market by guest blogger Sandi Brandshaw First off…I want to say thank you to Jodi for inviting me to blog here with you all! And…I also want to thank you all for welcoming me here! I am excited to share with you some of the ins and outs of working with…
Introducing Sandi Bradshaw {guest blogger on senior photography}
Sandi Bradshaw is a full time custom photographer specializing in children and seniors in the Phoenix, AZ area. She is a mom to 4 boys, whom she homeschools, and is married to her best friend and biggest supporter. Her business officially began in November 2007, just 18 months ago, and she feels blessed every single…
Blueprint – Jumping for Joy {plus send in your own blueprint}
This week’s blueprint makes me excited for Spring, where you can get outdoors and enjoy life. As always I love feedback and opinions on the editing, as every edit will not appeal to all. MCP wants your blueprints too. If you are an MCP Actions user and want to submit your blueprint, please email it…
8 Ways to Find “The Light” and Enhance Your Photography
Here are 8 ways to help you find better light. This is not a scientific post – these are just ways I have tried to find better light and in turn improve my photography. I hope they help many of you too. I may do some tutorials for you to expand on these in the future. Please make notes in the…
SEO – How to Design Your Landing Page for Maximum Results
This is part of out Search Engine Optimization Series by Shannon Steffens. This is continued from Sunday’s post here. The previous article talked about your title and your meta keywords. Remember “keyword stuffing” this is the term Google uses when you use too many keywords or descriptors for your web site, well this is going…
SEO – Don’t Be a Keyword Stuffer
This is part of out Search Engine Optimization Series by Shannon Steffens. I am back talking about SEO. Today I am going to talk about your landing page. This is the page of your website you see when you type in www.yoursite.com. This is THE important page of your website. So not only do you…
Ellie and Jenna want to know… Do you prefer them in Color or B&W (and why?)
Yesterday I used a flat iron on Ellie and Jenna’s hair for the 1st time – they fell in love – and even let me take photos! So today when I edited, they were trying to decide if they prefer black and white or color. Ellie said to me, “can you post some of these…
Alisha answers some of your questions on Newborns
If you want better newborn images, take our Online Newborn Photography Workshop. Alisha read through all of your questions from her part 2 “styles of newborns” from her series on newborn photography here on the MCP Blog. Today she is back with answers to help all of you. Look for her next part of this series sometime in…
MCP Blueprint – Giving Dimension and Life to This Photo
This week’s MCP Blueprint photo is one where a little “action” made a lot of difference, but where it does not have an overly processed look, as it did the past few weeks. This shot I took of this high school senior was properly exposed but lacked dimesion and vibrancy. With a few clicks and a…
All You Ever Wanted to Know about DOF (Depth of Field)
When I posted last week showing photos of how to get eyes in focus, I got a fantastic comment from one of my readers. He agreed to write a post for all of you on Depth of Field that was a tad more technical that my visual way of explaining. Thank you Brendan Byrne for…
Free MCP Photoshop Actions * Hurry and Get Them
APRIL FOOLS! Well the April Fools’ joke is that there are no new free actions. But I have compiled many of my past free “try me” actions here in this post. So if you are new to MCP or just have not already downloaded them, here they are. ENJOY! These actions have simple built in…
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