Month: October 2009
A Birthday Blueprint
For today’s blueprint, I wanted to celebrate a birthday. My own! Yep, today at 5:11AM I turned 38 years old. Wow! Time goes by fast. At the age of 38 I have come to have an appreciation for life. It is short, no matter how long we live. My great grandma lived until days before…
Winner of the Halloween Contest is…
The winner of the Halloween Contest (who wins the Holiday Templates by Ashe Designs) is…. Well my twins had a hard time picking – they loved so many of the costumes. But in the end, they are Brownies so they picked: Patty of Picture Perfect Passion who said she has dressed as a girl scout…
5,000 Friend Limit on Facebook: How Can a Social Networking Site Limit Friends?
5,000 Friend Limit on Facebook. I heard the rumors… Turns out they were true. Have you ever been told, “You have too many friends?” Or how about “No more friends for you!” Well today was my 1st time. One day shy of 38 years of age, I was told I had too many friends and…
Drop It Modern Backdrops {Brianna Graham Style}
I often end up on Brianna Graham’s site as MCP readers will email me questions on how she post processes. And while I only can make guesses, the one time I met her at the Secret Workshop, she was teaching studio work, not her post processing. And even if she did share her knowledge, it…
Halloween Freebies + Win Holiday Templates Prize Pack
Today MCP has partnered with Ashe Designs to bring you 4 fabulous Halloween Templates. Check out their fun template designs. You can download them HERE or on any of the 4 Halloween samples. Then enter a comment on this blog post with what you and/or your family members are dressing as for Halloween. If you…
Lightroom 3 {Beta} Now Available
I twittered and posted to facebook the other day – but in case you missed the announcement, the Lightroom 3 beta program is available to the public. You do not need to own Lightroom. You can download the beta and use it until the product expires. The current Lightroom 3 public beta will expire on…
Confidence: A Crutial Component to Business Success
Joyce Smith, the amazing photographer, writer and owner of WordSmith is here today to share with MCP readers about how confidence plays a huge role in building a successful photography business (or really any business). She is sharing an excerpt from her “How to Sell” guide. Watch the blog tomorrow for a chance to win…
Update on My Confession Earlier Today
Thank you to all those who wrote to me via my Facebook Page and on my blog comment section regarding how I can start to get my life back and get away from my computer “occasionally” to be with family, exercise, or just to take care of myself. I have tried to respond to some…
Confession: When You Realize Something Needs to Change…
One recent morning I woke up and it hit me. I barely have time to do the things I love. I have not been exercising like I use to. I have not talked to friends on the phone. I barely spend time with my husband. My kids ask why I always am on the computer…
Blueprint: A Girl and Her Umbrella
This adorable photo is from Kara Roberts Photography. She wrote, “I have tried and tried to post process this one but they all turn out ICK. She’s just surrounded by green, and even when I do a levels and curves adjustment it just makes the green worse.” So I decided to play with Kara’s photo…
Photoshop Tutorial: Removing Glare on Glasses by Merging 2 Images
Photoshop Tutorial: How to remove glare on glasses in Photoshop – the Take Two Method To expand on yesterday’s post on removing or eliminating glasses glare, I will be showing you the “take 2” method. This method involves taking multiple shots of the subject with and without his or her glasses on. While photographing take…
6 Quick Ways to Getting Rid of Glare on Glasses
I usually get 3-5 emails a week asking how people can avoid and/or remove glare on glasses. There are a number of ways to avoid, reduce or eliminate glare. Watch the light and how it affects the glasses while taking the shot. Turn your subject in different directions until the glare disappears. Reposition the subject…
How To Price Portrait Photography To Make Money
This article on “how to price your photography” is one of the MOST POPULAR ever written for the MCP Blog. Once you read this you will see why it has hundreds of comments, thousands of Facebook shares, and sparks interest and controversy. You will also learn how to make more money as a photographer.
Share Your “Bag of Tricks” Examples with MCP
Now that MCP’s Bag of Tricks has been out a week, I would love your thoughts and feedback and the set. Tell me what your favorite actions are from the set. I also invite you to share in two ways. You can post before and after examples (using the Bag of Tricks or any other…
“Fall” by Ellie Friedman
Ellie, one of my 7 year old twins, loves to write. She constantly writes stories and poetry. She dreams of someday being an author. I tell her she already is. She wrote this today and I wanted to share her poem with all of you. “Fall” by Ellie Friedman Cider, apples All day long, Children…
MCP Blueprint – Bye to Blue
This photo was submitted by Kim from My Family’s Circus (www.kimiscircus.blogspot.com) for a Fix It Friday post at I Heart Faces and I wanted to share it here too. Here are the photoshop actions and steps I did to the photo: MCP’s Bag of Tricks Magic Midtone Lifter MCP’s Bag of Tricks Magical Contrast MCP’s…
Posing Tip: Be Aware of Dangling Limbs
One often flattering tip with posing is to angle your subject so that they do not hit the camera straight on and look as broad as possible. When doing this you may want to pay attention to all angles… Here is one that I caught. Before shows 1st try with the model turning quickly to…
6 Ways to Prevent Theft of Images from Your Customers
Have you wondered how you can prevent my clients from printing the digital files I share on my website or blog? I get multiple emails about this every week. Here are 6 ways to prevent theft of your images from your customers plus pros/cons of each. Reduce the resolution and size of the images –…
Quick Photoshop Tip – Layer Order
I am going to start mixing in photoshop quick tips. If you have a quick photoshop tip (or tutorial) you want to share on my blog, please contact me with your ideas or submission. I would love to have you. Layer Order I often get asked “how do I know if I need to flatten…
MCP’s Bag of Tricks is NOW AVAILABLE!
Do you believe in Magic? MCP’s Bag of Tricks for Photoshop CS2, CS3 and CS4 has more than 25 new actions to make you a believer. These actions along with over an hours worth of video tutorials will help you with color and allow you to perform magic on your images. Reflected Color Cast Vanisher…
Blueprint from Manila in the Philippines
This photo was submitted from Isabel who lives in Manila in the Philippines. The original is shown 1st, the a color edit, and lastly a black and white. Color Version edited in Photoshop: Used Peek-a-Boo action from the MCP Complete Workflow actions Used Color Burst action from the MCP Complete Workflow (painted on the letters…
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