Month: October 2010
Win the BAG OF TRICKS Photoshop Actions: Halloween Picture Share
Win the BAG OF “TRICKS” Photoshop action set for Elements (PSE) or Photoshop (CS2-CS5) THE DETAILS! Contest runs: Now through Monday, Nov. 1st, 2010 at 4pm eastern time. Submit a HALLOWEEN themed photo to this blog post (resized to 600px wide) OR on my Facebook Page. The photo can be funny, cute, creepy, spooky, sweet,…
Editing in Photoshop: Combining Actions, Textures and Overlays
Editing in Photoshop: Combining Actions and Textures for Beautiful Images This straight out of camera image, from Patti Brown Photography, was shot in what is basically a cave, with one small window which served as the only available light. She had originally intended on utilizing off camera flash, but her Pocket Wizards weren’t firing that…
Free Information Guide Template for Photographers
Free Information Guide Template for Photographers Sharing and communicating with your potential customers is very important. Marketing materials you use are often the first impression and sometimes the final or last impression you can make. HUGE thank yous to October Smith of October Dawn Photography for sharing this amazing, fully customizable template for photographers. She…
6 Tips on Balancing Life as a Mom and Professional Photographer
Tips on Balancing Life as a Mom and Professional Photographer Have you ever wanted to pull your hair out from the stress of juggling a career, kids, family life, and more? Here are a few tips for keeping it all together: Set aside work hours: Grethel suggests trying to keep “normal” business hours. Keep track…
Capture Great Photographs of Fall Leaves: Macro Photography Tips
Capture Great Photographs of Fall Leaves: Macro Photography Tips As winter is just around the corner, we still have a week or so to capture some fall colored leaves. Most photographers will say fall is their favorite time of year to shoot. You can’t beat the colors that explode in the landscapes. For the macro…
5 Important Benefits Of Macro Photography In Nature
5 Important Benefits Of Macro Photography In Nature I would like to thank Jodi for having me as a guest blogger. My name is Mike Moats and I am an award winning, full time professional nature photographer that specializes in macro photography. I started out in 2001 with my first camera and lenses purchased used…
NEW Photoshop Elements Retouching Actions: Fix Skin, Sky, Color, Exposure, and More
Photoshop Elements Users: TODAY IS YOUR DAY! MCP Actions is excited to announce Elements versions of: BAG OF TRICKS: for Exposure and Color Cast Removal, and so much more… MAGIC SKIN: Portrait Retouching and Skin Smoothing Plus we now have Package Sets for Elements users too (not valid on past purchases): INCREDIBLE RETOUCHING ACTIONS: Bag…
NEW Photoshop Storyboard Template Action Sets {fast, easy, fun}
In 2008, MCP Actions was the first to create a new concept that changed the way photographers displayed their work – the “Blog It Board” Web sized templates. In addition to our already popular Tell a Storyboard product line, we introduced both the Magic Blog It Boards and Magic Print It Boards. Photographers still tell…
Head Swapping Photoshop Tutorial for Photographers
Head Swapping Photoshop Tutorial for Photographers To head swap, or not to head swap…. that is the question. This is a question that a lot of photographers are on the fence about. I personally do not do it too often. I like the look of a candid photo, and not a perfect photo that was…
Achieve Vivid Color Using Photoshop Actions: A Family Blueprint
Achieve Vivid Color Using Photoshop Actions: A Family Blueprint If you are looking to achieve vivid, bright, crisp color photos, you will want good lighting and to nail your focus. While shooting with shallow depth of field is great for portrait photography, remember with families, you may want all the subjects in focus too. Once…
Selling Yourself As A Professional Photographer, Part 2
Selling Yourself as a Professional Photographer, Part 2 (Make sure to check out part 1 from yesterday if you missed it) AFTER THE SESSION AND BEYOND Yesterday, we touched on what to do to prepare before the shoot, and what to do during the session. Now, the real work begins! Download those images and do…
Selling Yourself As A Professional Photographer, Part 1
Selling Yourself as a Professional Photographer, Part 1 Being a family/wedding/portrait photographer is about much, much more than buying a fancy schmancy camera and learning the exposure triangle. Let’s face it – in this economy, people are talking and walking with their wallets – what are you doing to make yourself stand out from the…
MWAC Is A Four-Letter Word
MWAC Is a Four-Letter Word: {Mom with a Camera} by guest blogger Kara Wahlgren Before you dismiss yourself—or anyone else—as an MWAC (mom with a camera), here’s why you should rethink the label. MWAC (noun): 1. a mom with a camera; 2. new moms with new half-way decent cameras suddenly thinking they are pros and…
Using Photoshop Actions to Create Better Senior Photography
Improving your Senior Photography using Photoshop Actions Senior photography, at least in the United States, is hotter than ever. High school seniors want the best, most trendy and fun images. You will see everything from trash the prom dress, to urban scenes, to senior girls and guys on top of rusty cars. Another popular trend…
What Do You Love About Fall? Cider, Donuts and Photography
Every Fall one of our favorite things to do as a family is go to the apple orchard. If you live in a cooler climate, you most likely know what I mean… I love the smells of fresh cider, hot cinnamon donuts, and pumpkins. The colors are so rich and vibrant. The apples so crisp.…
Flash Photography Quiz: Has flash been used in the following images?
Part 6: Your Flash Photography Quiz: Has flash been used in any way on the following images? Answers no,no,yes,yes,no,yes,yes,no,no,no,yes,yes,yes My point is, even if you got all the answers right, it is sometimes hard to tell if flash was used. How you use flash is up to you. If the natural light is amazing ,…
Avoid the “Flashy Look” ~ Learn To Use Fill Flash in Your Portraits
Part 5: Avoid the “Flashy Look” ~ Learn To Use Fill Flash I was photographing a small girl, in a field. Gorgeous backlight, 4.45 pm light. Her face is dark due to her back to the sun. I want to fill her face with light, but also keep the background exactly as I see it!…
Editing an Off Camera Flash Photograph in Photoshop is EASY!
This week’s Blueprint uses no actions and barely any editing. Why? Because of the advantages of off camera flash photography is less editing. YAY! Ainslie Bernoth, who is doing a Free flash photography six part series, which is 1/2 way through, sent me this image – her before and after with steps. Ainslie started by…
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