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Polish and Protect Your Images Using Photoshop Actions
Polish and Protect Your Images Using Photoshop Actions When it comes to online presentation of photos, photographers often ask me “how can I protect my images for the web?” or “How can I make my photographs look great for the web.” There are many different tools and Photoshop actions to help photographers quickly prepare photos…
MCP Project 52 – Week 15 Wrap Up + Week 16 Theme
Fifteen weeks in, eh? It seems unreal that we’re that far along into the year, but here we are in mid-April. Many congratulations to you, if you’ve kept up with the project and made a photo each week. Here’s something to think about – how do you plan to showcase your work at the end…
Edit An Engagement Session in a Few Quick Clicks in Photoshop
Edit an Engagement Session in a Few Quick Clicks in Photoshop Professional wedding photographers are busy and not only have lots of photography do to, but also editing. In addition to shooting the wedding, most offer engagement sessions. For many photographers, this is a creative outlet and an opportunity to bond with the couple. Much…
The Digital Era and The Photographer: A Love/Hate Relationship
The Digital Era and The Photographer: A Love/Hate Relationship (an essay by Jessica Strom) I have a love/hate relationship with the way “digital” has changed photography. I love how it has exploded the possibilities of all types of photography, how much control it’s given me over my images, how much it’s allowed me to share…
MCP Project 52 weekly (Week 14) roundup + GIVEAWAY WINNER!
Fusion. That was this weeks theme and it was so neat seeing everyones interpretation of it. From smoke, family, kids, you name it…it was there. It was tough picking this weeks featured but I narrowed it down after weeding through a few times. If you are playing along, be sure to grab your ‘participant’ banner on the…
Travel Photography: Habana, Cuba – The Rest
Of course it’s more than just poverty. How about those 50’s car that you can use as taxi all over the city? This was too good of a setup not too shoot. I went low with a wide angle and … ISO 800 | f/8.0 | 1/3000 | 20mm Action: Sunflare 1, Fusion Photoshop Action…
Travel Photography: Habana, Cuba – The People
Travel Photography: Habana, Cuba – The People The greatest thing about Cuba has to be its people. No matter what they go through they keep on smiling. They are always keen to get into a photo and will go out of their way to please you… make sure you leave a little “tip” (we used…
Travel Photography: Habana, Cuba – The City
Travel Photography: Habana, Cuba – The City I can only imagine what Havana must have been like in the 30’s-40’s. It must have been one of the most exciting cities on earth. People walking around in the sunshine, smoking a cigar, drinking rum and all that to the sound of amazing music. Now the city’s reality…
Travel Photography: Preparing for a Trip to Cuba
Travel Photography: Preparing for a Trip to Cuba It’s me again, your favorite Canadian traveler. Some of you might remember me from that trip to The Alaskan Wild where I wrote a series of post on travel photography? This time my destination was Havana, Cuba. Cuba is a very exotic destination. As a special treat,…
MCP Project 52 weekly roundup + GIVEAWAY!
What an amazing week! I think Just for Fun! has been my favourite week so far in our Project 52, I haven’t stopped smiling at all the interpretations and talent on display. It has been a privilege choosing a few of these photos to feature on the blog. We are trying something a little different…
Finding Your Style as a Photographer
Finding Your Style as a Photographer A straight shot is so predictable, not to mention boring! Do you want your clients to choose you as an artist because your photography is something unique that will last forever? Of course you do! The million-dollar question is, how do you develop your own personal style? For me…
Using Emotion In Your Photography Branding
Using Emotion In Your Photography Branding Does your brand evoke an emotion for your client? The Coca Cola symbol does and so does McDonald’s golden arches–just show those arches to your kids and see what happens. When a brand’s experience emotionally charges someone, they are now buying with an element of emotion instead of just…
MCP Project 52 Week 12 Wrap Up + Week 13 Theme
What a week filled with lots of creativity! We’ve loved seeing all of your shots “From the Jewelry Box” and also enjoyed those of you that took a break from the weekly themes and shared something else. This project seems to be serving its purpose, as we’ve already seen loads of improvement in the first…
Fusion Photoshop Actions: Before and After Edits from Customers
I am so happy that so many of you are sharing your before and after edits using MCP Photoshop actions, and especially our newest set – Fusion. I invite all of you to download our Free Facebook Fix actions which provide you an easy way to share your before and after images on our Facebook…
Super Moon Photography: How to Shoot the Moon
Super Moon Photography: How to Shoot and Photograph the Moon Once every so often the moon gets really close to the Earth. Last night it was the closest it had been in more than 18 years. I was in my last year of college at Syracuse University, and I have to tell you, I was…
MCP Project 52 – week 11 recap – welcome to week 12
Welcome to this week’s overview of the theme “darks and lights” where I’ll be highlighting just a very small sampling of the vast amount of fantastic photos submitted to our group pool. It is so great to see the number of members still growing; we’re at 3,100 now! And to think that the majority of those members regularly…
Photoshop Actions Blueprint: Snapshot to Portrait in a Few Clicks
Photoshop Actions Blueprint: Snapshot to Portrait in a Few Clicks All Photoshop actions shown in this Blueprint are from the MCP Fusion Photoshop action set Question: I often get asked “Can I make a snapshot photograph into something worthy of hanging on my wall?” My Answer: Yes, you can! Not all photos you hand on…
Inside Tokyo: One Photographer’s View
Inside Tokyo: One Photographer’s View Written for MCP Actions by Dave Powell, a photographer living in Tokyo, Japan It has been a surreal past few days for those of us living in Tokyo. I can only image it is much harder for those living in the parts of Japan that were much more affected by…
How to Use the FREE Photoshop Actions: Mini Fusion & TOL/TOD
How to Use the FREE Photoshop Actions: Mini Fusion & TOL/TOD If you love the word FREE and are wondering how to put it to good use, you can download the Free Photoshop actions, Mini Fusion and Touch of Light/Touch of Darkness from the MCP Actions Website. These actions are compatible with Photoshop (CS2 and…
MCP Project 52 – Week 10 review – Launch Week 11
Welcome to our regular MCP Project 52 blog post where we’ll be looking back over week 10 and giving a little sneak preview of the new week 11 theme. I knew this was going to be a fun and memorable week with the theme “Childhood Toys” . Really made me walk down memory lane and…
Blueprint: Before and After with MCP Fusion Photoshop Actions
Blueprint: Before and After with MCP Fusion Photoshop Actions Blueprint: all Photoshop actions shown in this Blueprint are from the MCP Fusion Photoshop action set Question: I often get asked “How can I effectively edit subjects with darker skin tones?” My Answer: Edit them the same as you would any other subjects. Pay attention to…
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