MCP Actions™ Blog: Photography, Photo Editing & Photography Business Advice
The MCP Actions™ Blog is full of advice from experienced photographers written to help you improve your camera skills, post-processing and photography skill-sets. Enjoy editing tutorials, photography tips, business advice, and professional spotlights.
Capturing Beautiful Images of Siblings
Learn how to take amazing, memorable images of siblings. From sisters, to brothers, to twins, families will treasure these photographs for a lifetime. Learn how to capture strong images now.
12 Helpful Pieces of Advice on Photographing Gymnastics
Sports photography is certainly not something I specialize in, though I do love bringing my camera to sporting events like football, basketball, and baseball. When it comes to my children, they have a few hobbies that loosely fall into the category of sports: dance and gymnastics. Both dance and gymnastics often have certain photographic challenges:…
Adventures of Photographing a One Year Old
For those MCP readers who have infants and toddlers, you know how challenging it can be photographing a child that crawls fast and is on the verge of walking. My twins are now 8, so it had been a while since having this as a task. When I was visiting family in Atlanta, I had…
Dreams Do Come True…
YAY! I am so excited. The big day is finally here. The day where my newly designed e-commerce website, launched in December, meets its twin sister, the newly re-designed MCP Blog. Please come look around, tell your friends, and spread the word through Twitter and Facebook. For those of you who follow me, you know…
Informal Review of the Canon G11
By nature, I am not usually satisfied with point-and-shoot pictures. I love having control of my images and like being able to shoot where and when I want. I cannot stand the built-in flash and red-eye that occur when using these small pieces of equipment. So why even bother? I decided I wanted one for…
Help for Photographers: Blog More, Blog Now
Blog More, Blog Now By Shuva Rahim Blogging is part of marketing for many photographers. While starting a blog can be relatively easy, many find it overwhelming or just don’t feel like they have the time for it. So why even blog? The main reason photographers blog is to gain exposure. Blogging can help improve…
12 Tips to Break Your Photography Rut
Occasionally we get burnt out. Here are 12 things you can do to get out of your photography rut. After trying these ideas you’ll pick up your camera and shoot incredible images again.
Do You See the World in Color or Black & White?
I am a very colorful person. I love bright, vibrant color. I often wear bright color accessories, love bright clothing on my kids, and just love color all around me. This love for color comes through in my photography too. I tend to express myself better in color. So I got to thinking, do most…
Quick Tip: Photoshop Shortcuts
Yesterday I taught you how to assign F Keys to your actions. But another cool thing you can do is assign those same Keys to other stuff. As you may know, Photoshop has numerous shortcuts built in. Everything from bracket keys (increase/decrease brush size) to D and X (to set colors to default and swap…
Quick Tip: Editing Faster in Photoshop
Have you ever wished you could click a button and have Photoshop do your work for you? If you own Photoshop Actions and a Keyboard, it is almost that easy. You can assign your actions to “F” keys on your keyboard. Most keyboards have 12 F Keys. Some have 15 or more. You can also…
MCP’s Answers to the December FAQs
A while back, when my email box was overrun and I was unsure how to answer every question, I decided I would do monthly FAQ posts. I have spent the last few months compiling a comprehensive list of FAQs for my new website so I thought I would share these with you first. These are…
Blueprint {Sort Of}: Too Beautiful Not to Share
Kelly Moore Clark sent me these before and after shots using the MCP Bag of Tricks. Normally for a Blueprint, I like to share the exact steps taken. Unfortunately she did not tell me all the details of her step by step. Since I know she used the Bag of Tricks, I can make some…
Tips for Photographing Christmas Lights
Thank you to Julie McCullough for these great tips on taking snapshots of kids in front of the light of the Christmas Tree this holiday season. Tips for Photographing Christmas Lights To me the beauty of the Christmas Tree shines through in pictures when the tree’s lights are on and that requires some dim or…
FREE Photoshop Actions Holiday Gift From MCP
FREE Photoshop textures and a FREE texture photoshop action: Thank you to all my loyal Blog readers, friends and fans. I appreciate each and every one of you. To show my appreciation, I love making a FREE Photoshop action to share every year at the holidays. This year my Free action set is called Texture…
Introducing MCP’s New Website
MCP Actions is proud to announce our NEW Website. Our new blog should be here in the next few days to two weeks too. YAY! New MCP Website features include: * Instant downloads of actions and workshop information (on purchases made after Dec. 17, 2009) * Easy-to-navigate site design * Wish list and compare product…
6 Tips on Using Natural Window Light Creatively
Thank you to MCP Guest Blogger Sharon Gartrell for this post teaching how to feather window light. This should come in handy as the temperatures drop. Using Natural Window Light Creatively Winter is now upon us and many of my fellow natural light photographers are bemoaning the loss of the beautiful scenery and warm weather.…
Blueprint: Add Drama to Your Edits
Sometimes I like to have a bit of drama in my edits. I would say that I add drama by bringing out details and adding contrast simultaneously. For this Blueprint, I wanted to create a really moody effect. Cropped 1st – yes – often you will hear that you should crop last. But rules are…
1000’s of Free Photoshop Textures
Textures can turn an ordinary photo into an extraordinary one when you use the right texture on the right image. Learn where to find thousands of free textures and also how to apply them to your photographs.
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