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.
6 Tips on Photographing Hanukkah Candles
To all those who celebrate Hanukkah, Happy Holidays! Today, Sarah Ra’anan , a portrait photographer in Israel, is teaching you how to capture beautiful candle light from a menorah as well as other candle light. I absolutely love photographing our Hanukkah candles, and over the years I have experimented with different methods. Here are some…
Back Up Your Photos & Your Actions Too!
My daughter came home from school the other day and had lost her gloves. Wonder if I can go back to Target and ask them for a new pair? I left a phone charger in a hotel room. Maybe AT&T can “give” me a replacement? A hula hoop got left in the snow and cracked,…
MCP Blueprint: A Cowboy Before and After
Here is another edit I did for my role as a contributor at I Heart Faces. This photo was submitted by Jenna Thomas. She felt the photo was a little bright and needed to be toned down a bit and she wished the colors were more vibrant. She also felt like it might be overexposed.…
Tips for Shooting in Low Light, No Flash
Thank you to Julie McCullough of M Studios Photography for this Guest Post on Shooting in Low Light without a Flash. Images by M Studios Photography, Julie McCullough | Karen Drake. Shooting in Low Light, No Flash Have you ever been asked to shoot an event or any photograph and cringed because the lack of…
How to Price Wedding Photography {A Free Guide}
If you shoot weddings or want to get into wedding photography, this free pricing guide will teach you how to make money doing what you “love.” Learn how to sell, market and price your images, albums and time.
FREE Holiday Cards & Referral Cards
Thank you to Elena from EW Couture Collection for this incredible selection of FREE Holiday Cards and Referral Cards for MCP Readers. There are three separate downloads and many exciting designs. To download the cards click on each corresponding image. These files are HUGE so it may take a few minutes for the downloads.
Fixing Roots & Hair Color in Photoshop
Fixing Roots & Hair Color in Photoshop: Have you ever wondered how to easily adjust the color of roots or even the color of hair in Photoshop? This tutorial will help you out. Thank you to Melissa Papaj for this super easy Photoshop tutorial teaching how to do a Quick Dye job in Photoshop. Once…
Blueprint – Subtle Edits for a BIG Impact
Some photos take a lot of editing, while others just need a few quick clicks of the mouse. Here is an edit that was done in about 30 seconds or less. Started by cropping. Then used “All in the Details” Tinted action. Masked detail layer completely off skin. Then used “All in the Details” Flashlight…
Working with Nonprofit Organizations to Promote Yourself
Thank you to Shuva Rahim, our guest blogger today, who is the owner of Accent Photographics. Shuva focuses on lifestyle images of children, families and weddings in Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. She has worked with the March of Dimes, American Heart Association, and is currently doing a photo charity in partnership with the Children’s…
How to Stand Out, Capture the Emotions, Create Memories {Wedding Photography}
Today MCP readers get to learn from Teresa of Teresa Sweet Photography. She is giving you tips and thoughts on how you can stand out as a wedding photographer. She will be explaining how you can better capture emotions and feelings in your images. Wedding Photography: Standing Out from Others and Capturing the Emotion Being…
2 Free Photographer Marketing MP3s
A while back, I wrote about the LIVE photographers’ marketing telesummit. Sarah Petty and I were speaking on the phone a few weeks ago and she agreed to share a long excerpt of 2 MP3 recordings from the event with MCP fans. Click here to listen to Sarah Petty discuss branding. Click here to listen…
Blueprint: Fan Share {Bringing Your Background to Life}
Andrea Lopez is a hobbiest photographer with future aspirations of going pro. She emailed to let me know how much she loves using MCP Photoshop actions and wanted to share this recent image and Blueprint. Blueprint: She edited the photo using the Quickie Collection action set Started with Crackle adjusted the opacity to 25% Then…
The Word is Photos NOT Photo’s
I am the last person, according to my husband, who should be giving a punctuation lesson. One of his biggest pet peeves is apostrophe errors. It has started rubbing off on me. As a result today’s quick tip is a lesson in apostrophes. An apostrophe does not mean “warning – an ‘s’ is coming.” It…
Macro Photography on a Budget: Shoot Close-Up Cheaply
Macro photography on a Budget? Yes – It can be done. And Melissa of Melissa Brewer Photography will teach you how in today’s fun post teaching you macro photography on a budget. Hey everyone! This is a fun photography technique called “poor man’s” macro. I don’t know about you but I LOVE macro close up…
Where do you want to be 5-10 years from now?
If you can answer the questions, “what do you want to be doing in 5 years?” or “where do you want your business to be in 10 years?” then you and I have little in common, at least as it relates to planning my business and my life. Prior to my life as a Photoshop…
Blueprint: Senior Girl in the Fall on the Tracks {Fan Share}
This Blueprint was sent in by April Kuhlmann of Once In Every Life Photography. She wrote: “Fall is gorgeous here in Alabama right now! I took this shot last week late afternoon, out on a rural railroad track while during a Senior Portrait session. A reflector was used in this shot too for light bounce.…
Over 300 Incredible Photography Tips from MCP Fans
Photography Tips: 300 Ideas to Help Your Photography Here are photographers favorite photography tips (in the order they were submitted) from the MCP Facebook Page. You may love some and disagree with others, but these are the things that work for this select group of photographers. If I missed any while moving them over here,…
Wish Lists? Gift Cards?
Yes, this is a procrastination post. Yes, this post is off topic. No Photoshop. No photography. I needed a break tonight. And at this time of year, my free time is spent clicking keys on the keyboard shopping. Years ago, I would have had to be dressed, fight traffic, find a parking spot at the…
MCP Collaboration: Free Photoshop Textures
This my my second MCP Collaboration. This time we are going to compile links to some great free texture resources. I hope all of you will participate! Here is how it will work. We will brainstorm a list together of some amazing sites and links to free textures that can be used in Photoshop. Then…
Blueprint: A Mom or a Model? Some Fan Shares
Thank you to Camilla Binks of Camilla Photography for this week’s Blurprints. I asked her the story about the model and these beautiful pictures and here is what she said, “This is my beloved sister, Noel. Isn’t she gorgeous!?!? She is a mother of two with her youngest being just 5 months old. I was…
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