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.
MCP Actions customer gets creative
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase I received an email today from a customer of mine who purchased the storyboard actions recently. It helped me realize that another tutorial was in order to teach customers how to get more creative with the storyboard actions. Here was her…
POLL: Learning Photoshop | What are your favorite ways?
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Here is a new poll for all MCP Blog readers. Please take a moment to respond. You can also add additional thoughts in the “comment” section. I am wanting to hear more about how you would like to learn Photoshop, as…
The High School Senior Market: A New Resource for Photographers
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Natalie Bacon has a fantasic new guide out to help those looking to break into the “senior market.” She has created a nitch in this marketplace in a short time and has some great information. She will give $5 off anyone…
Introducing MCP Actions NEW Tell a Storyboard Action Sets
This is the Ultimate Collection of Storyboard, Collage, and Template Actions. Three sets of Photoshop Actions designed to save you time, make you money, and help you design beautifulcreations. There are full written and video instructions for this set. Every “Tell a Story-board” is done in black with white optional border overlays and white with…
Recital Costumes | Picture Sharing
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Here are some of the photos I took yesterday before we went to the dance studio to have photos taken by the studio’s photographer. Read more on my blog about that experience. My photos were all taken with my hi-lite backdrop,…
Bring VALUE to your Photography
My twins had their recital costume photo day yesterday. We are at a new dance studio this year which means a new photographer taking the photos. The photos from last year were terrible. I will refrain from sharing the names of the photographers. They basically took one shot of each kid. It was either good…
Looking for examples for upcoming MCP Action sets
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Once again I am looking for examples. This time I am looking for something a little bit different. My new sets are storyboard actions. They are so fun and are going to save photographers time and help them sell big prints.…
Storyboard Actions | What sizes do you like best?
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Not to give too much away… I am wanting to know what everyone’s favorite size storyboards are. Which sizes do you like using the most? Have you ever owned a template storyboard “action”? If you were to buy more, what sizes…
Florida Vacation: Sharing a few shots
MCP Actions Quick Purchase I was in Florida visiting my parents. They loved the warmer weather (as we left in snow and came back to snow). Here are a few snaps from our trip. Keep in mind that while I did use an SLR, I consider most of these snapshots. Sometimes snapshots can be way…
Understanding Aperture and Depth of Field: an adventure with bubble gum
Do the terms aperture and depth of field make your head spin? I just got a new lens and the perfect one for teaching about aperture since wide open it is 1.2. During some of my recent One-on-One Photoshop Trainings, I have had some customers who are relatively new ask me about exposure, depth of…
Photo Makeover: Decreasing Wrinkles and Smoothing Skin in Photoshop
From time to time – I will be doing photo makeovers on my blog. Sometimes it may be a HUGE makeover, sometimes more subtle. I may do them by hand or with a combination of actions. I will let you know what methods I use. These are not tutorials. But you may get a tip…
Welcome to the New MCP Actions Blog
I am so excited to finally launch my new blog. My new website will be following shortly. I am committed to making this blog one of the best, most fun resources for photographers wanting to learn photoshop and improve their photographs, taking them from good to great. Here are some of the many things I…
Photos of the Week: Tami’s Story
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Tami Chrostoski sent in these photos using the FREE MCP Take Action on Cancer Awareness action set. You can get this from my site. She did not share specific stories about how cancer affected her life – she just said it…
Photoshop Tip of the Week: Recording Steps of Your Edit
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase If you ever wished you could remember how you edited a particular photo, now you can. You can actually save a list of steps you did in your metadata. (File – File Info) Here is what you need to do: Go…
Photos of the Week: Christina’s Story (Taking Action on Cancer Awareness)
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase My husband’s grandmother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer at age 85. When I initially found out, I felt as if someone punched me in the gut. It seems our initial reaction is to equate cancer with suffering and death. That…
Photos of the Week: Becky’s Story (Taking Action on Cancer Awareness)
Here is a very touching story from a woman named Becky: When I hear the word cancer so many emotions come flooding into my head. I think of my Grandmother whom I never had the chance to meet. I think of all of my relatives who, due to a rare gene that runs in our…
Photos of the Week: Crista’s Story (Taking Action on Cancer Awareness)
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase This week’s story was sent in by Crystal. Here is her story and a photo of her mom, run through the action. To get this action set for free, visit my website. “My Story is about my Mom, she past away…
Photos of the Week: Kody’s Story (Taking Action on Cancer Awareness)
This is my 12 yr. old son, Kody…also known as Kody Bear. Kody has been fighting brainstem cancer for 5 years. In January of 2002, we were told our beautiful 6 yr. old little boy would only be with us for 9 to 12 months. He was diagnosed with the most deadliest form of pediatric…
Photoshop Tip of the Week: USM Sharpening Explained
Since posting about sharpening the past few weeks, a number of people have asked what the numbers for USM mean (Unsharp Mask). So this week I will explain the components to USM sharpening in simple terms. AMOUNT The “amount”controls how intense the sharpening is. The lower the number, the weaker the sharpening, the higher the…
Photoshop Tip of the Week: Deleting Preferences
If ever you find Photoshop or Elements is acting quirky, doing really weird things, freezing, or seems really really slow, it may be time to delete your preferences. It is very simple to do. You hold down ALT, SHIFT, and CTRL (PC) or OPTION, COMMAND, SHIFT (Mac) at the same time right when you click…
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