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MCP Project 52 – Week 9 review & Week 10 launch
Welcome to our regular MCP Project 52 blog post where we’ll be looking back over week 9 and giving a little sneak preview of the new week 10 theme. And what a fun week it’s been, the theme “Express yourself” has inspired a lot of people to get out there and take some great photos. …
MCP Project 52 – Week 8 Wrap Up + Week 9 Theme
Another amazing week of amazing photos captured by our almost 3000 participants. WOW! Personally, the last couple of weeks have been crazy for me. I moved to a new home and was unable to participate. So just like me, don’t be discouraged if you miss a week or two. Just jump back on board and…
MCP Project 52 – Week 7 Wrap Up + Week 8 Theme
First off: If you haven’t already done so, download the FREE Fusion Mini Action Sets for Photoshop and Elements! You can download them from the MCP Actions website. The full Fusion Action Set goes on sale March 1, 2011, so this is a super opportunity to try it before you buy it! You can also…
MCP Project 52 – Features from Week 6 + Theme for Week 7
Welcome to our look back at week 6 of MCP Project 52, and the launch of the theme for the upcoming week! It’s been a great week for MCP Project 52, we’re almost to 3,000 members and we’ve had a ton of beautiful work submitted for the Words theme. We’d love to have more members,…
MCP Project 52 – Features from Week 5 + Theme for Week 6
Welcome to our look back at week 5 of the MCP Project 52 and the launch of the theme for the coming week. Here we are at Week 5! Over 2700 members in our Flickr group and over 4,000 pictures uploaded! You guys are rocking this project. On a quick note…congratulations to Roxi04 for being…
MCP Project 52 – Features from Week 4 + Theme for Week 5
Welcome to our look back at week 4 of the MCP Project 52 and the launch of the theme for the coming week. This week has been an exciting one for MCP Project 52 as not only have we had loads of great submissions to the theme of Soothing Repetition we’ve also hit two big…
MCP Project 52 – Features from Week 3 + Theme for Week 4
It’s already time to recap week 3 and then move into week 4, where is the time going? . We have had another week of fabulous photos being added to the MCP Project 52, with so many wonderfully different interpretations of the theme Shades of Grey, it’s been really hard to choose our top ten.…
MCP Project 52 – Features from Week 2 + Theme for Week 3
Wow! It’s been a tremendous week for MCP Project 52! We have over 2,100 participants and have seen nearly 1,000 photos added this week! It’s a pleasure to be a moderator for MCP Project 52, as I get to see the submissions as they roll in each day! If you want to join in, check…
Project 52 Features from Week 1 + Theme for Week 2
Wow! What a response we’ve received!? And it was a short week, you all were only allowed half of the amount of time that you will have each week from here on out and we’ve seen so many amazing shots. We already have over 1,300 members of our Flickr group and we had more that…
MCP Project 52: One Photo a Week – Join in Anytime!
Envision shooting just for yourself. Every week for up to 52 in 2011, you can join MCP Project 52. Get inspired by photographers across the globe and participate with our weekly suggested themes. Watch for new themes every Saturday and see 10 feature images.
Photographing Silhouettes, a flashback to great tutorials – learn to create your own!
Have you ever wanted to know how to photograph silhouettes? Do you love sunset pictures with your subjects silhouetted in the foreground? I’m back! And as promised in an earlier guest blogger post I promised I’d dig up some of Jodi’s previously shared information on silhouettes. For me, summer is dwindling and I’m playing with…
What is a Professional Photographer in the Digital Photography Age?
What is a Professional Photographer in the Digital Photography Age? In the age of digital photography, when anyone can go to the nearest discount store and buy an SLR camera and Photoshop or Elements, the lines between professional, amateur and hobbyist photographer are blurring. Years ago, when I was a kid, the definition of a…
Pricing Photography: Too High? Too Low?
Pricing Photography: How high should you be prices be? Last week I ran across a photographer online who listed her prices in the sidebar of her blog/website. Her bio indicated that she was a “professional photographer” which of course is often used loosely in 2010. She said she had 5 years of experience shooting weddings,…
Colors of Light ~ Red Green Blue ~ Sun Flare in Photography
Red Green Blue ~ Colors of Light ~ Sun Flare in Photography When learning about photography and color theory, it is important to understand RGB (which stands for Red, Green, and Blue). Without getting bogged down in all the technical stuff, you can see how colors mix in this image below. When it comes to…
What’s Next For MCP: Share Your Ideas to Win
As many of you may know, MCP Actions typically introduces one new live online workshop a year, 2 full action sets a year (one in the spring and one in the fall), and a holiday free action. Occasionally other small projects pop up along the way but this is the formula that has worked well…
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…
Super Fun Photography Trick – Optical Illusion of a Figurine
Photography tricks are fun! Are you in a photography rut? Are you looking for fun new things to try for Children’s portraiture or even for snaps of your kids? Well this trick that I first saw on a site called PhotoJoJo should get you having some fun. It is a trick in perspective and optical…
A Depth of Field Lesson from Finger Puppets at a Baseball Game
Many photographers who are just starting out have a hard time grasping and remembering how aperture and depth of field work. I have done a few posts on this before and will continue to as I think of various ways to describe it. While at a Detroit Tigers baseball game, my kids were playing with…
12 Ways to be an MCP Fan that Rocks!
Jodi Friedman’s Profile Here are 12 ways you can be an MCP Fan that ROCKS!: Read my blog via email subscription or RSS. Comment to my posts with opinions, comments, feedback or to expand on the subject Friend me on Facebook Join my Facebook Fan Club Page (NEW) and post to the wall and participate in discussions Join…
Shadow Pictures – here are the photos that MCP Actions Blog readers sent in
MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase A number of months back I asked people to try a fun assignment taking photos of shadows. And I posted them to my blog. No actually I did not… I found them in my word press draft files tonight. How embarrassing. So thank you to…
A Fun Assignment | Shadow Pictures
With summer approaching in North America, photographers head back outside. One of my favorite, fun things to do in the Spring and Summer is shadow pictures. Plus kids LOVE doing them, so it gets them actively involved. These are not usually the shots that make good wall portraits, but they are ART. So feel free…
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