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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,…
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…
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…
Night Photography: How to Take Successful Pictures at Dark – Part 2
Night Photography: How to Take Successful Pictures at Dark – Part 2 Welcome back. I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of Night Photography. Now that you’ve got the basics under your belt and your equipment ready, it’s time to get out there and start shooting. I’ve picked up some helpful tips and creative tricks over…
Night Photography: How to Take Successful Pictures at Dark – Part 1
Night Photography: How to Take Successful Pictures at Dark – Part 1 As photographers, we all learn very early on that light is our best friend. That’s why it’s so scary for many of us when we’ve got camera in hand, and the light starts to fade. Most just pack up and go home. Unfortunately,…
Best Android / Droid Apps for Photographers
Best Android / Droid Apps for Photographers MCP Actions recently featured the top iPhone apps for photographers. If you missed it, it’s here. The Android market has some of the same apps and a few similar ones. Here is a list of some of the great apps available on your Droid phone, and best of…
The Ten Biggest Website Mistakes by Photographers
The Ten Biggest Website Mistakes by Photographers (Tough Love for Some Photographers) Like most photographers, I am constantly tweaking and trying to improve upon my website. It is my calling card and brings me over 90% of my professional photography business. In my never-ending pursuit of a perfect website, I have come across many highs…
How to Shoot Amazing Water Droplet Macro Photographs
How to Shoot Amazing Water Droplet Macro Photographs Want something fun to play around with when you’re stuck inside during these cold winter days? Try photographing water droplets from your kitchen sink! Though the results appear as “macro photography,” you do not even need a macro lens to do this fun activity. I used my…
Child Photography: Blueprint of a Successful Paint Session
Child Photography: Blueprint of a Successful Paint Session I realize that my best sessions are always the ones where I truly have fun. Where I laugh as much (if not more) as the kids. Being silly is part of my style, and it’s why I enjoy being a kids’ photographer. BUT it is very easy…
How to Get White Balance and Exposure When Photographing in the Snow
Winter White Photography: Technical Skills to Get Amazing Portraits in the Snow As a follow up to my original post on the MCP Actions blog called “Winter White Photography: How to Get Amazing Portraits in the Snow”, this next post provides you with some strategies and tips on exposure, white balance, and lighting when the…
Winter White Photography: How to Get Amazing Portraits in the Snow
Winter White Photography: How to Get Amazing Portraits in the Snow Early on in my career as a photographer I focused primarily on studio shooting. It was a great fit for a long time, and I learned a lot about lighting. However, I often found myself frustrated trying to photograph larger groups or small, busy…
Preparing Digital Files in Photoshop for Print – Part 2: Strategies
Preparing Digital Files in Photoshop for Print If, after reading the post about potential risks of selling digital files to your customers, you feel pros outweigh the cons and that you it fits into your business model, you will want to minimize the risk of poor looking images. Read on to learn strategies in Photoshop…
Photographers! Should You Sell Digital Files? Part 1: The Risks
Should you sell digital files? More and more photographers are selling digital files, either in addition to prints, or instead of them. I’m not sure what happened first in this chicken-and-egg scenario – whether photographers began promoting digital files to gain market share; or customer demand forced photographers to begin to provide digital files. Either…
The 4 Best Types of Natural Light for Your Photography
The 4 Best Types of Natural Light for Your Photography I’m very particular about light. If my shooting conditions aren’t open shade, overcast, or back light,….I don’t shoot. However, as a photographer I’m always trying to learn new things and grow creatively as well as technically. It’s good to get out of your comfort zone…
Six Way to Break into the Wedding Industry
Six Way to Break into the Wedding Industry Becoming a wedding photographer in today’s industry is hard not only by the efforts it takes to get into the industry, but by remaining noticed amongst the rest. There are so many wonderful parts of a wedding day. From telling a story to meeting fabulous people to…
Photography Help: How to Get Inspired to Shoot Creatively
Photography Help: How to Get Inspired to Shoot Creatively “But it’s all right now, I learned my lesson well. You see, ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself.” Garden Party –Ricky Nelson My path has taken me to a place where I get to meet a lot of photographers. Most of the…
How to Use Panning to Make Your Photography Come Alive
How to Use Panning to Make Your Photography Come Alive As photographers, we are always looks for new techniques to improve our work and make our images stand out. As I was starting out in photography this often lead me to additional purchases of lenses, software and accessories. But there is something you can do…
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