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Alisha answers some of your questions on Newborns

If you want better newborn images, take our Online Newborn Photography Workshop. Alisha read through all of your questions from her part 2 “styles of newborns” from her series on newborn photography here on the MCP Blog.  Today she is back with answers to help all of you.  Look for her next part of this series sometime in…

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All You Ever Wanted to Know about DOF (Depth of Field)

When I posted last week showing photos of how to get eyes in focus, I got a fantastic comment from one of my readers.  He agreed to write a post for all of you on Depth of Field that was a tad more technical that my visual way of explaining.  Thank you Brendan Byrne for…

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Newborn Photography Poses ~ Styles of Newborns

If you want better newborn images, take our Online Newborn Photography Workshop.   Styles of Newborn Photography I am so humbled by all the nice comments from all of Jodi’s readers and I want to apologize for being a tad bit late on this installment.I have been traveling to workshops and conferences as well as…

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Jasmine Star Photographer Answers Your Questions

I am honored to present the answers to 10 questions submitted to Jasmine Star.  Her answers are honest and fun!  And she is such an incredible wedding photographer.   I hope you enjoy and learn from her…   I will show the reader’s question in italics and then Jasmine’s answer below it:      …

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Be Hired for Your Work – Not Your Prices…

Alicia Caine is back to teach you how to be hired for your work and not for your prices. Her thoughts are below – see the end of the post if you want to purchase her new “pricing cookbook – easy as pie”  at a discount. One of the biggest struggles photographers have when starting…

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Jasmine Star – Ask Her Anything You Want!

I am so excited to have Jasmine Star GUEST BLOGGING on MCP Actions Blog. She is an incredible photographer and writer – and reading her blog often brings a smile to my face. She knows how to connect with her audience and is super giving.  To see her work and learn more about her, click…

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SEO: Understanding Using Google Analytics by Guest Blogger Shannon Steffens

This is part 2 of Shannon Steffen’s series on SEO.  Part 1 is here. I am excited to be back on Jodi’s blog this week. We are again tackling the nebulous topic of SEO and what we can do to improve our website rankings. Today I am going to talk about Google Analytics. This is…

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Your Newborn Questions Answered from Alisha

Alisha is headed to WPPI so there will not be a Newborn series post this week but she has answered the questions you left from the part 1 of her newborn series.  Thank you to everyone who left comments on my post.  I am so happy to hear that it helped some of you refine…

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Shortcut Keys in Lightroom (Edit Faster and Smarter)

Thank you again to Nathan Holritz from Photographer’s Edit. Here is a follow up to his video – a list of shortcut keys that you can use in Lightroom.

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The Importance of Web Presence by Guest Blogger Shannon Steffens

  *** IF YOU DID NOT GET TO DO THE POLL FROM THE WEEKEND, PLEASE CLICK HERE.  Something happened and it got deleted from the post, but it is back now and I would appreciate your responses. ***     The Importance of Web Presence by Shannon Steffens Today I am going to talk about…

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SEO? Google? Getting Your Website Found… Series Starting Next Week by Shannon Steffens

Starting this week Shannon Steffens will be doing a 6+ part series on how to help your website get noticed on search engines and how to draw traffic to your site. Here is a little bit about Shannon: I am a photographer and a mother to two young children. I started taking photographs at age…

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The Newborn Session – How to work with a newborn – tips, tricks and ideas to make your session a success

If you want better newborn images, take our Online Newborn Photography Workshop. First of all, I want to say Thank You to Jodi for inviting me to be a guest speaker on her blog. When she asked me if I would like to talk about Newborn Photography, my answer was “of course!”Newborns have long been…

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MCP Series on Newborn Photography – By Guest Blogger Alisha Robertson (Starting Friday)

I am proud to announce that Alisha Robertson of AGR Photography will be doing a 5+ part series on newborn photography here on MCP Actions Blog. Alisha Robertson is an on-site, natural location photographer and mother of three. Since the inception of AGR photography in 2004, Alisha has made it her goal to capture the…

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What to Look for in a LOGO and LOGO Designer? by Guest Blogger Jayme Montoya

Today I have the pleasure of having Jayme Montoya of Lucid Graphic Design guest blog – and teach all of us what we should look for in a logo and logo designer.  I’m a graphic designer who loves portrait photography, cookie dough ice cream, the color pink, my family, the fall season, long earrings, cozy…

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The Secret to Black and White Photography

About a month ago I started hearing the buzz. There was a new secret – a secret from a woman named Sonia who had incredible black and white images. I was curious. So I contacted her to learn more. And though I do not personally do a lot of black and white work and I…

How to Use Your Flash Effectively for Portraits (Part 3 of 5) – by MCP Guest Blogger Matthew Kees

How to Use Your Flash Effectively by Matthew L Kees, guest to the MCP Actions Blog Matthew Kees, Director of MLKstudios.com Online Photography Course [MOPC] Outdoor TTL Flash (“everything and the sync…”)   Outdoors, in daylight, you are using the flash as a fill light and not the main light or key like you do…

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Painting with Light: A Fun Photography Technique

PAINTING WITH LIGHT by Martha Bravo Photographer Photography comes from the greek words “phos” that means light and “graphis” that means writing or painting, so the exact meaning of the word PHOTOGRAPHY is PAINTING or WRITING WITH LIGHT. And that is exactly what we are going to do with this technique. To create these fun…

How to Use Your Flash Effectively for Portraits (part 2 of 5) – by MCP Guest Blogger Matthew Kees

Matthew Kees is a very talented photographer and teacher.  He is doing a 5 part series on the MCP Actions Blog on Using a Modern Flash for Portraits.  I am excited to share his knowledge and expertise with all of my readers. These tutorials will launch once every other week. On the alternate weeks, time permitting, Matthew will look through…

How to Use Your Flash Effectively for Portraits (Part 1 of 5) – by MCP Guest Blogger Matthew Kees

Matthew Kees is a very talented photographer and teacher. He is doing a 5 part series on the MCP Actions Blog on Using a Modern Flash for Portraits. I am excited to share his knowledge and expertise with all of my readers. These tutorials will launch once every other week. On the alternate weeks, time…

Learning Flash Photography – a 5 part series + Q&A with Guest Blogger Matthew Kees

Coming over the next few months, I will be bringing you a 5 part series on FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY – plus after each part, you have the opportunity to ask questions and get answers. So come prepared to learn… The guest blogger is Matthew Kees. And I know you all are going to learn so much…

Looking for guest bloggers & prizes – promote yourself and your business

If you are looking for a great way to promote your business, you can be a guest blogger on MCP Actions.  I would love to hear from you.  Just send me an email and let me know what you want to contribute.  Or if you know of someone that you would love to see here,…

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