Photo Sharing & Inspiration
Newborn Photography: How To Achieve The Blanket Fade In Camera
Learn this easy trick to getting great blanket fade without a lot of editing and hassle.
Project MCP: Highlights for April, Challenge #3
Hello Everyone and Welcome to this week’s Project MCP Highlights edition! Perusing the Flickr gallery this week definitely made me wish I had a green thumb. There are several beautiful shots of both weeds and exotic flowers in full, brightly colored bloom. There are also a few clever interpretations of the challenge, which made us…
Project MCP: Highlights for April, Challenge #2
The pool of inspiration for April, Challenge #2’s highlight post was not “shallow” (pun intended). In fact, the Flickr gallery is waist-deep with beautiful, interesting and creative photos taken with a shallow depth of field; so much so, that the Project MCP Team could not narrow their favorites down to only a few. Here are…
Transform A Vacation Snapshot Into Art Using Photoshop Actions
Alter a photo into a work of art using Photoshop actions.
Vacation Photos: The Ins and Outs of Travel Photography
Here’s a first hand account on how I take and edit large quantities of vacation photos.
Project MCP: Highlights for April Challenge #1 and Capturing a Photo with a Shallow Depth of Field
If the old adage “April showers bring May flowers” holds true, there will be colorful blooms all over the place in my part of the country very soon! Given the large amount of rain that has blown across the United States, capturing “wet” should have been a cinch (I hope you have been as lucky…
Project MCP: Highlights for Challenge #4 and April New Challenges
We are excited to wrap up our first month of Project MCP with Challenge #4: Guess What?. The Project MCP Team has thoroughly enjoyed browsing through the photos in the Flickr Group, attempting to decipher what many of them actually are. Many of you have us stumped! This week, we decided that we would showcase…
Creating Dramatic, Vibrant Images Using MCP’s Photoshop Actions
If you like rich color and high contrast in your photos, read the step by step of this edit in Photoshop to learn how to achieve this “look.”
Project MCP: Highlights for Challenge #3 and Macro Tips
Week #3 of Project MCP has been another success. Almost 100 photos were entered for Challenge #3. The interpretation of “Transition” ranged from transition of the seasons to body transition and life transition. There were so many beautiful photographs that once again, choosing only a few was quite a chore, but here are the Project…
Are You Cheating by Using Photoshop?
Photo editing can help make your photos better. But do you feel it hurts your actual photography when you have Photoshop as a crutch?
Project MCP: Highlights for Challenge #2
Project MCP’s second week has been a great success! Tons of gorgeous challenge photos have been flooding the Flickr gallery everyday, which made it even harder to choose only a few favorites for the Natural Light Challenge (March, Challenge #2). Here are a few of the Project MCP team’s favorites: Submitted by Angela Garrett Submitted…
Project MCP: Highlights for Challenge #1, Natural Light Tips
Project MCP is well underway! We challenged you and you rose to the occasion. The Project MCP Flickr group has been flooded with beautiful photos taken from high vantage points, using natural light, illustrating transition and depicting mysterious objects. Here are a few of the Project MCP Team’s favorite photos from the Week 1 Challenge…
Project MCP: March, New Challenges
Welcome to the first month of Project MCP. In case you missed the big announcement, Project 12 is now Project MCP. Learn more about Project MCP and how it works here . Each month the Project MCP Team will reveal four to five challenges, enough for a new challenge to start each Saturday of the month.…
Welcome to Project MCP: Develop Your Skills as a Photographer
Come join us in a photo challenge for 2012.
Love or Leap – February in Review!
Thanks to everyone who took the leap this month and participated in Project 12! The Project 12 Team was impressed at the range of interpretations of the themes. The images were fabulous, which made it close to impossible to pick only a few favorites. Some of these were favorites from the first time I saw…
30+ Creative Studio Backdrop Ideas for Photographers on a Budget
If you do not have excess money to spend but want cool looking backdrops, we have more than 30 great ideas to get you started.
MCP Project 12: {Month Two} Love or Leap
Join MCP Project 12 to grow as a photographer. Photograph images based on a theme and challenge yourself.
Project 12: January “Resolutions” In Review
The first month of Project 12 has come to an end! It has been both a visual and psychological journey following each of the links to view each photo and read the stories behind them. There were resolutions both big and small; serious and funny and concrete and abstract; however, each one your very own,…
MCP Project 12: {Month One} Resolution
Join MCP Project 12 to grow as a photographer. Photograph images based on a theme and challenge yourself.
MCP Project 12: Develop Your Skills as a Photographer
Challenge yourself in 2012 with this brand new 12 month photography assignment.
MCP Project 52: The Final Week
We made it! 3965 members, 15,398 photos and 52 weeks later we have reached the end of MCP Project 52. It is New Years Eve and what a perfect time to look back over our 52 weeks together and celebrate what made this project so special. This week we want to focus on some of…