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Photo Studio Tour: Behind the Scenes Look at a Small Studio Space

You know how sometimes, things just feel right?  That’s how I felt the first time I walked into the space that I now call my photo studio. It’s an old cottage building (situated among other cottage buildings for businesses in northwest Houston, TX) with a front and back porch and outside stairs to my second-floor…

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20 Funny Photography Bloopers And Outtakes

Every photographer encounters the occasional bloopers and outtakes. By definition, wikipedia defines a blooper as “a deleted scene, containing a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew…an error made during a live radio or TV broadcast or news report, usually in terms of misspoken words or technical errors.”  So, expanding on that,…

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Finding Yourself in Your Photography

The importance of finding yourself in your photography goes beyond understand why you take photos the way you do. Truly explore your work.

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Merry Christmas: Enjoy a FREE Snowflake Bokeh Brush for Photoshop

Enjoy this FUN Free Snowflake Bokeh Brush – a little Christmas Gift for you. We wish you a blessed Christmas.  Enjoy time with your family and make sure to document the memories, and also to be a part of them. We have a little goodie for you at the bottom of this post – a…

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Holiday Pictures From Around the Globe: Photographer Inspiration

No matter what your religion, as a photographer it is easy to get swept up in the beauty of Christmas.  From the colorful, bold bokeh of blurred lights to the richness of ornaments hanging carefully from the trees, if cameras could speak, they’d scream out “photograph me.” Whether your are photographing Christmas and Santa Mini…

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Workflow and Pricing for Professional Photographers

Learn how to manage your client workflow from the first point of contact until after the shoot and price your photography to perfection.

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How to Run Successful Holiday Santa Mini Sessions

If you are a photographer looking to do mini sessions, learn how to capture kids in the perfect way and make money too.

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Funny images of J. W. Ocker enjoying life with two skeletons

Author and photographer J. W. Ocker is enjoying his life doing the things that he loves. Well, one could say that it is easy for him thanks to his two best friends called “T” and “C”. They are a pair of skeletons capable of doing regular things, such as cooking, eating, and mowing the lawn, which is pretty darn hilarious.

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World’s Best Dad in hilarious photo series with his daughter

Photographers do not usually create image series with their family. They try to separate business from their household, but not when the lensman is Dave Engledow. The photographer has compiled an image series of his daughter and himself, called World’s Best Dad, depicting themselves in hilarious scenarios.

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“Planet Pug” consists of amusing photoshopped images of a pug

Pug are funny animals which can become even more hilarious when Adobe Photoshop is involved. Photographer Michael Sheridan has created an amusing series consisting of photoshopped portraits of his pet placed in markets around the world wearing silly hats. The collection is called “Planet Pug” and it is piece of amazing editing.

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MCP Photography and Editing Challenges: Highlights from this Week

The government may be shut down, but the MCP Photography and Editing Challenges have reopened for business! We apologize for our absence; however, life’s tedious details got in the way. In case you forgot, the photo editing challenges give you a chance to edit other photographer’s images, share them for critique, and see how others edit…

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5 Steps To A Successful Photography Business

Learn the secret to running a successful photography business.

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Create Dramatic Lighting With Off Camera Flash

How to use off-camera flash or strobe and light modifiers to create portraits that have beautiful and dramatic light.

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MCP Photography and Editing Challenge: Highlights from this Week

  This week’s photography challenge is to capture a picture of an everyday item – SHOES – and let it tell a story. Where have they been? Where are they going? What have they seen? or Who do they belong to? Everyday items tell great stories that we often overlook. We loved seeing your take…

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How to Obtain Unique Images of Newborns and their Parents

How to Obtain Unique Images of Newborns and their Parents How many times do we see images of newborns and their parents that involve Mom or Dad holding the baby and looking straight at the camera and smiling? There is nothing wrong with this traditional form of family photography but it gets boring after a…

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MCP Editing and Photography Challenges: Highlights from this Week

Do you believe in magic? This week’s photo editing challenge requires making a little bit of magic using Photoshop to create a fantasy composite image. You can learn how by reading THIS blog post by Elizabeth Hall. Here is the composite background photo, shoot and shared by Elizabeth Hall: Several of members of the group…

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How To Create Fantasy Composite Images In Photoshop

Learn to combine photos into one composite image in Photoshop.

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MCP Photography and Editing Challenges: Highlights from this Week

  This week’s photography challenge encourages you to get up close and personal with macro photography. We loved seeing your take on this theme. Here are a few we wanted to feature, but make sure to check the album on the group page for more. Submitted Amy Bellair Anderson Submitted by Michael Zarogoza Use the photography challenges as a…

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MCP Photography and Editing Challenge: Highlights from this Week

Where are the wild things this week? Some might be heading back to school, while others may be hiding in this week’s MCP Photo Editing Challenge’s featured photo, captured by Ali Ellen. Several members of the group have shared great edits. Here are a few of the many favorite storybook edits: Edited by Brianne Thomas…

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MCP Photography and Editing Challenges: Highlights from this Week

  This week we introduced a new photo challenge on the MCP Shoot Me Facebook page. This week’s challenge is to capture emotion with a single shot.  We loved seeing everyone’s work on this theme, the range of emotions and techniques used to capture it were amazing!  Here are a few of the team’s favorites…

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How to Edit Butterfly Images in Photoshop

I love photographing wildlife. Butterfly images are so amazing and colorful. Learn how to edit your butterfly photos in Photoshop now.

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