Photography Tips
You want to learn something about cameras? Is there a technical aspect related to photography that you do not fully comprehend? Well, open your eyes, pay attention, and we will explain everything there is to know about whatever boggles your mind, with the help of our insightful tutorials!
Photographing Subjects in White Clothing: From Disaster to Joy
Do you dread when customers show up for their photo session wearing white clothing? Do you wonder how wedding photographers deal with brides in white dresses? Irene Jones has some tips to help you deal with your fears. Some photographers wince and mutter something impolite under their breath when they see a client show up…
White Balance: Tools to Help Set Custom White Balance ~ Part 3
White Balance: What Tools to Use and How to Set a Custom White Balance by Rich Reierson This post is the third in a short series on how photographers can use white balance to improve color in their photographs. Make sure to read part 1 and part 2. Here is the sample image prior to…
White Balance: Get Accurate Color Using a Gray Card ~ Part 2
White Balance: Get Better Color Using a Gray Card by Rich Reierson This post is the second in a short series on how photographers can use white balance to improve color in their photographs. Make sure to read part 1. Excellent white balance is crucial for professional photographers. As mentioned in Part 1, there are…
White Balance: Get Accurate Color in Your Photographs ~ Part 1
White Balance: What is it and why it is important to Photographers by Rich Reierson This post is the first in a short series on how photographers can use white balance to improve color in their photographs. White balance is one of the most important and fundamental skills when shooting pictures. Think of your photo…
How to Capture Kissing Photos Without Awkwardness
Kissing images are fun in many types of photography. Kissing photos make for great emotional photographs in newborn photography, children’s portraiture, senior photography, family portraits, sibling photos, engagements and wedding photographs, and of course pet photography. Get inspired by these kissing photos. Tomorrow, I will share my twins’ favorite kissing shots sent in from Facebook’s…
Pet Photography: 8 Tips for Taking Pictures of Your Dogs & Cats
How to Photograph Pets: Dogs and Cats by Tatyana Vergel Pet photography: Our pets…They’re handsome. They’re beautiful. They’re scruffy. They’re comical and so much fun to watch when they don’t realize we’re looking. Our pets add both joy and frustration to our lives on a regular basis, and we can’t live without them. But how…
Defining Your Style of Photography ~ 8 Tips by Angie Monson
Photography Style: How to Define Your Look by Angie Monson of Simplicity Photography I a so happy to have Angela Monson back on the MCP Blog. You can check out my Interview with Angela Monson and the Q&A with Angie from last fall. I think the key point to defining your style is to give…
Journey To Becoming A Professional Photographer
By Gail Bunning of Gail Anne Photography Becoming a professional photographer has been one of the most difficult, most challenging and most rewarding paths in my life. I always knew that I wanted to take photos. Even as a child I had this fascination with how film and that little box worked. How it saw…
Portrait Photography Trends & Fads: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Learn some of the latest photography crazes – also known as fads. You will love some. You will hate some. Props, poses, and anything that is very popular for a short period of time is defined as a fad. See what photographers are shooting now.
Successful Photo Session: 7 Steps to Take
Successful Photo Sessions? We’ve all been there; you head out for a session and you’re feeling on top of the world! Setting off to do what you love, camera in hand, chai (or coffee, if you prefer) in your tummy, and a smile on your face. You are INVINCIBLE! *cough* or so you thought. Nine…
5 Easy Ways to Learn Photography
Learning Photography by Shuva Rahim There is no single right path to becoming educated about photography. It’s a vast field with lots of opportunities and possibilities for anyone taking a beginner’s course to shooters who have been in the field for decades. Regardless of what stage you are in, here are some tips that will…
Hard Lesson About Backing Up Your Photos: From A Customer’s Perspective
My email box fills daily with all sorts of questions. And I try to help when I can, at least in FAQs, if not directly. Unfortunately this email I received has no easy answers, and it can serve as an “important,” scratch that, “crucial” reminded to back up your images. I heard about your blog…
Blueprint: Eyes “Wide” Open
Shawnee of Photography by Shawnee sent in this before shot and wanted to see how I would edit it with the Bag of Tricks action set. I used both this set and the Eye Doctor to get to the after image. I started with exposure. I used the Bag of Tricks – Magic Midtone Lifter.…
5 Travel Photography Mistakes That Could Prove Costly
5 Travel Photography Mistakes That Could Prove Costly By Kathy Wilson If you were a born with the wanderlust star over your head, you would probably kill to find a job as a travel photographer. Not only do you get to travel, you also get paid to do what you love to do. But being…
10 Tips for Becoming a School Portraiture Photographer
The Business of School Portraiture By Courtney DeLaura The pre-school and school portrait business, in general, is typically a scary subject for portrait photographers—very much a photographic area that many wouldn’t dare consider. Visions of cattle call-like lines of children, little black combs and ugly backdrops flash before your eyes. I know, because those are…
Capturing Beautiful Images of Siblings
Learn how to take amazing, memorable images of siblings. From sisters, to brothers, to twins, families will treasure these photographs for a lifetime. Learn how to capture strong images now.
12 Helpful Pieces of Advice on Photographing Gymnastics
Sports photography is certainly not something I specialize in, though I do love bringing my camera to sporting events like football, basketball, and baseball. When it comes to my children, they have a few hobbies that loosely fall into the category of sports: dance and gymnastics. Both dance and gymnastics often have certain photographic challenges:…
Adventures of Photographing a One Year Old
For those MCP readers who have infants and toddlers, you know how challenging it can be photographing a child that crawls fast and is on the verge of walking. My twins are now 8, so it had been a while since having this as a task. When I was visiting family in Atlanta, I had…
12 Tips to Break Your Photography Rut
Occasionally we get burnt out. Here are 12 things you can do to get out of your photography rut. After trying these ideas you’ll pick up your camera and shoot incredible images again.
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…
Tips for Photographing Christmas Lights
Thank you to Julie McCullough for these great tips on taking snapshots of kids in front of the light of the Christmas Tree this holiday season. Tips for Photographing Christmas Lights To me the beauty of the Christmas Tree shines through in pictures when the tree’s lights are on and that requires some dim or…
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