Photoshop Tips
Blueprint – MCP Fan Share of a Cute Little Boy
One of my customers, of both my Photoshop actions and training, asked me if she could share a photo from when she was just starting out. It was a favorite of hers and she wanted to see what she could do with it now that she knows more about Photoshop. Why not? This shot was…
Before and After from Alisha Robertson – Newborn Photographer
Alisha Robertson of AGR Photography, a phenomenal newborn photographer, and occasional guest blogger here, recently attended the MCP Color Fixing Workshop. Her work is outstanding but she knew that occasionally she would have an off shot that needed color work. After attending the online group training, here is what she had to say… So normally…
Sun Burst Style Sun Flare: 10 Sure Fire Tips to Achieve It
My favorite thing to shoot, besides my children of course, is any image with the sun. I love sculpting the sun into star shaped bursts of light. Learn how to achieve this fun photographic technique by following my simple directions. Don’t say I didn’t warn you – this can be addicting!
Photographing a Shy Child ~ How to Get Them To Interact
How you ever had to take pictures of a shy child? This little girl, Isabel, was just adorable. Who would believe she was super shy? She was… Photographing a shy child can be a challenge. Having props, tools, and a gift for conversation, can help get a shy child to open up. So in this…
Applying Makeup in Photoshop using Brushes
Thank you to Stephanie Gill of TinyTot Snapshot Photography for this fantastic tutorial on using brushes to apply digital make up in Photoshop. Today’s brush tutorial will teach you different methods for digitally adding makeup and how to clone with different brushes. Many of you left comments asking how to add eye shadow and use…
Finishing Steps in Adobe’s Bridge – Preparing for Web
Thank you to Daniel Hurtubise for this great post on using Bridge as part of your editing workflow. Hi everyone, as you are reading that post I’m boarding a floating Cessna to our first location, the bear shooting in the Alaskan Wild. I might get internet access in between location changes since will be back…
Blueprint of a Surfing Senior – Photoshop Actions Save the Waves
This guy wanted a hip, fun senior photograph. And thanks to Dan Treviño of Shooting Star Photography, he is getting one. Unfortunately the lighting was less than ideal and the original photo was kind of gray (the water, the sky, and the subject). When he sent this in, I knew just the blueprint formula to…
Adding Clouds in the Sky of a Photo in Photoshop
Thank you to Stephanie Gill of TinyTot Snapshot Photography for this fantastic tutorial on using brushes to add clouds to a photo in Photoshop. Hello again, I will be doing tutorials for the 5 brush techniques I mentioned prior in the upcoming weeks ahead. Today’s tutorial focuses on adding clouds to a photo. Whether your…
How to Make a Watermark and Add Branding in Photoshop
Photoshop tip and video tutorial: How to make a watermark for your photos (I also have a free watermark photoshop action) Are you afraid of your photos getting stolen online? Are you worried that your customers will take the low res photos you put online and try to print them? One easy way to avoid…
Bridge Workflow: Editing Multiple Photos at Once
So to keep going with Bridge, Daniel Hurtubise is doing another great workflow post. I came back Wednesday from a car racing event with roughly 1500 images taken over 3 days… that’s a lot of work. So here’s how I deal with it: First I will start by “stacking” pictures that will need the same…
Blueprint – close-up of a cute little girl, a natural looking Photoshop edit
Sometimes when I make the blueprints, I tend to go overboard and almost exaggerate the edits so you can see what I did. For this one I wanted to do a super realistic, natural edit. Thank you to Jill Ellison for this adorable picture. This little girl looks so cute with her sweet curls. Here…
Learn how to read your histogram and nail your exposures: part 3
This is part 3 on learning to read your histogram and nail your exposures by John Mireles. Check out part 1 and part 2 if you missed them.
Learn how to read your histogram and nail your exposures: part 2
This is part 2 on learning to read your histogram and nail your exposures by John Mireles. Check out part 1 here if you missed it.
Learn how to read your histogram and nail your exposures: part 1
John Mireles likes to say that there’s not a lot in the photography business that he hasn’t done in his 20 years in the business. He’s shot everything from fashion editorial to big budget advertising shoots to high-end weddings to family portraits as well as a wide range of personal work that runs from nudes…
Using Photoshop for Stunning Beach Photos
Have you ever wondered how to process your beach photos in Photoshop? When I saw this shot by Jennifer Rose Hewes of Jennifer Rose Photography I was in LOVE. These girls and this shot – just stunning. Honestly this is one of those shots that look so pretty straight out of the camera – it…
10 Exciting Fun Ways to Use BRUSHES in Photoshop
Photoshop Brushes: 10 ways to use them by Stephanie Gill Photoshop brushes seem to leave people with the same lingering question, “What the heck are brushes good for?” Personally, the term “brushes” was confusing to me more than anything else. When I thought of a brush, I thought of the typical paint brush that you…
Free Photoshop Brushes: 21 Great Places to Download Brushes
Photoshop brushes can be fun and really add to a picture when used artistically. What is better than that? Free Photoshop Brushes! Below is a list to thousands of amazing brushes that you can use to embellish your images, add frames, make backgrounds, and so much more. Check the MCP Blog to find out 10…
Where to start editing thousands of pictures from a big trip or on location shoot?
Today Daniel Hurtubise is going to explain his process of getting his images from CF cards to computer after a photo trip or big on location shoot. When you come back from a shooting in location, you usually comeback with a LOT of images. So today I’m going to walk you through my first step…
Blueprint – Baby Time – Making a Cute Newborn Even Cuter
If you want better newborn images, take our Online Newborn Photography Workshop. This photo was sent in by Nilofar Walters of Fig Tree Photography in Australia. She wrote me an email that read, “First off thank you for a wonderful and informative blog. I have also bought a couple of your actions and I…
My Photoshop Workflow & and an INCREDIBLE product {Autoloader}
What is my Photoshop workflow? I get emails daily asking about my workflow is and how do I get through my editing. I hear from photographers all the time who say that they spend too much time editing. Today’s video may help change all that for you (at least if you have Photoshop CS3 or…
MCP Blueprint – an iphone 3gs picture edited in Photoshop
I was on a pontoon boat the day I took this shot. I did not bring my camera with me. When my daughter Jenna decided to jump from the boat and swim in the lake for her 1st time, I wanted to document it. I was bummed that I did not lug my camera… Then…
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