Photoshop Tips
4 Go-To Poses for Senior Girls
Senior photography is super fun and can be very lucrative but it is challenging coming up with fresh new ideas. So today I’m going to share with you 4 sure-fire poses that work for just about any senior girl at any location.
4 Go-To Poses for Senior Guys
Here’s 4 sure-fire poses for senior guys that work for just about any guy at any location.
Make Your Fall Photos POP with Rich Autumn Tones
Before and After Step-by-Step Edit: Make Your Fall Photos Pop The MCP Show and Tell Site is a place for you to share your images edited with MCP products (our Photoshop actions, Lightroom presets, textures and more). We’ve always shared before and after Blueprints on our main blog, but now, we will sometimes share some…
How to Capture Emotion and Personality in Photos of Your Teens
Learn my tips and tricks for capturing images that show the personality of your subjects.
How to Fix Your Photoshop Brush When It Looks Like Cross-Hairs
Grrr, the first time this happens to you, you’ll want to pull your own hair out. Your Photoshop brush (or Elements brush) shows as cross-hairs instead of the outline of a circle. The typical response is to visit the preferences area and see an area called cursors. After you realize you did not have the…
How to Get The Look of Faux Snow and a Winter Feel in Photoshop
Before and After Step-by-Step Edit: Manual Edits Complemented with MCP Photoshop Actions The MCP Show and Tell Site is a place for you to share your images edited with MCP products (our Photoshop actions, Lightroom presets, textures and more). We’ve always shared before and after Blueprints on our main blog, but now, we will sometimes share…
Cropping Your Photos the Right Way For Great Images
If you want to make sure you can print your photo without losing limbs, learn cropping the right way. These easy tips will save your sanity.
How to Turn Your Photo Into Something Magical
Make your photos more magical and extraordinary using these quick, fun steps in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Our High School Senior Posing Guides are Now Available!
If you have trouble coming up with the best poses when photographing seniors, these senior posing guides will be your new best friend.
Bring Out Rich Color and Detail in Your Photos
Before and After Step-by-Step Edit: How to really make the details in your photos come to life with rich color edits The MCP Show and Tell Site is a place for you to share your images edited with MCP products (our Photoshop actions, Lightroom presets, textures and more). We’ve always shared before and after Blueprints on…
The Most Valuable Photography Learning Tool… And It Is Free
While practice is the best way to improve your photography, there’s a learning tool you need to take full advantage of each click of your shutter.
Do You Need an Ice Light to Help Light Your Photography?
I have posted here before on how to solve lighting challenges with the Ice Light by Westcott and now I am back to visit the topic one more time. Here in Michigan, I think my favorite season may be Fall. The excitement of back to school, the changing colors on the trees, college football and…
Deleting Preferences To Fix Issues in Photoshop and Elements
If you use Photoshop or Elements, at some time you will feel like the program has gone crazy and weird things keep happening. While there are other reasons for it too, if you delete the preferences, your troubles often vanish. This is a quick fix for many quirks that build in the programs. Deleting your preferences is stronger…
Edit In A Few Clicks to a Brighter, More Vivid Photo
Before and After Step-by-Step Edit: Exposure Adjusting with MCP Photoshop Actions The MCP Show and Tell Site is a place for you to share your images edited with MCP products (our Photoshop actions, Lightroom presets, textures and more). We’ve always shared before and after Blueprints on our main blog, but now, we will sometimes share…
The Secret Weapon of Photographers: Back Button Focus For Sharper Images
Learn to get sharper photos using the tool many pros use — Back Button Focus. Learn when, how and why to use this powerful setting.
Instantly Make Your Photos Look Better on the Web
Have you ever wondered why your photos look terrible online when they looked amazing in Photoshop? The way your photos look often relies heavily on the specific website or social media platform where you upload the images. Compression saves space and many places on the web, especially formats like Facebook, compress heavily. We have FREE…
The Best Ways To Get Better At Photography
To me, the best way to get better at photography is to practice. Sometimes though, especially if you are photographing your own kids or things you love, it’s easy to have blinders on when analyzing your own work. I think back to when I first started in photography — I thought I rocked. I had…
How to Easily Get More Images With Less Effort
This probably sounds like every photographer’s dream – right? More great images – less work. It’s not a gimmick. It’s a quick tip. Once you pose your customer, rather than shoot the images from the logical position, try at least two more moves. Your subject can basically stay where they are. You, however, will move…
The Perfect Tool for Portraits of Children — Pez Dispensers
Getting young children interested in a photo shoot can challenge the most talented professional photographer. Many pros have a bag of tricks to use for taking portraits of kids. But if you are a mom taking pictures of your own kids, or even a new photographer, you may not know all the tricks quite yet.…
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