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The Newborn Session – How to work with a newborn – tips, tricks and ideas to make your session a success

If you want better newborn images, take our Online Newborn Photography Workshop. First of all, I want to say Thank You to Jodi for inviting me to be a guest speaker on her blog. When she asked me if I would like to talk about Newborn Photography, my answer was “of course!”Newborns have long been…

How to Use Your Flash Effectively for Portraits (Part 3 of 5) – by MCP Guest Blogger Matthew Kees

How to Use Your Flash Effectively by Matthew L Kees, guest to the MCP Actions Blog Matthew Kees, Director of MLKstudios.com Online Photography Course [MOPC] Outdoor TTL Flash (“everything and the sync…”)   Outdoors, in daylight, you are using the flash as a fill light and not the main light or key like you do…

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Getting Ready for The Wedding Day * My Little Sister Gets Married

Last weekend I got to see my youngest sister get married.  It was such a fun, festive event. I took photos all day in the “bridal” getting ready suite.  And then put my camera away.  So unless the wedding photographers allow me to post a few of their photos here, you may not get to see…

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Our Magical Disney World Trip

We were very fortunate to go to Disney World last week.  Ellie and Jenna had the best time. Here are some highlights of our trip.  Some were taken with the Canon 40d and some just with a point and shoot.  Did very quick post processing with these since they are snapshots (just ran through color…

How to Use Your Flash Effectively for Portraits (part 2 of 5) – by MCP Guest Blogger Matthew Kees

Matthew Kees is a very talented photographer and teacher.  He is doing a 5 part series on the MCP Actions Blog on Using a Modern Flash for Portraits.  I am excited to share his knowledge and expertise with all of my readers. These tutorials will launch once every other week. On the alternate weeks, time permitting, Matthew will look through…

How to Use Your Flash Effectively for Portraits (Part 1 of 5) – by MCP Guest Blogger Matthew Kees

Matthew Kees is a very talented photographer and teacher. He is doing a 5 part series on the MCP Actions Blog on Using a Modern Flash for Portraits. I am excited to share his knowledge and expertise with all of my readers. These tutorials will launch once every other week. On the alternate weeks, time…

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Announcing Photoshop CS4 – well almost… Sign up to learn more.

Well many photographers are anticipating the announcements of the successor to the Canon 5D, which many rumors say could happen this week.  Not holding my breath, but as soon as I hear confirmation from Canon, I will post it here. One thing I do know is that Adobe is set to announce their Creative Suite…

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How to photograph and edit silhouettes {part 1}

After posting all of my vacation photos from Northern Michigan, I got a lot of people writing and asking two questions. One was “how do you get such great color?” The answer, good exposure and using the appropriate MCP Actions to enhance the Straight out of Camera shots. The second question I get is “how…

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Photographing Seniors {An Interview with Photography by Natalie B}

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Today’s interview is with Natalie Bacon, of Photography by Natalie B and author of the “Senior’s Solutions Guide.” She has some phenominal tips for photographing seniors and breaking into the senior market. So enjoy the interview. **** PLUS enter to WIN…

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[b] – the interview with Becker – part 2 – [b]ecker on being a great photographer

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase [B]ecker – being a great photographer What is the best advice you have for photographers on how they can stand out from the crowd? Everyone is different. When you see photogs that inspire you, be inspired, but do not try and…

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Quick Tip | What were my camera settings * metadata?

I get a lot of questions from customers about what to do when Photoshop starts acting like it is in control. I am going to be posting some frequent asked questions from MCP Actions customers and blog visitors.  If you have a quick question about Photoshop you want answered, please email me and I may use it…

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Photo Makeover: Decreasing Wrinkles and Smoothing Skin in Photoshop

From time to time – I will be doing photo makeovers on my blog. Sometimes it may be a HUGE makeover, sometimes more subtle. I may do them by hand or with a combination of actions. I will let you know what methods I use. These are not tutorials. But you may get a tip…

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