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Finding Balance: 4 Tips for Juggling Career, Family, and Photography
When photography is not a full-time job, finding the right balance in life can be hard. Lindsay Williams of Lindsay Williams Photography offers advice on how to manage a career, a family, and a passion for photography whether you are a hobbyist or a part-time professional.
InFusion + Illuminate Lightroom Presets are Now Available!
The MCP InFusion and MCP Illuminate Lightroom Preset Packages are now available! Yep, you read that right: We’re launching TWO brand-new products to simplify your workflow and take your Lightroom edits to a whole new level! Are you a longtime MCP Fusion actions fanatic, but wish you could have the same versatility in Lightroom? Have you…
Vote for Your Favorite Entry in the MCP Photo Contest
In case you haven’t heard the news, MCP Actions has TWO new sets of Lightroom presets coming out at the end of February: InFusion and Illuminate. We decided to do a fun photo contest on our Facebook Group to celebrate! The TWO entries with the most votes on Tuesday evening (around 7-8pm eastern) will each…
How to Deliver Critique That Makes Photographers Better at Photography
With the ease of the digital age and the internet, posting and sharing photos almost instantaneously, it is easy to critique photographs from other photographers. Proper constructive criticism can help a photographer grow and get stronger. When delivering or receiving critique know that many comments are opinions not facts. When critiquing, be helpful and detailed,…
Christmas Mini Session Edited with MCP Inspire Photoshop Actions
I’m so happy MCP Inspire came out before my Christmas Mini Sessions! They’ve helped me speed up my workflow tremendously! When running actions, especially ones that enhance color tones, I turn all the layers off, start at the bottom by turning them back on and adjusting to taste. I do this and work my way…
Fall Portrait Workflow Using MCP Inspire Action Set
I have really been enjoying the new MCP Inspire action set. This time of year is the busiest and I used this recipe on all of my outdoor fall portrait sessions. Give it a try and see how it works for you! In the screenshots below, hopefully you can read it, you can see how…
The Importance of Shooting in RAW Format
I once saw a conversation about RAW vs JPG going on in a photography Facebook group. The question was, “Should I shoot in RAW or JPG?” And the photographer in question was stating that he only shot in jpeg – not only did he get more shots on his card, but he felt RAW gave…
How to Add Beautiful Tones By Using MCP Autumn Equinox
This blog post will teach you how to add beautiful sunset tones to your images using MCP Autumn Equinox Actions
Get Ready: 10 Tips for Photographing Toddlers
10 tips for photographers to get better pictures of toddlers.
How to Use Newborn Necessities Actions for Cute Kids Images
How to make your images stand out from the crowd using Newborn Necessities.
How to Edit Newborn Photos in Photoshop
This blueprint will teach you how to edit newborn photos and retouch skin using MCP Newborn Necessities Photoshop actions.
Use Minor Adjustments In Lightroom and Photoshop For Better Photos
This blog post will show you how to use Lightroom and Photoshop together to make an ordinary photo shine with subtle adjustments.
New Lightroom Templates and Collages With MCP Lightroom Presets
MCP is making it quicker and easier to showcase your photos in print and for the Web using our new Lightroom Templates. Print Collages Layouts: With MCP Present It for Print Lightroom Presets, you’ll just click and drag images into the templates, customize and upload to your lab. Web Template Layouts: With MCP Display It…
How To Use Social Media To Expand Your Photography Business
This is a social media guest post, by Doug Cohen of Frameable Faces, about his approach to social networking for he and his wife’s photography studio. Learn from their experiences. Providing a complete how-to on all of the social media platforms could easily be a 3,000 page book. So instead I’ll summarize our experience…
Free Patriotic Photoshop Template * Perfect for Memorial Day, 4th of July
*** FLAG IN A FLASH *** Enjoy our Free Patriotic Photoshop Template for Memorial Day, Independence Day/4th of July, Veteran’s Day and beyond. This is a very special freebie for Photoshop and Elements called “Flag in a Flash.” It was first introduced four years ago as a Photoshop action. We are bringing it back this…
How to Composite Newborn Images and Keep Babies Safe
If you are a newborn photographer, make safety your top issue. Here’s how you can achieve great images while keeping the newborn safe.
Editing Newborn Images in Photoshop Just Got Easier and Faster
If you photography newborns, you need to have this Photoshop action set. It makes editing baby images quick – and help you get the looks you want.
Editing Backlit Images With Photoshop Actions
Quick, easy edits for backlit photos … learn the steps now.
How to Achieve Creamy Newborn Skin Using Photoshop
Get better newborn skin quickly and easily. Just follow the steps in our easy Photoshop tutorial.
5 Photography Tips for Taking Better Pictures Inside of Your Home
Learn quick and easy ways to get better photos of the inside of your home.
MCP Project 52 Week 42 recap & launch of Week 43
Did someone say Week 42? Yup we are here already, getting very close to the end of our 2011 Project 52 so hang on in there if taking photos every week is getting hard and pop into our Flickr group to get yourself a little bit of inspiration. This week people have been sharing…