Photoshop Actions
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…
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…
A New and Improved MCP Site and Blog Coming Soon
NEW MCP NEWS: You can now register your your Facebook name and page here. My FB sites are http://facebook.com/mcpactions (friend me) and http://facebook.com/MCPActions/ (FB page). Go get yours today. Not sure which will be done 1st but my blog and site have been works in progress for some time now. Crossing my figures that you…
Blueprint – From Snapshot to Portrait in 6 Steps
This boy is just adorable. He is the “kid of the week” for the Fix It Friday edit at I Heart Faces. I loved my edit of this one so I had to share my steps with all of you. I would love to know what you think of the before and after photo edit…
Enhancing Skies Using Smart Objects in Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop
Yesterday I showed you how to add fake skies where the sky is completely blown. Today’s tutorial will teach you what to do if you have a nice sky that is just a little too light and could use some depth. Thank you to our guest blogger Daniel Hurtubise for this fantastic tutorial. One note:…
Blueprint – My Take on Sandi Bradshaw’s Senior Photography
I just had to play. Check out yesterday’s post for detailed step by step of how Sandi Bradshaw edited this photo. Here are my plays. MCP All in the Details: flashlight action – changed opacity to 100% MCP All in the Details: extreme color action – used the extreme color painting on grass and tractor. …
Post Processing Senior Style with Sandi Bradshaw
Sandi Bradshaw is back this week to show you some of her tricks and tips for post processing. Then tomorrow I will use her SOOC shot and show you a few plays of my own in the Friday Blueprint. And next week I will have a tutorial showing how to add fake sky where there…
Blueprint – 2 different approaches to similar photographs (extreme versus natural)
Today’s blueprints will show you 2 similar photos of the same model taken in the same light. I edited them very differently so you could get an idea of how you can get completely different looks under the same conditions. For the 1st Blueprint of this graduating high school senior, I took a natural enhanced…
Get Ready for Father’s Day and Celebrate with this GREAT FREE DAD Template
If you have been following MCP for years, this DAD template will not be new to you. I have so many new readers each year so certain goodies just have to be repeated. Here is the highly requested “DAD” storyboard template. I wanted to give you a few days to get it ready and to…
Life Lesson – Be Thankful for What You Have – Appreciate Every Day
I know this is not photography related exactly but I had to share an experience I had this past week. As some of you who read my newsletter may know, I am in the process of having a new website built with a full e-commerce system. It is going to be amazing. I also decided to…
Blueprint: Trash the Prom Dress Before and After MCP Photoshop Actions
Today’s Blueprint is another sent in by an MCP Actions Fan, Nikki Romero of Everlasting Expressions. She writes: This was an awesome Senior that blessed me with a Trash the Prom Dress Session… So much fun… The day was very overcast, skies were white, day was gray and rainy, water was YUCKY… But my vision came alive through…
How to Straighten Your Photos in Photoshop
This quick video will teach you how to straighten a photo and even out your horizon line in Photoshop using the ruler tool. Angles and tilts can be fun – but sometimes you just need to straighten out your photo. And now you can. >
Scarlett Lillian Answers MCP Reader Questions
Thank you to Scarlett Lillian for your interview last week and for answer questions from photographers and readers of the MCP Blog. The questions are in italics – the answers below each. 1. Michelle H wrote: Thanks for introducing us! Scarlett, my question for you is on lens flare… how do you make it happen?…
Fan Share – New York City (story told through MCP Blog It Board Templates)
Thank you to Aris Wells Photography for sharing your use of the MCP Magic Blog It Board template actions while on your recent trip to New York City. As you can see below – this is a perfect way to tell a story about a trip or experience on your blog.
MCP Blueprint – what a cute little girl made cuter with Photoshop Actions
This week’s photo comes from Fix It Friday at I Heart Faces. I participate as a contributor there every few weeks. This little girl is just adorable – so I was excited to improve upon her photo. Here is my play and step by step of what I did.
Maternity Photography: How to Photograph Pregnant Women
This post is by guest blogger Pascale Wowak. She is a professional photographer who specializes in natural light portraiture. She has been operating her own successful business for the past four years. She places a special emphasis on capturing TRUE LIFE imagery that accurately reflects the spirit and personalities of the people she is photographing.…
Results from the Survey on Using Bribery in Photography
The results are in from the survey on using bribes to get your subjects to cooperate or participate in a photo shoot. The breakdown showed that 209 photographers voted. 99 of them said they will bribe both customers and their own kids if it helps get better photographs. 90 people said they will bribe their own…
Blueprint – Getting Rid of Poor Color with Photoshop Actions
I received this photo from a photographer (who had someone photograph her). Unfortunately she was on vacation and had slight sunburn and the under exposure and photography emphasized this even more. She sent it to me to see how I would handle it with actions, and to see if it even could be fixed. At…
Elements versus Photoshop – which is best? Tell us what you think…
Here are a few questions I get asked in emails on a daily basis: – Should I buy Elements or Full Photoshop? If I am just starting out as a photographer which should I get? If I am building a portrait business which should I get? – Why do most of your Photoshop Actions only…
Blueprints from a few Fans of MCP (editing with a tutu & hat on top)
Today’s blueprints are provided by Gina Neary and Tracy Joy, co-founders of Prop Insanity. All the featured props in their pics are part of their Prop Insanity site and most are available for purchase at their online shop featuring an array of great designers! These Blueprints were fully edited by them using MCP Actions. Occasionally I will…
Watermark Creator for Photoshop CS4 * Even Better than Actions
Do you ever dream of clicking a button and having your watermark applied to all of your photos in a particular spot (scaled correctly no matter what)? What if this “Dream Tool” could do this for you in high or low res and could put the watermark in the center or either corner of your…
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