Photoshop
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…
Shooting Raw is the only way…
According to Jamie Taylor of SouthCape Photography, shooting Raw is not an option. It is a necessity. And while you may feel it is or strongly that it is not, I love her dedication and the way she argues her point below. Enjoy! Camera Raw is an unprocessed, uncompressed raw file. Jpeg is a processed…
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…
Where to Begin… My 1 Week Journey Owning a Mac
For those who follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you may have heard bits and pieces of this already. For the rest of you, I thought since we have voting and discussing if I should get Mac or PC, that I should update you on the situation. After all the discussion, even though Mac “won”…
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…
Alaskan Adventure – what other gear to pack for trip in the wild
Daniel Hurtubise is doing a series on his upcoming trip to the Alaskan Wild. Hopefully this will help you learn what you need to prepare for a huge expedition. Last week he will be discussed his camera gear. This week he will cover what other equipment he will be bringing. Since I’ve covered the hardcore…
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…
KISS – and not the mushy kind… A Quick Lesson for Everyone…
I cannot remember where I first hear about KISS. But it was probably somewhere between my 1st kiss and now… As wikipedia explains “KISS stands for ‘Keep it Short and Simple,’ or the more recent and disparaging ‘Keep it Simple, Stupid.’” For our purposes here, it can mean both… My 2 recent experiences… Analysts try and…
Opening & Resaving Jpeg images: Does It Really Degrade Your Images?
Thank you to Robert Watcher of finchandchimps and Robert Watcher Photography for this interesting guest post answering the question, “Does opening and resaving jpeg images over and over really degrade the image quality of your photos?” I have long been fascinated with the claim that resaving your images files will degrade the image. Even with…
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…
MCP’s Camera Bag: Equipment and Pictures from Past to Present
As a follow up to last weeks post on “how expensive equipment alone does not make a great photographer,” most people were in agreement that just because you have expensive gear does not make you a better photographer. Once you learn the fundamentals and build up experience, better equipment can further enrich your photos. Basically…
Meet the “Clickin Mom” and learn about one of the coolest photo forums
I had the privilege to interview Kendra Okolita, owner of Clickinmoms – a great photography forum. You will love getting to know her as both a photographer (LuluBird Photography), owner of a popular photography forum and mom. If you want to try clickin moms forum, there is a special running right now. Just click the…
Should I get a Mac or PC?
What computer should I get next? I would love your help choosing. I posed the question on this Facebook Thread – but it is hard to layout the whole picture in such few words. Currently I use a Dell Precision 17” high resolution laptop (fully loaded – well 2 years ago it was anyway…) Every…
12 Free Photoshop Books plus 3 MCP Favorite Books Revealed
If I told you I had a dozen free Photoshop books to give you, is that something you would be interested in? Yesterday I gave you 18 free previews of photography books. Today is Photoshop book day. Think about the old days when you could sit in a book store and page through books before…
18 Free Photography Books – Your Photography Summer Reading List
If I told you I had over a dozen free photography books to give you, is that something you would be interested in? Well I do – sort of. These are online live previews of books. Think about the old days when you could sit in a book store and page through books before deciding…
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