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Looking for your photos – for examples for our newest actions and presets

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Actions Store These products are not yet available, but will be very soon! We need some examples for our website. Our newest Presets will have a very nostalgic flare to them. So we are looking for photos that lend themselves really well to this type of style. Think “Vintage Camera” , “Pop Photography”, “Lomography”.…

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The Essential Business Book List for Photographers

For established photographers and new business owners wanting to grow their businesses – check out our business book list for photographers.

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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…

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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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More quick ways to change your brush in photoshop…

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase What are some more easy ways to change your brush in Photoshop?  What if I told you that you do not even need to go to the brush menu while using a “brush?” You can use your keystrokes and not go up…

Photoshop CS4 has arrived – plus important photoshop training info

I wish I had time to do a full report for you right now on CS4, but it will likely be days before I get to really dive in and get to know it. I am testing all of my action sets so I can let you know if any had to be revised.  So…

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

I am sure most of you know the saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” Well this goes for cameras and camera equipment as well.  If you see a deal that just seems incredible – well you guessed it.  There may be a reason to RUN from it.  Unfortunately, on…

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magic blog it boards – customers love sharing these…

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase I have never had an action set where I get this many customers sharing their results with me.  So I want to share some more with you.  These are so fun!  And coming OCTOBER 1st, I have “Magic Blog It Boards Set…

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Let the “sweet” voting begin… Please vote for your favorite 3.

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase This may have been the hardest contest to pick winners.  My twins were half successful.  They had two jobs to do – pick one 1st prize winner (for the MCP Actions Set) – which they did. The 2nd part they could…

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My other half… “Volunteer of the Year” by Detroit Regional Chamber

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Most of my readers are familiar with my daughters, Ellie and Jenna.  I write about them all the time.  But I usually do not post too many photos and details of my husband.  Well today is his “15 minutes of fame” on…

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FREE ACTION * MCP #2 PENCILS – PENCIL SKETCH ACTION

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase And now for a fun freebie – based on the tutorial I did last week on how to do a pencil sketch.  This one can do color pencils too.  If you want a quick easy and fun way to turn your…

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Quick Tip: How to change color of a senior class portrait backdrop in PS?

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Quick Tip: I had a photographer write me today and ask how to change a mottled backdrop.  She shot some senior pictures and the schools are requiring a brown backdrop.  She only has blue. Short of buying a brown one, here…

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How to turn a photo into a pencil sketch in photoshop

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase One of my readers recently wrote in asking how to make her photo into a pencil sketch. So here is a tutorial to teach you how.  I am using the photo I just made into a blog header.  Check out a…

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How to get natural smiles in children’s portraiture (by Erin Bell)

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase Erin Bell is an incredible Baby’s and Children’s Photographer in Connecticut.  I am honored to have her here on the MCP Blog.  Today she is my guest photographer and she will be teaching “how to get natural smiles in children’s portraiture.”  Please…

Guest Photographers – COMING SOON to MCP Actions BLOG

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase I love teaching everyone on my blog about photoshop.  And I know so many of you really appreciate it.  I also get asked frequently to teach photography topics.  My specialty truely is photoshop.   So my goal is to bring in some…

Just another day at the beach, until…

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase I had to share this from last weekend when my parents came to town.  My dad went in the lake with Ellie.  Jenna (one in the yellow bikini) said she did not want to get her feet sandy.  Ummm.  Yep –…

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Quick Photoshop Tip: how to use the transform tool

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase There are many times when you need to transform the size of your photo, especially when inserting photos into collages, storyboards and templates in Photoshop.  The shortcut key for this is CTRL + the “T” key on a PC, and Command…

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Share your “Blog It Boards” – look at these amazing display boards

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase  When the “Magic Blog It Boards” sent on sale Wednesday, photographers were able to start changing the way they prepare and display images on the web.  Many photographers started blogging with them.  Some made splash pages with them.  Others tried blog…

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Available for purchase today: Magic Blog It Board Photoshop Actions

Magic Blog It Boards will change the way you prepare and display photos on the web. The MCP “Magic Blog It Board” photoshop actions create collages and display boards with between 2 and 16 openings. The actions insert photos for you and will drastically reduce the time you spend preparing collages, templates, and storyboards for…

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Introducing MCP Actions incredible new action set: “MAGIC BLOG IT BOARDS”

The wait is almost over!  Magic Blog It Board Actions coming tomorrow!!! Tomorrow at NOON eastern time, my new action set will be released.  This set will change the way you prepare and display images on the web.  I will post many examples tomorrow on my blog.  And the actions will be for sale on my…

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Teaching kids how to use an SLR – what age can you start?

MCP Actions Website | MCP Flickr Group | MCP Reviews MCP Actions Quick Purchase My twins have been asking me for months now if they can use “my camera.”  I got them each their own $100 Nikon Point and Shoots.  But now, they want to know more. They are 6 1/2 (will be 7 in…

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