Make Sh*t Happen
We are all guilty of it. We make excuses. We make excuses for everything that goes wrong, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a wedding or a portrait shoot…
12/02/2014
How’s Your Exposure?
It’s ironic that one word, exposure, can be so critical to every aspect of your career as a professional photographer. With your photographs, a decent exposure is critical to creating…
12/02/2014
Digital Files in Your Portrait World
We are living in a digital world. Let’s face it. If you would have asked me 10 years ago if I would be selling digital files, I would have said, “Never!” I converted from film to a digital studio …
12/02/2014
Pricing Your Digital Files
The introduction of digital files to our industry was the elephant in the room for a while. It has brought a lot of positives for most of us. With any advancements, there are always several negatives.
12/02/2014
MediaZilla: Final Video Frontier?
How are you delivering your video product? All the filmmakers and photographers I know deliver their videos and slideshows in one of three ways. They burn to standard DVD…
12/02/2014
Digital Desktop Explosion
Ever feel like your computer’s desktop just had a bomb go off on it? Or maybe finding a file just isn’t the easiest thing to do in your day? So much of what we do as photographers is sitting …
12/02/2014
Lighting Basics: Capturing Dramatic Images
One of the most common statements I hear from shooters is: I can’t get my images to look the way I want. That statement can mean many things, …
12/02/2014
Quick Tips To Better Portrait Retouching
Nowadays, it seems like the most time-intensive retouching for professional photographers is portrait retouching. No matter how many plug-ins or programs there are to simplify the process,…
12/02/2014
Mastering Your Digital Workflow: Import and Backup
In this industry, we struggle on a daily basis to maintain a fail-safe digital workflow. This is a crucial point in your business, and you need to consider a few of these guidelines when storing your images.
12/02/2014
Simple Strategies for a One-Light Setup
When I started in photography almost 20 years ago, photographing outdoors with natural light was an anomaly. Most photographers had retail studios and practiced traditional, classical posing and lighting.
11/02/2014
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