Panasonic Lumix Lounge

Panasonic Lumix Lounge I’m always keeping an eye out for free resources that can be helpful to both professional and recreational photographers, and my most

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Portrait Retouching with Lightroom

As a portrait retoucher, I admit that smart objects and their capabilities of nondestructive editing were once a bit foreign to me. I knew I had to grasp the concept, but couldn’t understand how they were applicable to my kind of work.

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Building Blocks to a Strong Business

A few days before my mother passed away last year, I had a very funny conversation with her. I promised her I’d make sure Dad never went out of the house with clothes that didn’t match. While that might seem like a strange conversation …

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Underwater Maternity Photography

I met Brandi during one of my CreativeLIVE appearances a couple of years ago. She was part of my live audience. As you can imagine, I get to meet a lot of people in my day-to-day life. It’s part of why I love teaching: I love helping people…

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Color Space and your photography

Capturing the most out of my subject matter has always been my biggest challenge. Whether it’s landscapes, architecture or portraits, I want to have a fine-tuned image before I get to post-production.

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How to use Neutral Density Filters

Neutral-density filters, aka ND filters, have long been the go-to tool for nature photographers looking to incorporate motion into their scenic images. You’ve seen the classic nature shots, the ones with flowing waterfalls and ethereal, shimmering,

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Get your Zag on with Lori Nordstrom

In today’s digital world, everyone can be a photographer—and let’s face it, most people either think they are or know someone who is. Photographers have a product and service that is easily and readily provided by the masses.

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Medium Format Photography

Medium format has been around for quite a while. Digital medium format, though, is something most of us might never consider for a multitude of reasons. I recently made the switch, and the quality of my imagery has never been stronger.

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Vanessa Joy talks selling albums

Because of how easy it can be to “shoot and burn” a job, wedding or otherwise, the task of creating and selling albums can be a daunting one. Why should we spend the time making albums for our clients when …

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