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.
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 …
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…
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.
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,
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.
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.
We just experienced the shoot of a lifetime from the other side of the lens, and I’ll never be the same when I get back to being behind the shutter.
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 …
If you have children, you already understand just how special a newborn is. If you do not, just imagine the best day of your life and multiply that by 100. For photographers, it’s an opportunity to share their craft and gain a client for life.
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