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NEW Suzette Allen smArticle
Easy Watercolors (hand painted, not with a filter!)
Presented by Bay Photo. Photoshop has a Watercolor filter, but it is far from soft or delicate and lacks the beauty of a true watercolor image, as well as a soft, watercolor-like edge. Here is the perfect solution for making a beautiful, soft watercolor (and amazingly realistic edges) that is actually hand-painted by you. It is easy to draw the eye [read this smArticle]
NEW Bonnie Berlin smArticle
The Weather Outside is Frightful – But the Portraits are Delightful!
Recently, the weatherman announced that 49 of the United States were reporting measurable snow. Tired of waiting for springtime, I took the opportunity to head out for a winter portrait session. Although it had its extreme weather challenges, the session was terrific fun and yielded some wonderland-wonderful results. Let’s Begin On the day of the shoot, the [read this smArticle]
NEW James Hodgins smArticle
Money Making Maternity Sessions
presented by the NoBs Photosuccess.com forum. We do a lot of maternity sessions in our studio and all of them (if they are not already) turn into repeat clients. It is a very important time in an expecting mothers life, and some wish to have beautiful photographs to remember it. We try to offer a large variety of styles [read this smArticle]
NEW William Innes smArticle
Don’t Get Fired – Know Your Equipment!
presented by Buckeye Color Lab. We have all heard or read about professional photographers saying we must “know our equipment”. They all suggest we become Kung Fu masters and become one with our camera. Guess what? It’s true. We should be so familiar with our main pieces of gear that making any changes on the go is second nature and [read this smArticle]
NEW Nick Coury smArticle
Contemporary Children's Photography DVD Review
One thing that is evident right from the opening of Tamara Lackey's new DVD, Inside Comtemporary Children's Photography is that this isn't your typical instructional DVD. The production is more like what you would see on TV. This is beautifully photographed, produced, and entertaining all at once. This didn't happen by accident, the producer and director is responsible for [read this smArticle]
NEW Fred Levine smArticle
How to write ‘Sticky’ Copy
How many times have you received an email or an e-ad that just didn’t make sense? It was either the wrong promotion for the wrong time of the year or aimed at a market that you had absolutely no interest in. It is an art to be able to write copy that "sticks", that is it sticks in your mind. [read this smArticle]
NEW Deborah and Rick Ferro smArticle
Glamour Lighting On The Fly
Presented by Ultimate Light Box. My goal was to create beautiful images that have lots of impact without using my typical "high end" studio lighting equipment. I wanted to use lighting that is totally portable, easy to carry, and quick to set up. I didn't want to sacrifice the quality of light just because I was working on location. [read this smArticle]
NEW Andy Greenwell smArticle
Photography with a BOOM
To boom or not to boom, that is the question. I hate clutter. Having a clean studio helps me approach a photo shoot with a clear mind. The fewer the light stands around me, the better. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Why not put a rail system in the ceiling and then there would be no lights stands at [read this smArticle]
NEW Greg Schrader smArticle
Beauty is everywhere, we just have to see it!
One of the major challenges I find that photographers face when shooting is finding the true beauty of the image. I would argue that beauty is everywhere, however, in order to take advantage of it you have to learn to see it. I would challenge to you to seek out the beauty in every single location that you shoot at. [read this smArticle]
NEW Rob Provencher smArticle
Working with Aperture Priority.
presented by the noBSphotosuccess.com photography forum. Exposure control is always in the forefront of my brain on shoots. Typically when shooting weddings or in any situation that requires me to work fast, I can still get accurate exposures while in my favorite auto mode, aperture priority. I do need to make sure I know how to read the scene as well [read this smArticle]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle
New iMac 27 & 21 inch: Big News for Mac and PC Users...
presented by Moab Inkjet Papers. The Apple revolution in professional photography continues with their new iMacs that offer either a 27 inch display or a 21 inch display, and Adobe has finally allowed us to re-license our PC software to Mac. Thousands of PC users are switching over to Mac and thousands more are thinking about it. Here's my [read this smArticle]
NEW Steve Thornton smArticle
So You Want To Shoot Fashion?
This article is going to be directed at a new or mid level photographer or to a well established professional who wants to start shooting beauty images. The reason I make this distinction is a lot of photographers are not sure how this works or expects the model to automatically know what to do. If you only shoot top models [read this smArticle]
NEW Peter Friedman smArticle
Amazing Custom Functions
Current cameras are nothing short of amazing. They have features and capabilities we could have only dreamed of years ago. The challenge however, is that many of the things we want to do are buried in menus and can be somewhat confusing and hard to find even some things that used to be easy. For example, cameras used to [read this smArticle]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle
NEW DVD: Taming TTL from Fridayphotoschool
presented by fridayphotoschool.com The live broadcast and download version of the Friday Feb 5 live streaming seminar was a supersmash! Thanks to all who have seen the program, it really was a blast! Here's the DVD version of it, and it's only $25 that includes shipping inside the USA. (outside USA? order from www.CameraBooks.com and search "TAMING TTL") see photo 01 This [read this smArticle]
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