1. Landing On Your Feet
(Articles/Steve Thornton Articles)

...t no matter what. I had a set of Sunbounce gear delivered to the hotel but I was missing my Lumedyne strobes and my 30” square softbox made by LightwareDirect.com. By early afternoon I told Vick...

2. Refine Edge in CS5
(Articles/Suzette Allen Articles)

...on the bottom. Step three: Select your subject with a selection tool—the Quick Select Tool is probably your best bet since you can just drag through an object and it selects it, adding onto y...

3. Update or Wait?
(Articles/Jon Yoshinaga Articles)

...ly you need to upgrade. If it's mainly auto-focus and low light, see if a faster lens will solve your problem.     Software Because this is mainly a photo website, when I say softwar...

4. Disappearing Light Modifier
(Articles/Bonnie Berlin Articles)

This past week, I was out shooting a session at a busy college campus. Parking was a major problem – there wasn’t any available! This is the kind of place where if you attempted to leave

5. Change is good
(Articles/Nick Coury Articles)

...quipment. Bottom line I had between $5,000.00 and $10,000.00 invested in all of my cameras, lenses, strobes and dedicated equipment. Not the US debt, but a lot in my world. Then I started to think ...

6. Do You Make These Mistakes When Posing Families?
(Articles/Rob Provencher Articles)

...ered, you will soon forget the 'rules' so creativity can then take over. Yours, in photography, Robert Provencher Photography forum Co-Founder NoBsPhotoSuccess.com Check out many more tu...

7. Lighting Family Groups Outside
(Articles/Peter Friedman Articles)

...sions. See photo 01 The approach that I prefer is to use available light and supplement it with strobe light. Available light usually does not have enough snap or contrast alone. Using flash also...

8. On Location Senior Portraits: Efficiency & Impact.
(Articles/Ty Fischer)

... want them to have several different looks throughout their session. However, this can also pose as a problem if not handled correctly. We need to be able to transport their outfits throughout the loc...

9. Modeling Portfolios and Comp Cards
(Articles/Nick Lovell Articles)

...t the staples first. Head-shot Every actor or model needs a head-shot. See photo 01. You'll probably find many clients who overlap careers in acting and modeling, or are trying to transition...

10. UPDATED: Recommended Wireless Flash Triggering Systems
(Articles/Will Crockett Articles)

presented by Quantum. Eliminating "the wire" for syncing your studio strobes or shoe mount flashes is a must for today's busy photographer. But which brand, system, and setup is right for

11. CS5 Content-Aware Fill and Heal
(Articles/Suzette Allen Articles)

...ral, too) and select the Content Aware option from the option bar See Photo 06. Simply drag over the problem ….. where it goes, we don’t know! If you want to see this actual demo in acti...

12. It's Coming - The Video Revolution
(Articles/Steve Thornton Articles)

...ittle they will make. The second group of photographers are the high end shooters that solve creative problems, can execute the job well, makes the viewer say WOW, and helps their client make money. ...

13. Are RadioPoppers Ready for PrimeTime?
(Articles/Will Crockett Articles)

... flashes in full TTL mode by converting the language of dots-and-dashes produced by the built-in (yet problematic) infra red Canon / Nikon flashes into radio signals that work indoors, outdoors around...

14. Lens Perspective-Making The Right Choice
(Articles/Rob Provencher Articles)

...e right lens for the right situation, and enjoy the creative control! Yours, in photography, Robert Provencher Photography forum Co-Founder NoBsPhotoSuccess.com Check out many more tu...

15. Creating Great Hotel Room Portraits
(Articles/William Innes Articles)

...d just before we are going to leave for the venue. Some of the other people like make-up artists have probably left, thus reducing the amount of distraction. Have your assistant or helper (you could a...

16. Winter Portraits
(Articles/Bonnie Berlin Articles)

...al changes of clothes, but with temperatures barely 20 degrees and the biting wind, making a quick wardrobe change in the car was out of the question. Anna wore a stylish black pea coat and brought a...

17. The Art of Manipulating Light
(Articles/Rob Provencher Articles)

...g. Just look at any UFC promotional poster and this is the look you'll see. I used two Nikon SB 800 strobes set on manual. My camera set to match the output of the flashes. F11 at 1/200 sec. This exp...

18. Staying busy in a competitive market
(Articles/William Innes Articles)

...type of referral. Think of the last time a friend suggested a new restaurant or movie to go see? This probably had a greater impression on you that any TV or print advertisement. Why? Because we put a...

19. I got the job! Now what do I do? Part 2
(Articles/Steve Thornton Articles)

...ville & did location scouting, casting for models and drove home 2 days later. We then hired a wardrobe stylist who shopped for 2 days along with my producer who also hired 2 Nashville wardrobe st...

20. Keep in Touch with Your Files While on the Road
(Articles/Jon Yoshinaga Articles)

...sking for a different file for one of the kids we photographed. And of course, they needed it now. No problem, with my web browser, I was able to access my computer in California, dig up the file and ...

21. Swapping Backgrounds, Part 3
(Articles/Suzette Allen Articles)

...n or out. My point is, if you need to customize a cut out to be perfect and want maximum control, you probably have to do it manually with the tools I’m about to show you. Sometimes we luck out ...

22. Pro Flashmeter Recommendations
(Articles/Will Crockett Articles)

...ros who struggle with exposure because they either guess at exposure when shooting RAW then patch the problem later in Photoshop, or they settle for getting only "close" by guessing at skin ...

23. Fill Flash In Full Sun
(Articles/Nick Lovell Articles)

...effect of this is that I can achieve bright blue skies, as well as a sense of hyper-reality by using strobes outdoors. With the popularity of the fridayphotoschool seminar download / DVD on fill flash...

24. Lightroom Importing and creating Copyright templates
(Articles/Lynette Kent Articles)

...ects. Features in a beta version often change during the development process and bugs can cause major problems with your files. Importing 101 When you import photo files into Lightroom, you cr...

25. Horsin' Around
(Articles/Bonnie Berlin Articles)

...hotographer and horsewoman, Peggy Rogerson to lend a hand with the session. See Photo 01 Wardrobe Before beginning the session, I planned out the attire for my beautiful young subject. So...

26. Monitors for Accurate Color
(Articles/Will Crockett Articles)

...ients. For me, achieving "screen to print match" is a fairly quick, painless, but expensive problem to solve and my clients LOVE me for fixing their color issues in such a short amount of ti...

27. A New Real Estate Market
(Articles/James Hodgins Articles)

...wide angle of view necessary to pull of interior photography. Besides, you are a professional and you probably have all the tools sitting in your camera bag right now that you need. A sturdy tripod, ...

28. Website Marketing 101
(Articles/Rob Provencher Articles)

...orways to your amazing world of creativity and art, and why wouldn't anyone not see what you see? You probably think the visitor is waiting with bated breath, edge of seat anxiousness to click the nex...

29. Lens Perspective-Making The Right Choice
(Articles/Rob Provencher Articles)

...ose the right lens for the right situation, and enjoy the creative control! Yours, in photography, Robert Provencher Photography forum Co-Founder NoBsPhotoSuccess.com Check out many more...

30. Why Lightroom?
(Articles/Lynette Kent Articles)

..., can take advantage of Lightroom’s features, and when you should use Photoshop. We will work through problems at each stage of the image organization and editing process so you can easily adapt this ...