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#1 : Ty Fischer - On Location Senior Portraits: Efficiency & Impact.
On location senior photography is a much different monster than studio senior photography. An on location photographer is unable to shoot as many seniors in a day, while working with uncontrollable elements such as wind, sun, clouds, rain, etc. Also, a great deal of travel may be involved if working [...]#2 : Peter Friedman - Lighting Family Groups Outside
Lighting family groups outside poses certain challenges. Getting consistent lighting across the group, getting enough light, getting a good quality of light, doing it all effectively and easily so that you can concentrate on posing and eliciting good expressions. See photo 01 The approach that I prefer is to use available [...]#3 : William Innes - Free Facebook Marketing for Photographers
Presented by harbordigitaldesign.com. Social media is all the rage today. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare – the list goes on and on. As photographers, we need to be aware of social media and how it is best used to generate business. We need to use social media to market ourselves in manner [...]#4 : James Hodgins - Successful Prom/Event Photography
Presented by the noBSphotosuccess.com photography forum. For the past five years we have photographed one of the local high school's semi-formal and prom events with great success. We have streamlined the shooting, viewing and post processing to really maximize our profit margin. This system can be incorporated [...]#5 : Nick Lovell - Modeling Portfolios and Comp Cards
If you're like me and your taste leans towards fashion and advertising, building model portfolios is a wonderful way to hone your skills and create a body of work demonstrating your ability to create the looks that you see in magazines, on billboards and in stores. What Exactly is [...]#6 : Bonnie Berlin - Beat the Heat!
Day after day, the weatherman has reported the news of record-breaking heat in many parts of the country, including mine. Looking for a way to escape the oppressive humidity and melting temperatures, I took my subject to a charming, abandoned cabin located in the cool mountains, about a 90-minute [...]#7 : Bonnie Berlin - Disappearing Light Modifier
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 your car in the wrong spot it would be towed away before [...]#8 : Suzette Allen - CS5 Content-Aware Fill and Heal
Presented by Bay Photo. I’m in love with Photoshop CS5’s new features! OMGosh—they are amazing! This month we will talk about the Content-Aware features of the Fill command and the Healing brush. [...]#9 : Will Crockett - UPDATED: Recommended Wireless Flash Triggering Systems
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 you? Let's take a look at our recently updated top picks for shooting smarter. We have tested and used all [...]#10 : Peter Friedman - Posing Families
Posing is of course more an art than a science. The most important thing I have found is to trust my eye, fix what does not look right and look again before I shoot. There are however some things I have found that seem to make posing [...]
