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#1 : Audrey Woulard - Transform catchlights into "Sparkling Eyes"
presented by printsMYway.net "The eyes are the windows to the soul". Have you heard that saying before? This is the reason why close-up portraits simply look better when the eyes have catchlights. When you take catchlights to the next level is when you achieve what I like to [...]#2 : Deborah and Rick Ferro - The Art of Elegant Hand Posing
Presented by BWC.net Is hand posing a true art form? See photo 1 Of course! Not only is this statement true, but it also took me 20 years to perfect the art of hand posing and I’m still learning. First and foremost, every bride wants an elegant photograph and every [...]#3 : Chris Grey - Amazing New High-Key Method, Part One
presented by Profoto. I'm always looking for new gear, especially new lighting gear, that will make my shoots easier and to help me separate my work from the rest of the pack, an essential quest for any serious photographer. Several months ago I bought one of Lastolite's amazing HiLite backgrounds [...]#4 : Suzette Allen - Make a grunge brush—and clean up with profits!
presented by Blossom Publishing. This month we will make a great Grunge Brush from a simple photo of cement, and then use it for distressing, creating edges and all sorts of fun things! You will be amazed at the many uses you will find for a simple grungy distresser brush! It’s [...]#5 : Michael Clark - Five ways to speed up Lightroom
It seems many people are finding Lightroom to be very slow which I find rather curious since I have had the opposite experience. So I'd like to offer up a few insider tricks that will help speed up Lightroom. 1. Hard Drive and Scratch Disk Space First off, check to see [...]#6 : Will Crockett - Canon or Nikon or ? , How the Choose the Right Camera.
As most of you may know, I have or have used all of the current crop of DSLRs in my consulting projects and enjoy helping the ShootSmarter folks solve their camera system issues in my live events. But for my client shooting assignments, and for the upcoming tour dates [...]#7 : Will Crockett - 10 TTL TIPS for On-Camera Flash
TTL works great once you know how to use it correctly. Here's 10 TIPS to making Canon, Nikon and Fuji TTL behave. (links to all the TTL smArticles™ at the bottom of this page) Finally, after literally years of testing the various DSLR bodies and flash systems in an attempt to "get [...]#8 : Will Crockett - 5 Best Tips for Digital B&W
Good B&W is hard to come by these days, but it's starting to make a comeback. Many labs are adding premium quality B&W lines to their catalogue and smart photogs are seeing the profit potential hidden away in those glorious grey tones The good folks at www.MyBWLab.net asked me to [...]#9 : Deborah and Rick Ferro - Contemporary Graphic Design Tips
Presented by BWC. From designing albums to marketing pieces to collages, designing takes talent and time. We are always looking for the latest trends in the retail market that not only appeal to us but to our client. See photo 1 Some of the latest looks that we are seeing in [...]#10 : Tracy Rasinski - Business, Style and Profits!- What's your style? Is it recognizable?
Today there seems to be younger, hipper and more trendy photographers popping up each and every day to compete with you in your existing markets. As seasoned professionals we need to make sure that we stand out from the rest of the bunch and to be careful about recognizing [...]
