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#1 : Suzette Allen - EZ-Senior Postcards Using "Align and Distribute"
Making postcards with multiple images and cool backgrounds is easier than you think with Photoshop’s Align and Distribute tools—this demo from my classes has everyone asking for an article….so here you go! (See photo 01) For professional, economical bulk printing, it is vital that you use a 4-color printing company that [...]#2 : Tracy Rasinski - Keeping it Simple with Style in the Studio
When shooting portraits both in the studio or on location my motto is keep it simple, simple, simple. By keeping your shoots as simple as possible it lets you forget about all of your gear and potential technical problems and concentrate on what is really important- your subject and giving [...]#3 : 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 [...]#4 : Will Crockett - Solving TTL Fill Flash Troubles
TTL Step #7 presented by Quantum. Exactly WHAT IS Fill Flash? Fill flash is when you shoot with the flash illumination LESS THAN the available light. No matter if you are set to fire the flash 1/2 less than the available light or 2 stops less, TTL systems (yes all TTL systems) [...]#5 : Chris Grey - Underlighting, Part One
presented by Profoto For the next column or two we're going to build on many of the techniques I've been writing about for the last four years, break a "rule" or two, and create imagery with a look that's different but still evocative. This month, I want to investigate underlighting. [...]#6 : Will Crockett - Inkjet ink for Pros - Dye vs. Pigment
presented by Moab. We have an obligation as professional photographers to deliver a print that will hold up to the test of time. I personally want the gorgeous senior portrait, See photo 1, that my dear friend Suzette Allen shot of my daughter to last well beyond my grandkids [...]#7 : Jon Yoshinaga - Preparing for the Worst; Hard Drive Cloning
Preparing for the Worst; Hard Drive Cloning Sometimes I need to really think about what to write about, and sometimes it just bites me. Such is the case to this month's Smarticle. I started up my new computer (less than 3 months old) and was greeted by a message that was informing [...]#8 : Deborah and Rick Ferro - Environmental Portraiture
presented by BWC. Learning to see the light has taken me years of practice and studying. There are many aspects to photography that I could share with you in this lesson but I wanted to touch on a few important exercises I feel will help you with specifically environmental portraiture. See Photo [...]#9 : Michael Clark - Lightroom: The Develop Module
The Develop Module is the heart of Lightroom. And there is a lot to cover regarding the Develop Module so for this post I’ll just concentrate on the right hand panel and I’ll take it in digestible chunks. In my eBook, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom: A Professional Photographers Workflow, I spent [...]#10 : Will Crockett - A Day in the Studio Shooting Children with Joey Ikemoto
Just added to ShootSmarterTV.com: A Day in the Studio Shooting Children with Joey Ikemoto Here's what's in our cool new online video waiting for you at ShootSmarterTV.com CH 01: Studio Tour. See a first-rate showroom, projection screening room, framing and album sales too. Set design, studio layout, secure camera storage room, permanent high [...]
