National speaker, author and photographer extraordinaire Michelle Turner has just published another book, “The Wedding Photography Field Guide: Capturing the perfect day with your digital SLR camera.” This compact 6×4 field guide gives tips on how to shoot in a dark church, a crowded dance floor or while on location. Michelle’s book covers all the [...]
Dave Cross knew that it would be challenging to launch his own studio, but he didn’t expect how much fun he’d have being back in the entrepreneurial saddle. “Gosh, it’s great to be making all the decisions again after more than eight years of working for someone else [albeit a great someone]!” Cross recently opened [...]
I like to write about this at least once a year. I know as professional photographers we get bogged down in the daily shooting, busy, busy, busy. We get tired of lugging around the heavy gear. Sometimes we never want to pick up another camera again. I’d like you to remember back to when you [...]
This is a little trick from way back in the day. I assume most people are doing their adjustments in RAW in Lightroom or Aperture. But there are those times, when you’ve finished your RAW conversions and are doing and album, or retouching a photo and it’s just a bit dark. Going back into the [...]
This is an awesome tip for creating a nice window pane effect. You can merge one single image across multiple image boxes. I use Grid Maker to design a layout and hit Enhance Design>Merge Selected to put the separate masks into one group mask. Click Fill Opening and put an image in there and presto! [...]
Networking, marketing and generating leads are parts of any business, including your photography business. Getting your name out there and showcasing your work to as many potential clients is key. Enter Wedding Wire. Their site is a go-to for couples planning an upcoming wedding and they offer services such as a profile page, gallery page, [...]
Some of my favorite photographers on the planet, would be Sean and Melanie McLellan. If you have the chance to meet them, they’re warm folks with a passion for photography and people. Their work has taken them around the world. Here’s a few of my favorite shots garnered from their blog. I liked this shot [...]
As many of you know, I’m off to Japan for some time with our family and friends over here. My wife, definitely my better half, was born in Japan and definitely needs some Japan time ever year or so. I actually lived in Japan for 13 years. More of my adult life has been spent [...]
Using textures has become a common practice in modern wedding photography. And just like sloppy borders have been used far too much by far too many people. In this blog post I’d like to talk about when and where to use textures. We can’t just willy nilly (love that phrase) throw textures on anything and [...]
Want the ease of designing your albums right in Photoshop and have that one-stop shop feel? Make image changes and design pages in Photoshop with Album Builder. Editing has never been easier. Select images you want to edit, hit the Pop Out Images button and be able to access all your plug-ins and tools that you regularly [...]
