Of the basic settings that our cameras have, potentially the easiest to get creative with is the aperture of your lens. Today, let’s take a look at five simple ways you can make creative images using your aperture.
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Lightroom tips are like puppies and chocolate chip cookies: you can never have enough of them. This helpful video will show you five Lightroom tips and tricks you might not have seen before.
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There’s a longstanding debate about using primes versus zooms in wedding photography. Much of it involves balancing a pragmatic approach with maintaining a level of creativity that shows off your style and encapsulates the life and love of the day. T…
Some things in photography take years to master, while others take just a few seconds. Here are three tips that take less than a minute but can have a massive impact on your photo results.
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I didn’t really appreciate the importance of having an efficient and consistent Lightroom workflow until I started shooting sports and events and coming home with thousands of images from a shoot. If you’re in the same boat as I was, this great video…
Have you continually skipped over the HSL panel in Adobe Lightroom? As your editing technique develops, the ability to control color in your image becomes increasingly important. This tutorial will teach you how to use the panel to manipulate individ…
I still think the hardest part of portraits isn’t shooting or post-production but the human element. Making your subject feel comfortable in front of the lens is crucial to getting shots you’re both happy with. This helpful video will give you some q…
Every year, CreativeLive hosts an event called Photoshop Week that feature classes from world-renowned experts. These free classes range from beginner level classes to expert level education. While most people only get to see these classes through a …
In this article I’ll share five tips on how I actually improved my photography. Here I’m not talking technicalities such as sharper images, shallow depth of field, using a tripod, or removing your lens cap.
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If you’ve looked closely at the Import dialog in Lightroom, you may have noticed an option that says “Convert as DNG.” This helpful video will explain the advantages and disadvantages of converting your raw files to DNG to help you decide if it’s the…
There are numerous ways to convert an image to black and white, each bringing with it its own balance of efficiency and artistic control. This method shows you how to really take the reins using just Lightroom.
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Lighting equipment, like all photography gear, can be pretty expensive. However, with a little ingenuity, you can get soft, flattering light with the cheapest of “modifiers.” This helpful video will show you how it’s done.
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The digital age has pushed some of us away from printing our photos, but at the same time, better technology and cheaper prices has made it more possible than ever to make your own high-quality prints at home. This helpful video will give you some ti…
As I always discuss, I am looking constantly for every way to streamline every little detail of my workflow as much as possible. Today I want to talk about what you do after you run your actions. It’s a very simple thing that I rarely see anyone do.
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It’s certainly not easy to make money in photography, and if you’re trying your best to do so and still not succeeding, it can be very frustrating. This helpful video examines some reasons you might be struggling and what you can do to correct them.
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Time-lapses are an easy way to add spice to your video productions, but sometimes parts of your scene look awful when displayed over long periods of time. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how you can use real-time video to improve objects with oscilla…
Like it or not, Instagram has become a legitimate tool for photographers, and incorporating it into your business toolkit can get your work in front of more eyes and increase your client and inquiry influx. This informative video will show you some p…
When you’re first starting out with artificial lighting, the vast array of terms to describe and quantify the various parameters of light can be a bit overwhelming. This helpful video will introduce you to the most essential terms that will allow to …
No matter the sneaky techniques you use to get around it, sometimes eyeglass reflections are just impossible to avoid when photographing people. It’s always best practice to have the client remove the glasses for a single shot so that you have some b…
I’m sure you have some favorite photographers you follow on Instagram or the like whose every image seems impossibly good, so much so that it can sometimes feel like you’re chasing an impossible standard of achievement. Well, guess what. I guarantee …
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