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How To Prepare for a Professional Photo Shoot
You can find all sorts of reasons to get your portrait taken, from a wedding engagement to a new baby in the family. For some people who are a little “camera shy”, this can seem like a nightmare, but with the right photographer it can be an enjoyable time for everyone. This is a great way to capture memories that will last a lifetime. To get the most out of your shoot, it’s important to prepare yourself ahead of time. As with any other company or business you use, look for a photographer with good reviews, and look at samples of their work to make sure it’s what you want. Photography studios like Lasting Expressions can be found just about everywhere, so you should be able to find one near your home that’s convenient and friendly. Feel free to call them and talk to the photographer if you have any questions about your shoot; this is one of the surest ways to get a feel for them. If they don’t seem receptive to you and your questions, look elsewhere, since if you aren’t completely comfortable with them now, you probably won’t be very comfortable during your photo shoot, either.
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A head shot is a current looking, 8×10 picture of yourself that reflects your type and is primarily focused on the features of your face. A head shot is your calling card; your personal photo …
Photographers & Facebook -Your Friends are marketing to your clients
Oh we all love Facebook right? We can put up images from recent shoots, tag our clients, and get exposure to all their friends. But there is a downside to this social openness and fake …
Best Features of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is one of the photography software programs which is developed for Microsoft Windows and Mac operating system X by the Adobe Systems.
The aim of developing this program is in help users …
Use a simple angle to make a shot more dramatic
Here is a quick tip for you that can make a big difference in your shots, try adding a little angle to your shots when you take them. The following two images show what a …
Skills You Need To Thrive as a Wedding Photographer
Wedding photography can be a very lucrative endeavor for a budding, talented photographer out there. However, it takes a specific skill set to really thrive out of the gate, and you should be aware of …
Simple Yet Effective On-Location Portrait Lighting Setup
I often get asked to do portrait shots during local charity events and getting a simple lighting setup is the key to having a successful event. If you just use on-camera flash you will get …
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Public Beta Now Available
Adobe today announced the availability of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 beta for Windows and Mac. Adobe Lightroom is the essential photography workflow application allowing photography enthusiasts and professionals to enhance, organize and share photos. The …
Mastering Your Flash 101 – Learning to Love eTTL/iTTL
For many people the thought of taking their flash off of eTTL/iTTL mode is as intimidating as BASE jumping off a bridge, this is because they haven’t even fully mastered these automatic settings yet. …
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Adobe today announced the availability of Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 final releases as downloads on Adobe.com and through the update mechanism inside Photoshop CS6. The releases provide bug fixes reported in previous releases, …
The Sunny 16 Rule in Photography
Although you may think that no two situations are alike, the fact is that there are quite a few constants that you can rely on to give you a good starting point. The sun is one of these things you can count on to be consistent. Of course there are things that affect the sun’s output like the time of day, haze, fog, and clouds, but on a bright sunny day the light output is very consistent and knowing the camera settings for this condition will give you a guideline to make adjustments. This is where the “sunny 16″ rule comes into play.
The Latest Fujifilm FinePix SL1000 Review
Fujifilm is a Japanese multinational photography and imaging company which has been consistently presenting an array of digital cameras in the world of photography. Lately the company has come up with its latest product i.e. …
Building your own snoot
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What is a snoot? Simply put, a snoot is a tubular structure that is used to limit the throw of a light source to create a narrow beam of light. While commercial snoots are actually pretty affordable, from $14 to about $20, so why would we want to make our own? Because we know what we want and because for $20 we can make a dozen or more experimental ones and end up with a handful that we could use in different situations. So guys. go break into the wife’s scrapbooking supplies and get ready to make your own customized flash snoot.
Lighting Basics – Using a single light source
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Along with dissecting different photo shoots like we have done in the past, we are now beginning a new “Lighting Basics” series that will start with a single light source and work up through multiple …
Review: Multiblitz Profilux Monolight
Ok, let ‘s start this off with a few disclaimers here. First, hell is not freezing over, pigs are not flying, and the world is not coming to an end, although many of you may …
Portrait Retouching with Adobe Lightroom 4
In this installment of Learning Lightroom I will show you some of the basics of portrait retouching within Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4. Some of the things we will do will be to remove blemishes, smooth …
Getting Flash Exposure Fast
In this episode of our Friday Photo Tips I answer a common question about how to get flash exposure dialed in quickly when using manual strobes. This will work whether you are using manual speedlights …
How to hold your camera
In this week’s Friday Photo Tip I show you some different techniques for holding your camera to help prevent camera shake. Accidentally moving the camera when taking a picture is one of the leading causes of fuzzy …
Learning Lightroom – Spot Removal Tool
This week we dig into Lightroom’s Spot Removal tool. Very often this tool is used to remove dust specks or other small blemishes in the image. In this video I will show you how I …
