One Huge Photo
WOW! A 1km photo! That’s no joke! A composite image created from more than 100,000 pictures will be printed as a single photograph more than one kilometer long and exhibited London next month. The photographer Clare Newton, spent almost two years working on Jump 4 London project. The photos are all of a someone jumping in front of [...]
Fake Wedding Photographer Gets Busted
We came across this article the other day and wanted to share it, sad thing is for those of us in the business this isn’t an unfamiliar tale. These things happen a good bit, and we all worry about it from time to time. According to an Examiner article: Meagan Kunert, a Conway, Arkansas, wedding [...]
Be Prepared-The Importance of Contracts
If I hadn’t known it before I’d say I learned a huge lesson this week. The importance of contracts, Model Releases and every word they contain! A little back story, I was hired to do a portrait session a few months back. Thanks to social media, I saw a post a few days before the [...]
Here Comes Retina
The word is buzzing that Mac’s newest baby, the new 15-inch MacBook Pro will sport a new thinner look and retina display. Some other changes include USB 3.0 support, no optical drive, and a power button on the keyboard. Reports state the retina display will be the same concept as in the iPad. The thinner style is rumored to [...]
Deal Of The Week-Actions
This weeks deal is a 40 action PS Action Pack my wife uses for her fantasy photography. However these can be used for anything as you can see from the examples. This deal will run until Monday! So get your collection of 40 PS Actions now for only $5.00! Don’t forget to show us the [...]
5 Posing Tips for Every Situation
Today lets talk about a few really fast and easy posing tips that you can use just about always. Of course you wouldn’t use these on a newborn but as far as general portrait photography you can’t go wrong with these! A found some articles that mentioned some great advice, so I’ve condensed them into [...]
Instagram and Facebook
Facebook took another leap this week to make photo sharing the best for their users. This week Facebook purchased Instagram, a mobile app designed for photo editing and sharing. Instagram is a pretty cool app, I must admit. However, some feel it is just another thing pushing the fall of pro photography. According to a [...]
Easter Portrait Tips
Easter is only a few days away and for portrait photographers it’s a busy time. I was actually shocked at the amount of late calls this year. Usually our clients want the shots before Easter, this year I’ve had more appointments scheduled for the few days before Easter than usual. So I thought we’d talk [...]
Photo Manipulation At Its Best
I’m still on my quest to create amazing seamless manipulations. Today I wanted to revisit the work of Dave Hill to start. Through our last video and watching Dave Hill videos, I’ve learned that lighting may be the most important part of the process. Don’t get me wrong, there are many parts to the process [...]
Photo Manipulation-Making The Impossible Possible
Photo manipulation is something that we do not do often, but we want to look into a bit more. With our Fairy/Fantasy work manipulation is critical, and so in our search for knowledge we came across a video to share with you. While it does not go into great detail on the how tos it [...]
Photoshop CS6 Beta Available Now
Adobe has announced Photoshop CS6 Beta is now available! Also a new feature to getting your beta edition is you must log in to do so, this was created in hopes of making things a bit more secure for you. I’m pretty excited about the release. We’ve been hearing about the new photoshop for some [...]
DIY Photography Reflectors
Spring means more outdoor sessions so I wanted to post these videos on making helpful tools for outdoor photography sessions since today is the 1st day of spring. First we have a video on DIY Photography Reflectors. Then we have a video on DIY Diffusers. Lastly we have a video on using Lens Filters. I hope [...]
The New iPad 3, Canon Mark 3 and More
I’m sure you’ve been wondering where we disappeared to. Well we just moved into our new home and so the last few weeks have been a whirlwind! Now we are all settled and back to business. I want to thank you all for your patients!! So whats new in the world of photography? One things [...]
Baby Photography Poses- Baby Sitting Up
We have another great article from our friends at Bitsy Baby to share with you today. This article focuses on babies once they get to the sitting stage. The sitting up stage, usually around 6 months, is a perfect baby milestone to capture in the studio. One great aspect about a sitting baby is they [...]
Man Building 35-Foot “Eye of America” Camera
When this article popped up at first I thought I was seeing things… Maybe I needed another cup of coffee or was running a fever! A 35-foot camera! But nope, I dug further into it and I wasn”t dreaming or ill. Famed Photographer, Dennis Manarchy is making a 35-foot bellows camera called “Eye of America”, which [...]
A Look At Lightroom 4
Lightroom 4 is defiantly exciting! They have made some pretty impressive changes to Lightroom! So let’s take a look at a few videos showing some of the great new features of Lightroom 4. One thing I’m loving is the noise reduction capabilities! Some other great features include Photo book creating, Image location mapping & more [...]
Sexy Couples Poses
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! So I wanted to look at some sexy couples poses today. I’ve searched around and came up with some great poses. Some I was not able to find the source of the image. However, I also found some amazing poses by Miller+Miller, Lindsay Adler, Dave&Charlotte, and Alain Martinez! [...]
Free Stuff For Photographers
We are starting a “Free Stuff Campaign” Just “like and share” our posts to be entered in a weekly free stuff give-a-way. Free stuff can be anything from Templates to Cameras! You need to do both “like and share” to be entered in the weekly drawing. Winner will be announced every Monday here and on [...]
World Press Photo
The results of the World Press Photo Contest are in. Samuel Aranda has taken the title of photo of the year according to World Press Photo. If you are not familiar with World Press Photo; it is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955 the organization is known for holding the [...]
Know Your Rights As A Photographer
Here is a short film I came across over on PetaPixel. With all the new laws being put into effect that violate your constitutional rights, I thought this is something everyone needs to see.
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