photoshop tips
Sitting Pose Tips, Ideas and Common Mistakes
You can have the best, most perfectly prepared subject with phenomenal hair, makeup and styling and have gorgeous light at your disposal, but bad or mediocre posing will make it all moot. Even an experienced model who knows how to work the camera can use a little coaching to look best from the camera’s perspective ... Read more
How to Shoot a Basic Model Test | Gear, Shot List, Agency Requirements & More
With the shifting requirements for model tests, there is a misconception that all test shoots must be grandiose productions and equipped with a full team. In fact, when first approaching a modeling agency to test you will almost always be asked if you have your own team. In this article, I’ll walk you through how ... Read more
Dynamic 3-Light Sports Portrait Setup
When it comes to taking sports photography portraits, capturing dynamic energy is the name of the game. Sports portraits often convey a sense of action and energy with dramatic poses and lighting, the latter of which often relies on using off-camera flash. While some photographers try their best to avoid using flash, it’s really not ... Read more
3 Ways To Photograph Family Group Photos With Flash
Setting up one directional off-camera flash with a shoot-through umbrella may be your go-to lighting setup for family formals, but what other ways can you light a group of people to create more drama or visual interest? Light alters the mood of a scene through modifiers, quantity, and color. Even with family photos, you should ... Read more
Easiest One Light Portrait Setup for Professional Headshots
How many lights does it take to create a great, pro quality image? In my early career, my answer was “as many as I can get.” But over time, I learned that some of the most beautiful portraits are captured using simple setups. No need for multiple lights, sets, and gear to get gorgeous results. ... Read more
5 Creative Accessories to Conceal Distracting Backgrounds
We’ve all been there: you have great clients but a less-than-superb background. How do you deliver the high-quality, creative imagery that your clients have come to expect? Creative accessories are perfect when you need a spark of creativity or need to block distracting elements in your scene. These simple tools can transform an ordinary shot ... Read more
DIY Reflector | 3 Ways to Make Your Own Reflector
It's a long holiday weekend which means the beach, BBQ, and DIY projects! If you're going out to Home Depot to pick up a few tools to fix something around the house, make sure you add bead foam to your shopping list.
How to Design a Photo Album | A Step by Step Guide
Whether you’re a professional or a hobbyist, printing is an important aspect of photography. Instead of images lost in clouds, hard drives, or social media, printing your photography into wall art or albums makes your photography tangible. Selecting your favorite images for print and laying them out in a story gives them more value and ... Read more
An Introduction to Posing Female Models
Working with agency models is a highly coveted and sought after goal for many aspiring fashion and beauty photographers. While there are many models who know their angles, the reality is that many of the agency models you are likely to test with in the beginning are new faces in the fashion industry. These new ... Read more
Photographer Insurance Guide
Let’s face it, photography is not a cheap venture to get into. Regardless of whether you’re a professional or a hobbyist, buying and keeping your gear up-to-date can be very expensive. Because of this, it’s incredibly important to keep your equipment safe from theft and damage. Having your gear stolen or broken somehow can be ... Read more
Hunting Down JPEG Artifacts with Difference Blending!
Dennis Dunbar
By using this simple test you can see for yourself just what detail might be getting lost when you scale & save your high res images using a lossy format, such as JPEG.
Photoshop Tips | How To Match Colors In Photoshop
Holly Roa
A useful ability to learn no matter what you shoot
Photoshop Tips | 10 Uncommon Shortcuts You’ll Want To Remember
Wendell Weithers
You'll want to memorize these
What is the Clone Stamp Tool?
Kishore Sawh
You're likely missing out on the best the tool has to offer.
How to Make Strong Black & White Images Using Gradient Maps
Brittany Smith
Make timeless black and white images, quickly, and easily.
3 Photoshop Tips To Stop You Ruining Your Photos. Do You Commit These Editing Sins?
Max Bridge
Are you committing these three editing sins which have the potential to permanently ruin your images? Take a look to find out.
Learn 28 Photoshop Tips, Tricks, & Hacks in 21 Minutes
Hanssie
This 21 minute video will show you some Photoshop tricks and tips like whitening teeth, clipping mask power, creating filled layer masks and more.
