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The Power of Curves adjustments
Just about anything you want to do to edit color and luminosity in your images, can be done with the curves adjustments. It’s a super powerful tool, but like all tools, takes a bit of practice to get the hang of. Within Adobe Photoshop, there are a few extra little features built into curves that…
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Three Keys to Composite Images
I’m sure if you’ve spent much time at all in photography and Photoshop groups online you’ve seen both good and bad examples of composite photos…but what are the KEY elements that help push your work into that good or great category? I’ve spent a good deal of time doing these and reviewing them with other…
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My new favorite light
The Godox AD600BM strobe is a fantastic, HSS capable strobe.
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A birthday photo
So…our little kidlet just turned 3 years old. She’s super proud of that fact…and has spent a good deal of time learning how to show you three fingers to indicate just how old she is. So yeah…this is my favorite photo from her special day. And I’m just going to share a little bit about…
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Sizing images for upload to Facebook
The struggle is real…you spend hours editing and perfecting your images only to see them mangled into a blurry pixelated mess when you share them on Facebook. As frustrating as that is, I get it…Facebook has nearly 2 billion users, all uploading photos of their latest lunch, their puppies and kitties and that thing they just…
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Shooting Fireworks
Simple tips for shooting fireworks displays
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Start-up flash lighting guide
*** 2017 Update: Everything below is still fairly true, however I did want to make a note about the newer line of flashes, strobes and triggers from Godox. These are also available rebranded as Flashpoint from Adorama, but the Godox system is really a uniquely flexible system. Their Wireless X trigger system can control their studio…
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Studio Lighting Challenge
This post will be a relatively brief discussion of a recent studio lighting situation. The set-up was deceptively simple…models were sitting on the floor and covered with a fine black netting which we were trying to use to create a dramatic conceptual image. Trouble was, most standard lighting arrangements gave a very flat and lifeless…
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One or Two Light Fashion Set
Hey everyone – this blog post is in response to an emergency request from a fellow photographer in the Firstlighters group. Shameless plug for them – hosted by Lightstalking, Firstlighters is a wonderful gathering of photographic intellect. If you’re not in…check ’em out! Anyway, there was a request for some info on fashion lighting set-ups. Specifically…
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Seeing the light…
Full Disclosure: This was actually a little off-the-wall post I wrote up on Facebook a few years ago before this blog was active. I just came across it again and had to share. Enjoy!! Well, I’ve spent a long day editing photos for the April edition of Fashion Wrap Up…It was certainly crunch time!!! The…
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