Archive for Photo Tips
Tip of the Week: Networking
As photographers, we focus on the photography side, but sometimes forget the other side of developing new relationships. Here are a few ideas:
Develope your own Network such as Twitter or Facebook.
Be active in whatever networks you are involved in.
Get a mentor, as you will learn from their experience.
Follow up with the people you meet.
These are [...]
New Workshop Series added “Child Photography Master Class”
Join well-known child photographer Autumn Hull as we present the Child Photography Master Class. This is a five-day workshop covering absolutely everything you need to know about the business of child photography, including the business plan, marketing, branding, studio lighting, practice sessions, digital workflow, basic and advanced retouching and designing with Photoshop.
The best part is [...]
New workshop Series “The Shoot” just added…
Join local Southern California photographers Joey Carman and William Innes from the WIJC-Series workshop series as they explore everything about “The Shoot”. This mini-series will be held at the SCV Center for Photography in Santa Clarita.
The four evening series will cover everything William and Joey do to prepare, shoot and produce their images. Each three [...]
Tip of the Week: Macro Mode
Remember as a kid discovering the whole new world beneath your feet while playing on the grass? When you got very close to the ground, you could see an entire community of creatures that you never knew existed.
Well, you don’t always need a fancy DSLR to get great Macro shots. These days, you might not [...]
Tip of the Week: Convert to sRGB
It is a good idea to shoot and edit in the widest colorspace available. Typically, this is Adobe RGB 1998. If you set your camera to this color space, shoot in RAW, and have this as your default colorspace in Photoshop or Elements, it will give you the most possible color information in each shot. [...]
Tip of the Week: Depth of Field
When photographing a subject that is somewhat close, a lot of times the subject can appear flat or boring, especially if you have zoomed in to fill the frame.
To add interest to the photography, include an object in the foreground to enhance the sense of depth. This leads the viewer’s eye around and through the scene, [...]
Tip of the Week: Digital Cameras and Cold Weather…
As winter is truly upon us, one must remember that when we bring a digital camera from cold weather into a warm house, car or hotel this can cause problems. When you bring a cold camera indoors, there is the possibility of condensation forming. One way to help that, is to wrap your camera gear in [...]
Using a Two-Light Setup for Studio Portrait Photography
Today we are pleased to post a guest blog entry by instructor David Saffir on Two-Light Portrait Photography.
Studio lighting can be quite simple, or complex. Beginner or seasoned pro, lighting can be a matter of personal style, equipment on hand, time constraints, or other factors.
I recently photographed Sarah Muldorfer, a model from our area at [...]
Tip of the Week: Lightroom Sorting
Did you know you can sort your photos in Lightroom by Edit Time? In the Library Module there is a very useful sort option called Edit Time. Sorting the grid view by Edit Time will display the thumbnails with the most recent ones at the top of the grid.
This is an easy way to select all [...]
Tip of the Week:Did you know…..
You hear a lot about the power of Adobe Camera RAW (ACR), but did you know you don’t have to shoot RAW to you use it? You can also open JPEG and TIFF files. Simply open Adobe Bridge, select the image you want to open in Adobe Camera RAW, then select “Open in Camera RAW…” [...]
