31 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Start Your Own Photography Business: Studio, Freelance, Gallery, Events (Start Your Own Photography Business: Studio, Freelance, Events) (Kindle Edition)

Picture Yourself a SuccessIf you have a talent for snapping great pictures, why not turn your hobby into a lucrative business? You can take portraits in a studio or on location, submit photos as a freelancer to newspapers and magazines, frame and display your favorite shots in a gallery, or record special events [...]

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28 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Victim of Poor Wedding Photography?

Question from reader:
Dear Photoshop pro, I answered an ad on Craigslist for a discount wedding photographer.  It’s true that we couldn’t afford the twelve hundred dollars the local wedding photographer quoted us so we went with a guy who claimed to be a professional wedding photographer willing to do our shoot for $500.  The day [...]

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28 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Professional photographers and discount wedding packages

This is a fantastic article about pricing wedding photography.
When you undercut the market so severely you accomplish several things.
a.  You cheat the client. This is the worst point. That’s right, the client who’s once-in-a-lifetime special day has just been handed to the cheapo wedding photographer is not going to be well-served. A true professional photographer [...]

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13 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Better Profile Pics part 1 – Take of 10 to 15 pounds in Photoshop

This is a picture of me taken by my wife on New Year’s eve. I want to turn it into a profile picture but first I want to lose some weight. I can make myself appear thinner in just a couple of easy steps. Follow along with your own profile picture (they [...]

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10 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Should I enter a photograph in a contest?

Maybe you got lucky and got a great shot, maybe you just want to see your name out there or know that people are looking at your photography.  Chances are you’ve wondered, should I enter my photograph in a contest?  I saw this contest (I’m not picking on them it’s just a link to their [...]

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09 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

How to make a photo appear through a camera viewfinder in Photoshop

This tutorial demonstrates how to easily create a simulated camera viewfinder image in Photoshop.  I’m using Photoshop CS3 here but the techniques should be applicable to any version of Photoshop or Elements.
The steps are simple and with the techniques presented, you can easily customize the look of your simulated camera viewfinder.
This might be relevant to [...]

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04 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

2010 Coeur d’Alene Polar Bear Plunge

Photo coverage of the 2010 Coeur d’Alene annual polar bear plunge at Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

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04 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

New Year’s Eve – Big Al’s Country Club in Post Falls

Since Susan works at Big Al’s Country Club in Post Falls, Id. and I didn’t have an event to shoot, she asked the owner if I could shoot the event.  Of course, Big Al’s does not typically have a photographer in the house so people were kind of skeptical, at first.  I was reminded of [...]

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21 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Shot of the day – Las Vegas Hummingbird

Shot with Canon 50d, Tamron 18-270, 1/350, f5.6, hand held.

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16 December 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Unintended Consequences of A Crashed Computer

A virus trashes a computer but a positive result comes from it – reevaluating the photography work flow and rekindling the acquaintance with Adobe Bridge.

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