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Fall is in full swing. You know what that means? Time for fun fall photos! To kick things off, I thought it’d be great to create a little fall inspired vintage photo effect that you can use on your photos. This is the perfect photo effect for those shots at the Apple Orchard and the Pumpkin […]
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Ah, portrait photography. It’s one of the most popular and common genres that photographers find themselves dabbling in. Trouble is that not every photographer can successfully pull it off. While it obviously helps to have a healthy interest in strangers, you’ve got to have more than just a curiosity about your subjects to make portraits […]
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Landscape photography, simply put, is photography that displays spaces on our planet. These spaces can be huge and seemingly endless, just as they can be extremely tiny. Normally, landscapes show off nature photographs, yet it’s also common for this genre to emphasize manmade disturbances in the landscape. It’s rare for landscapes to display any human […]
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Marketing a photography business is challenging. You are already busy with photography sessions, keeping in touch with clients, and anything else your life has to offer, do you really have time to market your business? Regardless of whether you have it or not, you need to market your photography business. It is the only way […]
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Photoshop actions are extremely useful. With the right actions, you can save a lot of time and effort. Not to mention they’re incredibly fun to use. To me, the best part about actions is their ability to capture certain looks and styles though. Every photographer in the world can keep a little collection of preset looks […]
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A pastel is defined as “a soft and delicate shade of color”. Pastels aren’t overly intense or elaborate. They don’t detract from the rest of an image or design. They simply add a clean and subtle look. That probably explains why pastel styles are so popular in photo editing. One of my favorite photography blogs, The Black […]
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Cameras on smartphones and mobile devices are becoming more and more advanced as consumers demand better quality pictures. In the past five years especially, this has really been noticeable. I remember when the photos were decent quality on a Nokia N70 and now we have the iPhone 6 with 8MP camera and two lights on the back. But we […]
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Black and white effects have some sort of impact on an image that is hard to describe. They can make photos more serious. More intense and dramatic. Or even simplify the image to show it’s true message. My favorite kind of black and white effect is one with a slight matte. By lifting the shadows a bit, you […]
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A podcast could be the best way to learn something new. Curious as to why I’m saying that? Because the length of podcasts are usually pretty short (typically only 20-40 minutes each). They’re also great, because you can tackle several tasks at once. No videos to watch, blog posts to read, or work to do. […]
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Managing your photography can be time consuming. As you probably already know, helping automate parts of the photo editing process is what we do best. What if you could automate other parts of the process? Things like: keeping track of all your work, organizing everything, and uploading photos on various platforms. With IFTTT, you can. If you’re not familiar […]
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