As a budding Pro you will eventually run into the “on location” portrait. For most of these you can just use a natural, existing, background for the picture. But sometimes you want to add that little extra something to take your subject out of the office, classroom, front yard, and put them into a “studio” like situation. You might think you need to drop a bunch of cash, but after the jump I’ll show you a cheap method of getting closer to a studio shot at any location. Read more…
Digital Darkroom
Tricks: Great balls of fire, and we ain’t talking Photoshop here.
I know I promised a long post with all sorts of info on the Rule of Thirds, but I found out I need surgery so I’ve been a little distracted. Nothing major, but I plan on trying to write up several posts for the time Im out of commission.
So, instead of leaving you high and dry this weekend, I thought I would post a fun tutorial on a type of time lapse trick photography. Ever wanted to hold fire in your hands? Well, now you can … sort of. The effect is pretty simple and Ill explain it after the jump! Read more…
Photoshop: Glamour Shot Look in 60 seconds or less.
I know everyone reading this has seen a Glamour shot. If by some chance you have not, then you are obviously like 5 years old. They were huge in the 90’s, and I have even seen some small boutique studios are currently offering them again. So you might ask yourself, do I need expensive lenses, maybe a Lens baby or some other old trick to achieve that dreamy feel? Not at all! Hit the jump to achieve the same effect in less than 60 seconds. Read more…
Tech: Digital Image Storage/Backup Methods
SO … you’ve been shooting digital for a while now. Perhaps you have thousands of images all saved to a single drive? What would you do if you suddenly had a hard drive crash? Short of spending hundreds of dollars for a professional company to retrieve your data, you are pretty much out of luck … and thousands of images. You might think, “Well, I can make DVD copies of my images as a backup.” Yes, this is true, and for short term backups it is a good option. However, if you shoot often, then your DVD backups are always going to be a few days, if not weeks, out of sync with your onsite collection. Not to mention spanning quite a few DVDs. Hit the Jump for three levels of photo backup from general backups to a data critical, ironclad, method of never losing anything. Read more…
