The Digital Photographer’s Workflow For RAW Files | Todd Owyoung
As a music photographer, I’m often in a position where I shoot a large volume of images and have to turn them around in very short order. An efficient workflow for editing, processing, and delivering digital photography is therefore critical. Read more …
How to Create a Cinematic Effect in Photoshop | Maryanne Wirkkanen
In this video, Jesús Ramirez shows us three ways to achieve a cinematic effect on your image in Photoshop. Ramirez goes in depth on using color curve layers and also shows us some shortcuts using color adjustment layers and color Read more …
What Defines an Amateur versus a Professional Photographer? | Suzi Pratt
If you’ve been taking photos for a while, this question will undoubtedly cross your mind at some point: “Am I a professional photographer or an amateur?” The idea of what separates an amateur from a professional sparks many debates, and Read more …
Finding Vision? | David duChemin
I spent way too long last week trying to come up with a way to express something in the 140 characters that Twitter allows. I had seen something in one or another of my social media streams, something about a Read more …
Selling Images is Like Selling Cameras | Thom Hogan
Today’s email is a riff on what I’ve been writing about cameras and the hardware that the camera makers have been giving us: “the new mantra in the business is [also] ‚Good Enough.‘ I’ve seen it in a flood of Read more …
The State of Mirrorless – Verity Milligan | Ugo Cei
Speaking of landscapes, here’s the latest interview I did for The State of Mirrorless. This time, me and Mathieu interviewed Verity Milligan, a young and enthusiastic photographer from Birmingham, England. Besides shooting events and weddings, she does a lot of Read more …
Using the Zone Focusing Method for Street Photography | Chris Gampat
When it comes to street photography, one of the best ways to make sure that you have your subject in focus is to use the zone focusing system. This is also called hyperfocal length focusing; which involves using the depth Read more …
It’s all about light: making mood and strong images in monochrome |
Ming Thein
A couple of days ago, we looked at the inexact science of color and emotion: I don’t think anybody is going to argue that the mood and feeling of an image is influenced heavily by the dominant color palette, both Read more …
Imagination and Improvisation – How to REALLY Improve Your Photography |
Mark Kitaoka
This small tutorial has little to nothing to do about camera gear. I’m on a bit of a rant these days about photo forums. The inane banter that goes on there does little to help photographers who wish to improve Read more …
Talking Money with Zack Arias | David duChemin
Months ago I wrote a post called Photographers and Money, We Should Talk. The blog post seemed to get a lot of traction and generated a lot of comments and questions. Since then I’ve wanted to get my friend Zack Read more …