Tag Archives: Techniques

Outdoor Maternity Photography Lighting Techniques

The sun is one of our most vital elements when shooting natural outdoor shots, but it doesn’t always cooperate. Sometimes our timing is off or the elements are just not working out, but either way there’s a great on-location work … Continue reading

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Stylized Techniques for Editing Portraits Using Lightroom

This is the promised follow-up to my article on Creating Compelling Wide-Angle Portraits Using One Off-Camera Flash. While part one discussed equipment, composition, lighting and posing, this article focuses exclusively on post-processing. Let me start by stating the obvious. Everyone … Continue reading

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Summer Photography Tips and Techniques

Beach Photography Tips Being on the beach is all about fun, so make sure you capture the enjoyment. Get your friends or family to run on the sand; set the mode dial to M (Manual mode) and use a shutter … Continue reading

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Techniques for Photographing Exploding Objects

Photographing objects as still lifes can be fun. Photographing exploding objects, however, can be even more fun. Conceptual photographer Dan Saelinger does this very thing for his clients. But instead of finding an object and photoshopping it until it looks … Continue reading

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Beauty Dish Lighting Techniques with Joel Grimes

 From the FJ Westcott YouTube Channel: Go behind-the-scenes with world-renowned photographer Joel Grimes in Phoenix, AZ as he discusses the best techniques and tricks for lighting portraits with a beauty dish and strobe. Commercial photographer Joel Grimes has nearly thirty years of … Continue reading

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4 Batch Processing Techniques to Speed Up Your Workflow in Lightroom

Lightroom is a fantastic program for keeping your photos organized, but it also provides many tools to speed up your editing workflow. You can even process many photos at once with batch editing. These techniques are by far the biggest … Continue reading

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Levitation Photography: Techniques for Defying Gravity

Levitation is one of the most intriguing subjects in trick photography; it has inspired millions of people since its invention in the mid-19th century. The ability to harness the creative aspects of the photographer and combine it with real-life images … Continue reading

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In-Camera Photography Tricks & Techniques

The great thing about digital photography is that you have a wide room for creativity once you are in Photoshop. You can create any kind of effect by playing around with your shots in any way you choose. But what … Continue reading

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The Advanced Photoshop Techniques Bundle at 50% Off

The tutorials in this bundle cover intermediate and advanced Photoshop techniques for landscape photographers. Learn powerful, advanced methods for creating targeted selections for extremely refined adjustments and learn how to blend bracketed images with ease in every situation. We were able to … Continue reading

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Sports Photography Tips and Techniques

Victory in sports is about practice and performance – the best athletes prepare better than anyone else, training their bodies and minds to perform when winning and losing matter most. photo by Sander van der Wel It’s no different with … Continue reading

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Food Photography Tips and Techniques

The rise of minimalist cooking is changing the art of food photography. The following is a look at some of the techniques adopted by photographers to capture the simplicity and the spirit of this modern cuisine. Whether it is because … Continue reading

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6 Easy Photography Techniques to Diversify Your Portfolio

In today’s world of digital photography there is an even greater demand and possibility to capture unique and different photos. Over time, every photographer will develop their own “cheat sheet” of techniques that they find pleasing, and more importantly, that … Continue reading

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