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NEW Deborah and Rick Ferro smArticle™
The Art of Elegant Hand Posing
Is hand posing a true art form? See photo 1 Of course! Not only is this statement true, but it also took me 20 years to perfect the art of hand posing and I’m still learning. First and foremost, every bride wants an elegant photograph and every engaged couple we photograph wants a romantic image that represents their love. [read this smArticle™]
NEW Michael Clark smArticle™
Five ways to speed up Lightroom
It seems many people are finding Lightroom to be very slow which I find rather curious since I have had the opposite experience. So I'd like to offer up a few insider tricks that will help speed up Lightroom. 1. Hard Drive and Scratch Disk Space First off, check to see that you have at least 50% of your hard drive [read this smArticle™]
NEW James Hodgins smArticle™
Hodgy Lights the Lollipop Girl
Hodgy's Digital Cookbook This month: Lollipop Girl I was looking to test out my new studio and try some different techniques. I needed a model, ingredient number one! I put a casting call to my facebook group. Immediately I received numerous emails in regards to my modeling inquiries. One particular person was a bride I shot a few years ago. She was a [read this smArticle™]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle™
Canon or Nikon or ? , How the Choose the Right Camera.
As most of you may know, I have or have used all of the current crop of DSLRs in my consulting projects and enjoy helping the ShootSmarter folks solve their camera system issues in my live events. But for my client shooting assignments, and for the upcoming tour dates I have booked, I need to settle in on one [read this smArticle™]
NEW Jon Yoshinaga smArticle™
Need More Storage Space?
In life, they say that you can never be too thin or have too much money. In digital photography, you can never have a computer that's too fast or too much storage space. It's amazing how quickly your hard drive fills up. Shooting RAW files and saving PSD's, before you know it, your hard drive is full. Adding a hard drive [read this smArticle™]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle™
New Wedding Video Online
Just added to ShootSmarterTV.com: Shoot a Wedding with James Hodgins Contemporary-style wedding shooter James Hodgins has a gift for creating snappy images with flair out of very "average" situations. In this documentary format video, James presents all aspects and angles of how he photographs a real wedding. Not in a million-dollar hotel, but in a simple central Canadian town where he [read this smArticle™]
NEW Suzette Allen smArticle™
Making Directional Brushes
Well, this month’s article is a fun one! Making brushes is always fun, of course, but making directional brushes was a playful challenge! I had an assignment to photograph a wearable art designer for her book and she also wanted business cards made. She had an old card that she liked, with the design of her name in stitches, so [read this smArticle™]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle™
5 Best Tips for Digital B&W
Good B&W is hard to come by these days, but it's starting to make a comeback. Many labs are adding premium quality B&W lines to their catalogue and smart photogs are seeing the profit potential hidden away in those glorious grey tones The good folks at www.MyBWLab.net asked me to post my top 5 tips for maintaining maximum image [read this smArticle™]
NEW Gary Bernstein smArticle™
Looking Up to My Mentor.
Photo Legend Gary Bernstein reflects on Monte Zuckers' Influence. editors note: Gary Bernstein has lead a long and successful career as a fashion and and avertising photographer and was a favored shooter for many celebs including Elizabeth Taylor, Victoria Principle, Jay Leno and Sophia Loren. See photo 1, See photo 2. In the Beginning. I was 22 years of age, [read this smArticle™]
NEW Tracy Rasinski smArticle™
Add HOT Style to Your Photos-Colored Gels!
We are all looking for simple ways to add a bit of style to our photography whether we are in the studio or on location shooting environmental portraits. One of the simplest and easy ways to add a little bit or a lot of interest to your photography is with colored gels on your strobes. They are actually very easy [read this smArticle™]
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