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Archives for January 2011
The Photo Life Podcast- An Interview with Parris Wittingham
Emerge from the Ether This week we speak with New York photographer Parris Whittingham about his mission to create a new kind of love story, why it is vital to trust your client to help tell that story and how the struggles of our education system are too often mirrored in the industry of making
Detour
This film was created by Pictage and debuted at PartnerCon New Orleans, 2010. What would you do if you found out you had cancer? What if you found out right before your senior year in high school? Life sometimes takes you on a detour that rocks your whole world. In this film, find out how
Why the Wedding Day Runs Late (And 5 Ways to Prevent It)
We’ve all been there before – something runs late on the wedding day, and suddenly that cushy hour of photo time that was on your schedule evaporates into 15 minutes of chaos with a 24 person bridal party and a list of family portraits a mile long. Perfect… The ability to handle the pressure of
Using Export Actions in Adobe Lightroom
Lightroom isn’t just limited to what you do in Lightroom. Once you are finished with your images in Lightroom, Lightroom can hand off your images to another program and direct that application to perform any number tasks. Use photoshop actions, import images into other programs, or even use automator scripts. The sky is the limit…
The Photo Life Podcast- An Interview with Alicia J. Rose
Dancing About Architecture In this week’s episode, photographer and director Alicia J. Rose shares stories from behind the lens that’s aimed at the Indie sweethearts music industry. About Alicia J. Rose Alicia J. Rose has been photographing fanciful humans, things and places for as long as she has been playing the accordion as Miss Murgatroid and promoting
A League of Her Own
This film was created by Pictage and debuted at PartnerCon New Orleans, 2010. What kind of choices did you make in your business when you first started? Do you have any regrets? How hard are you willing to work to make your dream a reality? In this film we’re introduced to a woman whose life
Back to Basics, Dodging & Burning in Photoshop (Video Tutorial)
This is the first video in a series by Phil Thornton that will take a look at the basic concepts of post processing an image of a couple. There are several ways to dodge and burn but the concept is the same. With proper dodging and burning you can move the viewers eye through the
Connecting With People That Matter To Your Business
It’s a big world out there. Even in your market or area, there are probably more than a hundred wedding industry professionals and vendors. One of the most valuable ways to build your photography business is through the relationships you develop with these key industry professionals. It’s also one of the hardest. Although photographers seem
The Importance of a Pre-Portrait Client Consultation
Whenever I walk into a store and a salesperson asks me “can I help you find anything?”, like most people my first reaction is to say “no, thank you” and shrink away as quickly as possible to go hide in a dark corner somewhere. But the truth is that at least half the time I