Photoshop dodge and burn

Tweet One of the easiest ways to make an impact on your images in photoshop is a good old technique that has been used for years in the darkroom. Dodging and burning are basically just methods of adding or subtracting light to your images that can really help you guide the viewers eye through your [...]

Lightroom 3 BETA preview

Tweet Lightroom 3 beta was released last week and is a free beta version for anyone to download and try out. The official release should come out around the start of next year (sometime in Q1 is what I have heard). I have used it to edit a few test shoots and so far it [...]

Canon 7d first thoughts

Tweet We got our hands on a Canon 7d and will do an extensive review soon but first wanted to share our first impressions with the camera. This camera basically is an upgrade from the 50d line (has a 1.6x crop sensor) but with a lot of new features that really do make it worthy [...]

White balance for good photographs

Tweet Today’s tip is a very quick and easy tip to help cut down your post production time. I know many photographers who don’t have the time to stop what they are doing during a shoot and get a custom white balance so will shoot everything in auto white balance. While the technology in cameras [...]

Lightroom 3 Beta launched

Tweet Adobe yesterday released a Beta version of their upcoming Lightroom 3 software. This is available as a free download from adobe’s website and can be used until the full release version comes out next year. You can download the software here: Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta This new version includes an improved noise reduction, enhanced [...]

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Tweet Yesterday Canon announced the highly anticipated 1D Mark IV camera. Based on a few preview shots (and video) I have seen on the web and the specs the camera looks pretty amazing. Canon is bringing HD video, and an improved autofocus system to their top of the line EOS system. The original 1D came [...]

Vivitar 285 HV Flash

Tweet Sometimes people think with off camera lighting you need expensive, big gear to slug around all day with you. They get scared of off camera lighting because they think it is too difficult to learn or for wedding photographers that it will slow them down too much. Today we are going to review a [...]

Intro to lighting (The Art of lighting)

Tweet The Art of Lighting is such a key part of photography and unfortunately sometimes overlooked. WIth all of the progressions in technology in cameras and in on camera flash, you can get a decent image even in a dark reception hall without knowing much about lighting. But for your wedding photos who wants decent [...]

Wedding Photography Workshops

Tweet If you are looking for a workshop giving you a good overview on wedding photography check out our “Weddings that ROCK!” workshop coming up soon. We have just one more workshop this year (on 11/13). Here is a little more info on our full day workshop: Weddings that ROCK!
Our old weddings from A to [...]

Why wedding photography?

Tweet One question I often get asked is “How can I get into doing wedding photography as a career?”. I think before even asking that question everyone needs to really sit down and ask themselves “why do I want to do weddings”. I think there can be hundreds of really great and valid answers to [...]

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