Amazing photos of the northern lights
February 26, 2010 by Mark
Filed under Shooting Tips & Inspiration
Photos of the Northern Lights have always inspired me. It is one thing that I have never shot but definitely on my list of things to do one day! The movement of the light and color are just fascinating and there are so many amazing images out there of this very cool part of nature. [...]
Lightroom tonal and color corrections
February 24, 2010 by Mark
Filed under Post Production
Post production in digital photography normally for me consists of some very basic adjustments to fine tune an image. Fine tuning the color balance of an image to get the feel I am going for and changing the tonal values of the photo are the main things that we will do to retouch our images. [...]
WPPI 2010
WPPI is coming up quick and this will be our 6th year attending WPPI. For those of you that haven’t made it before, WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) is a really great weeklong event filled with Seminars from some of the best in the industry and a huge trade show with hundreds of companies. [...]
Organizing your photos in lightroom
February 19, 2010 by Mark
Filed under Post Production
How we organize our images can be such a huge time saver later on. Sometimes we have a client or even a vendor from a wedding call a year later requesting an image. Having a very easy method of storing your images can make such a difference when you need to find an old file. [...]
6 Totally Free Online Photography Classes
Guest post written by Melissa Tamura This blog space is mostly dedicated to those who have at least intermediate experience in the world of photography. However, if you’re just getting your feet wet, there are some classes that you can take to help you beef up your knowledge. And the best part of these classes [...]
Lightroom Presets
February 16, 2010 by Mark
Filed under Post Production
When shooting weddings or other events where you are taking hundreds or thousands of images per shoot getting a streamlined post production process is key. Having a background in Fine Art I always want each image to have a very specific look and feel to it but at the same time can’t spend 5 minutes [...]
Win a hour long mentoring session
I am giving away an hour long mentoring session to help raise money for Thirst Relief. If you are going to be at WPPI it will include a lunch or dinner, and can be an hour one on one session about anything you need to know! Bid online here: Thirst Relief Auction Get mentored by [...]
Cut down color correction time
February 13, 2010 by Mark
Filed under Post Production
It looks like color correction is the biggest time crunch for togs, help me figure out what we can do to save time while still having amazing images. In the poll below select what software you use for color correction and in the other field put down how long it takes to average a normal [...]
Win Photographer’s Workflow
AppEzzy is sponsoring another giveaway for our readers. They have a few cool apps for the iPhone, one which was created to help keep photographers organized called Photographer’s Workflow. “Photographers workflow was inspired by professional photographers and was created to help photographers keep organized and focused on what needs to be done for every job. [...]
15 amazing long exposure photographs
February 11, 2010 by Mark
Filed under Shooting Tips & Inspiration
Our most popular post last month by far was 10 really cool examples of long exposure photography. Leaving your shutter open for sometimes a few seconds or hours can do some very interesting things to your images. I have always thought one of the coolest parts about long exposure photography is you never know exactly [...]





