I get asked a lot how I go from shoot to delivery, and I’ll preempt by saying – I have no idea if this is how others do it or not. There isn’t a right or wrong way but this is what works for me. I shoot in RAW. Please notice I didn’t debate jpg [...]
How to fix white blown-out skies quickly in Photoshop.
August 30, 2010 by at 3:23 am
Okay, so here’s the lighting situation. State fair. Can’t reschedule. Bright day. No shade. If you expose for the sky, the foreground is too dark, if you expose for the foreground, the sky blows out to an ugly, ugly white. Your camera is only a machine – a very pretty, very expensive machine, but just [...]
31 Days…
August 27, 2010 by at 12:01 am
Oh boy oh boy oh boy. I have no idea what I’ve gotten myself into, you guys. But here goes. The fabulous Nester, inspired by Darren Rowse’s (ProBlogger) series “31 Days to Build a Better Blog“, has assembled an AMAZING team of some of your favorite bloggers to present 31 posts in 31 days about [...]
Stylizing your images using actions
August 6, 2010 by at 1:53 am
I often get asked by bloggers how I achieve the look I get in my photos. I would be amiss if I didn’t tell you that you should always try and get 3 very basic things right in camera: focus exposure composition You’d think if you have only 3 things to nail down in a [...]
Autoloader for Photoshop: How this program improved my photography workflow.
May 27, 2010 by at 12:01 am
First, I am not being paid a single cent by Autoloader to promote this, although I welcome the good folks there to contact me at any time. If I get comments at the end of this post that you all knew about this all along and didn’t tell me, I will feel so betrayed! If [...]
Photo retouching: Making those gray, dull photos pop.
March 26, 2010 by at 5:57 pm
First, I’d like to wish my sister Kirsten and my dad a happy birthday. Love you guys! Okay… on to the topic at hand. It’s Fix-It Friday at iheartfaces. Have you ever taken a photo of a darling subject only to find that dull gray wash over it? Look at this beautiful girl. Look at [...]
