Technology Ignore PPI, Count Pixels by Jerry Weiner, CEO You’ve likely heard that image files going to print should be set to 300 PPI (pixels per inch) and photos for the web should be set to 72 PPI. In actuality, the PPI (often confused with DPI) numbers are of no consequence and can be more or less ignored. What truly […] Written by Jerry Weiner November 15, 2013November 15, 2013
Technology Time-Sync Your Cameras by Jerry Weiner, CEO When photographers carry around multiple bodies or have a second shooter (or third, fourth, or twelfth), the clocks on those cameras often vary drastically from each other. This later makes sorting the images in chronological order impossible, which, in turn, makes editing very difficult. Here are some options for syncing your cameras’ […] Written by Jerry Weiner October 9, 2013October 9, 2013
Photo Editing Technology Editing Photos With Textures in Photoshop By Jessica Drossin In this video Jessica demonstrates how to add texture to an edgy senior photo in Photoshop. See more of Melissa Gallo’s work at PaintedTextures.com. Written by Jessica Drossin September 18, 2013September 18, 2013
Business Marketing Social Media Technology 5 Ways to Use Instagram to Market Your Studio by Josh Hudson I know, don’t hate me, but yes, you have to learn the ins and outs of yet another social media tool to effectively market your photography business! It seems like every day there is some “shiny” new object that someone is peddling to you, but the same was true with websites, email marketing and the social […] Written by Josh Hudson September 10, 2013September 10, 2013
Technology How to Add the Look of a Painted Canvas to Your Images by Melissa Gallo In this video Melissa demonstrates how to transform your photos and add a painted canvas look to them in Photoshop. See more of Melissa Gallo’s work at PaintedTextures.com. Written by Melissa Gallo August 21, 2013August 21, 2013
Technology Some Final Notes on HDR Photography by Gavin Phillips HDR and People You can photograph people with HDR selectively. People posed, or a bride and groom standing still at the altar. Even if they are standing “still” there is likely to be some slight movement between the frames. This is referred to as “ghosting”. The color of the people’s faces will be […] Written by Gavin Phillips August 15, 2013August 15, 2013
Photo Editing Technology Integrating Cloud Overlays with Photoshop by Jessica Drossin Jessica demonstrates how to replace blue skies with clouds. See more of Jessica Drossin’s work at JessicaDrossinTextures.blogspot.com. Written by Jessica Drossin July 31, 2013July 31, 2013
Technology Best HDR Software by Gavin Phillips All of these software programs are Mac/Windows compatible and offer free trial downloads. Photomatix Pro Photomatix offers many features and an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. Its strength is outdoor, daytime HDR. It really opens up shadows and produces very pleasing colors that are easily controlled with the sliders. The batch-processing feature is a huge time-saver. […] Written by Gavin Phillips July 23, 2013July 23, 2013
Photo Editing Technology How to Apply a Strong Texture to Your Images by Melissa Gallo In this demonstration Melissa shows you how to add dramatic textures to 2 different photos in Photoshop. See more of Melissa Gallo’s work at PaintedTextures.com. Written by Melissa Gallo July 2, 2013July 2, 2013
Technology How to Shoot HDR Images by Gavin Phillips HDR Camera Set-up I always shoot RAW since the RAW format is generally better for HDR than JPG. I have compared sets of JPG and RAW of the same scene and processed them in Photomatix and Artizen. The results are better with the RAW images than the JPG images. Auto Exposure Bracketing Mode […] Written by Gavin Phillips June 11, 2013June 11, 2013
