Overwhelmed? Have you ever felt overwhelmed by a new job? How about starting your own photography business?  Trying to juggle and balance it all, and then BAM! … Life steps in and says, “Well hi there! Remember me?” ...

 PHOTO CHALLENGE: SHARE YOUR FAVORITE FAMILY TIME PHOTOS WITH US I was thrilled when I was asked to choose the theme for this challenge.  I knew right away what I wanted to see.  Pictures of families.  My family is t...

One of the questions we get asked a lot is about how to reduce the matte or haze effect of a preset. Some of the presets in our collections add a slight matte or haze effect to your image and it is easy to adjust if ...

Understanding Shutter Speed and Aperture Shutter speed and aperture are usually discussed in terms of how they affect the exposure of an image, but as part of our ongoing series on obtaining the sharpest possible ima...

 PHOTO CHALLENGE: SHOW US YOUR DELICIOUS FOOD PHOTOS Have you ever been to the grocery store on an empty stomach? Everything looks so good! This week, you might want to approach this newsfeed with the same caution. ...

Ah, spring and summer! Two prime times of year for photos! However, the lush green foliage and warm temperatures can make balancing the greens in foliage and the warm tones in skin a little tricky, but in this video,...

I need to share these thoughts and actions with you.  Why?  Because you’re going to understand.  Only fellow photographers will understand the depth of my guilt and the ways in which I’ve been wrong.  I only ask this...

Are you tired of eyeballing your clients skin and guessing if the overall skin tone looks correct? If this is the case, this method of skin correction is for you! Using a simple three step formula we show you how to ...

"Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment, until it becomes a memory" - Author Unknown PHOTO CHALLENGE: A PICTURE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS Have you ever had an image where no words are necessary? You i...

Have you ever tried to achieve soft, dreamy images in Photoshop/Adobe Camera RAW, but ended up with images that turned out fuzzy and seemingly out of focus? One way to avoid that scenario is to balance Clarity with...

Editing faces and skin is such an important part of any portrait session.  I don't like to do a heavy edit on a face. How I Use the Perfect Portrait Brushes in My Editing Workflow The Perfect Portrait Brushes are ...

Thank you for all the laughs this week!  We had a hard time narrowing it down to just a couple images.  We hope these moments can bring a smile to your face! Congratulations to Rachel Krause and Mary Rather.  Please...

“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” ― Henri Cartier-Bresson  It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long since I had a love-hate relationship with my camera.  Some images came out exactly how I hoped and env...

Have you ever noticed that yucky neon purple or green line outlining your subjects or objects in a photograph you've taken? Are you curious about how this occurs or how you can quickly fix it? Watch as we talk about ...

 Warm weather and bright sun are here and both of those things lend themselves to silhouettes.  Achieving silhouettes is really easy, and here are some tips to help you: EXPOSE FOR THE BRIGHTEST PART OF THE SKY For ...

You picked the images this week!  Before you start reading, be sure you have some tissues.  The images, stories and poems we read over the past couple of days left us in awe and in tears. We were so moved by the LOVE...

We've all done it: forgotten to ask the person we are photographing to remove the hair tie from their wrist. In this Photoshop tutorial, we will show you how to use the Clone Stamp and Patch tools to remove those pe...

5 Tips for Using Instagram We all know how Facebook is a great tool for our photography businesses. Most of us have business pages and are actively sharing our work to get noticed and get new clients. But did you kn...

Mastering Brushes and Graduated Filters in Lightroom We'd like to help you save time while editing in Lightroom! This one-hour training has been dedicated to helping you use brushes and graduated filters to their fu...

We can't thank you enough for bringing Spring into our Pretty Presets group.  We've had snow on the ground and it's been such an encouragement to see all these beautiful colors again!   We picked two winners this tim...