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Senior Picture Poses I love photographing seniors.  They are a fun, happy group - excited to be graduating and generally enjoy having their photos done. Personally, I like to take a guided, natural approach to all o...

20+ Breathtaking Night Photos We are so excited to share these beautiful night photos with you! We had an awesome photo challenge and loved how unique each night photo was from the next. Thanks for joining us and co...

What are Photoshop Blending Modes? Photoshop blending modes (or sometimes called "blend modes") are used when editing with layers in Photoshop.  They affect how each layer behaves and interacts with the other layers ...

Senior Photography: 10 Tips for Success Whether you already are a senior portrait photographer or just thinking about shooting seniors, chances are you’ve seen no less than 100 differing opinions on HOW to do things ...

Congratulations to our 2018 Summer Scholarship Winner! Over the past 6 months, we received many amazing essays written by some very incredibly talented students from around the world.  It was a pleasure to read all ...

How to Retouch & Edit Senior Portraits in Lightroom Retouching skin is an art form and retouching senior skin takes special skill.  While teenage skin is young and vibrant it comes with its own set of challenges....

Enhancing your iPhone and Android Phone Images with Lightroom Presets “The best camera is the one you have with you.” I’d like to attribute that quote to its source but it has been so widely heralded, I can’t even ...

New Adobe Lightroom CC App - Questions & Answers We know that some of you are thinking about - or have already decided to start using the NEW Lightroom CC App recently released by Adobe. We know that many of you...

Installing Presets in Lightroom CC Adobe recently released a new version of Lightroom - Lightroom CC.  This version of Lightroom has a web-based application, mobile application, and a desktop version.  Currently, thi...

Are you Over Editing Your Photos? When I first discovered the world of editing and post-processing, I felt like I had gone to school for 13 years and become a plastic surgeon overnight.  The power I had at my fingert...

How to Make Eyes Pop in Photoshop Our 'Eye Sparkle' Action from the Pure Color Workflow collection is absolutely fabulous at giving you tack sharp results and stunning eyes with just a click of your mouse.  With opti...

How to Brighten and Make Eyes Pop in Lightroom Eyes are generally one of the first things we notice in a portrait.  Since they are what we notice first, having beautiful, bright and sharp eyes that pop is critical to...

25+ Incredible Kissing Photos While scrolling through our community last week we found so many pictures with the sweetest kisses! From babies, siblings to engagement pictures so we thought we'd run a kissing photo c...

One Lens Photography: Making One Lens Work For You One of the most common questions asked by those interested in pursuing photography is, “What lens should I buy to start out with?”  It’s a tough choice and there are...

Balancing a Photography Business, Family Life & Full Time Job For many of us, photography isn’t our full-time job.  Heck, it might not even be a money earning thing for some of you and you only do it for fun (an...

Newborn Photography Props When it comes to newborn photography, I am always thinking about props!  I admit that I am a "propaholic" and I bet most other newborn photographers are too! Seriously, I can find newborn p...

Pixieset Review Photographers are always looking for the latest and greatest ways to present and deliver photos to their clients.  You can’t do two photography related google searches on the internet these days witho...

Lightroom Brush Tool Keyboard Shortcuts At Pretty Presets, almost everything we do is about helping you save time in Lightroom.  We want you to spend less time on the computer and more time with those that you love. ...

How to Make a Vintage Effect in Photoshop Photographers are often striving for a vintage or retro look in their photos, and even though there are endless ways of achieving a vintage effect, there are a couple of impo...

Fairy Wing Overlays: How to Change Colors in Photoshop Hello pretties!  I know you're all excited about the Fairyland Photoshop Collection coming out (I will admit...I've been playing with it for hours already!) and ...