Colorvale Actions made this list of their favorite Wordpress plugins for photographers. If you're trying to set up a website using Wordpress, you probably already know that plugins are helpful. There are so many out there that it can be totally overwhelming. If you're looking for a place to start, check these out: http://bit.ly/13N58wT
Photography Resources is a one-stop site created solely for the purpose of gathering resources for photographers on the web. Here you'll find lots of photography tips to help you create more professional pictures. We include tutorials to help you learn photoshop, Lightroom and many other miscellaneous helpful hints. We hope to bring inspiration and education so you don't have to do the research alone!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Free Lightroom Webinar for Beginners
Hurry on over to Lightroom Pretty Presets and check out this FREE webinar tonight at
7:30 pm EST!
7:30 pm EST!
Even if you don't own Lightroom yet, you can download a free trial copy and enjoy the class. It's a perfect class for beginners or if you're just interested in trying to work more efficiently and save time while editing.
Check it out here
Free Model Release Form for Photographers from MCP Actions
MCP Actions and Photo Business Tools are offering a free model release form for photographers. Download this form which grants you permission to use your client's images on your website, blog or promotional materials.
All they ask in return is that you share with others!
Thursday, July 11, 2013
A Guide on Where to Crop on Your Portrait Subject by jmeyer at Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World posted this super easy cheat sheet for cropping your human subjects. Good cropping areas are green and bad areas are red. They even made it "drag and droppable" so you can save it to your computer!
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
REVIEW; Testing Tamron 90 mm by Astaroth
Astaroth's Photography Blog just posted this review of the Tamron 90 mm macro lens. This post is of "Pictures in Nature" and they are beautiful! This kind of work is very inspiring, and also helpful when trying to sort through all of the lens choices on the market today.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Free Lightroom Print Templates; Diptychs by Nicole S. Young
Nicole is an awesome photographer and author. She just posted an offer for a new free download for a set of three print templates for use in Lightroom. She even includes very clear instructions on how to install and use them. Hurry on over and check them out:
Monday, July 8, 2013
"Take Control of Your Light; Why Diffuse It" by MCP Actions
This is a wonderful article by Tushna Lehman for MCP Actions explaining how and why to diffuse your light. Written without being overly technical or overly simple, this is in plain English and tells how to control your light by: distance, angle, and size of light. Examples are included!
Monday, June 17, 2013
FREE Action for Portraits; Basic Edit
Rita at the CoffeeShop Blog has written another amazing tutorial for a basic edit on portraits. She gives step by step instructions, then includes a free action to download. She calls this one "Portrait ToolBox 1.0" and it works for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements! Some basic knowledge of using layers and layer masks are required but you will get amazing results with these instructions. Her tools include a curves adjustment, skin smoothing, levels adjustment for added contrast, how to make eyes pop, vivid color, sharpening, warm up/cool down, add a vignette, fixing blown out parts of your image, making your portrait pop, and even a bonus black and white conversion!
All of her tutorials, instructions, and freebies are awesome so check this one out here:
Monday, June 10, 2013
4 Easy Steps for Creating a Watermark in Lightroom by Gayle Vehar at Pretty Presets
I just found this excellent tutorial by Gayle Vehar at Pretty Presets for Lightroom.
She shows how to create your own watermark in Lightroom complete with a
great video. It is super easy!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
3 Lightroom Settings to Change Right Now
Gayle Vehar at Pretty Presets just wrote this post on how to change certain settings that will save you valuable time in Lightroom.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
How to Use the Local Adjustment Brush in Lightroom 4
MCP Actions just posted this article on how to use the local adjustment brush.
The adjustment brush gives the ability to add an effect to a small area of your image. Although Lightroom 2 and 3 had it, it's much more powerful in Lightroom 4.
There is a step by step tutorial on how to use it here:
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