Since doing this shoot, I’ve been asked a number of times who did the processing. Well the answer was “me” with a little help. :) I used my most favorite action, Lemonade Stand from MCP Actions coolest new action set. You can learn more about it here. Jodi, over at MCP Actions, is…
Join us at Mystic this year for “Business and Brews.” What is it? A free business roundtable discussion. When? At Mystic 2011 When? Thursday 5 pm-7 pm Bonus? First round is on Fundy Software Space is limited to 15 people. You must have already signed up for Mystic Seminars. Leave a comment below with your…
Today’s tip of the week is all about design. One of the easiest concepts to implement into your own designs is balance: balance of tone and balance of design. Today we’ll look at some very simple examples of how to balance your design. Balance of Tone As you can see in this design, the…
Melanie Nashan has been shooting weddings for almost two decades and her passion for photography is what drives and motivates her. Melanie is really great at capturing emotion and portraying beauty in her work as you can see by the photos below. Her style is elegant and fresh and you can tell she wants each…
We are thrilled to be reviewing the products from the folks at Zenfolio, which have some really cool stuff I want to highlight. Essentially, Zenfolio is a shopping cart system for showing your images but there’s so much more functionality as well. Plus, I like how easy it is to upload and to navigate around…
What a treat we have for you. Marko Dusak from Spinaker Graphics was kind enough to share some more of his breathtaking images with us. The angles on these photos make them feel larger than life and he does amazing things with lighting, creating natural spotlights, reflections and illuminating effects. Each photo can stand on…
I’ve long been an advocate of portrait albums for many reasons. When I first started shooting professionally on my own, I would only do album shoots. My fixed fee would include the shoot, an album and then all prints came later. That’s all I did. It was a ton of fun and I always got…
What makes portrait and wedding photography profitable? The service or the products? Or a combination of the two? Is it the time we spend photographing which is most profitable, or the goods that we sell to our clients? Where is the profit?
I am seriously psyched to announce our winner of the Fundy scholarship to Tamara Lackey’s Australia Tour in Sydney–Lia Healy! Lia’s story touched all of us here and we are thrilled to share it with you. We hope Lia will inspire other photographers and are happy she will be learning all about business, shooting, marketing and…
I was lucky enough to spend some time with Scott Rice of Rice Studio Supply the other day. He’s a great person who literally started his business out of his garage and has grown it into one of the top premium photography packaging businesses out there. Not only is it a great business, it’s run…