When I first saw Kevin Kubota’s Lighting Notebook hit the stores ,I was immediately intrigued. I’ve been a fan of all things Kubota for quite some time and used his Action Set II religiously for years. To this day, his Mocha B&W is one of my favorites. I quickly ordered a copy from Amazon, and…
My cousin is getting married next year and had an engagement party the weekend after Thanksgiving. Well, as often the case with family members, he waited until the last minute. So, a couple weeks ago, I took them out for a nice engagement shoot and was planning on doing just one print in a frame…
We’d like to take a moment to feature Renaissance Albums. Ken over at Renaissance albums was kind enough to forward along some of their featured albums. Renaissance makes wonderful fine art albums bound with traditional book-binding technology. We’ve heard wonderful feedback from current Album Builder users regarding Renaissance Books and Service. Additionally, we are happy…
If you are looking for a way to present your DVDs, Asukabook has a great solutions. They make fantastic DVD presentation books, with cases. You just have to supply the DVD. The books can hold between 6 and 10 pages and are perfect as a free add on for those folks who order an album….
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…
The results are in and Photoshop User magazine has given Album Builder 4 out of 5 stars!! Reviewed by Larry Becker, he writes, “Album Builder is like having an assistant inside Photoshop while you work.” He gives us props for how Album Builder is a great time saver, allowing users to manage covers, pages and…
We all love our camera bags. When I was shooting, I had my roller case jammed with all of my camera gear. But when I got to a wedding, I was stuck with a big clunky roller case that I had to move all over the location. Square shoulder bags are heavy, cut into your…
Choosing a lab for your photography business, is like choosing a business partner. For a photographer, the lab printing the photos and products, is the core of a business. I often see photographers choose a lab like they are choosing fast food. Whatever is the cheapest and the fastest, that’s what they go with. What’s…
Joe Ciarcia has just launched Gamut Prints, a new professional lab specializing in fine art ink-jet prints. I’ve known Joe for probably 5+ years on the Digital Wedding Forum. He’s always been the go to guy for any color calibration questions. Now, he’s put his knowledge to use, offering professional prints for the discerning photographer….
Harold at Finao was kind enough to let me print off a prototype of an Upper Elements album. As many of my readers know, I am a big fan of the 10 page album for portraits. That’s five spreads for those folks that try to redefine what a page means (if you are unsure, open…