Helping your clients spread the word about yourself as easily as possible is the key to a good referral network. A cool product A few years ago, ProDPI came out with double sided wallets. These are press printed 2.5×3.5 cards, double sided–not traditional photographic prints. They have rounded cards, and at $18 for a set …Read More

Most basic adjustments to an image take place in Lightroom or Aperture. But there are quick ways to either tweak an image or add cool adjustments in Photoshop with Adjustment layers. Adjustment Layers can be found under the Layers menu or in your Adjustment palette in Photoshop. Basic Adjustments Sometimes when I’m editing in Lightroom …Read More

Moving layers around in Photoshop can be very time consuming if you do it through the layers palette. If you want to move images around in your Album Builder layout, or just layers around on any Photoshop document (a template, a marketing piece, anything), there is an easy way to do it. Click, Drag, Move …Read More

It’s a business adage as old as business itself–people buy what they see. If you walk into Subway and see a photo of a sandwich, you are more likely to buy that sandwich than something else on the menu. It’s just human nature. In the business of photography, customers are the same, they want what …Read More

Multiple revenue streams are key for a successful business. Even if you are a photographer that only specializes in weddings, for example, multiple revenue streams around weddings is key. There are the usual suspects of albums, canvas prints, thank you cards, holiday cards, etc. But, spending some time asking past clients or friends for what …Read More

We all know that time and profit are related. We all have it in our mind when we sit down to work. But we also know that it takes time to create works of beauty that our clients will love, cherish, and most importantly, purchase. A warning, this post is going to talk a lot …Read More

In this quick tutorial, we show you how to use the new content aware move tool in Photoshop CS6. It’s a pretty useful little tool that, literally, lets you move people around in the photo. The Before Photo The After Photo The How To Video We definitely recommend using the trial of CS6 to check …Read More

We have very strong opinions about website platforms. Our opinion is that WordPress blog sites are the best platform out there bar none! SEO Monster One of the main reasons we personally love WordPress is that it is an SEO monster. Google and other search engines love WordPress. It loves the blog post titles in …Read More

I love me some Photoshop. Who doesn’t really? It’s fun, you can do pretty much anything. I love the content-aware fill–trash be gone! I love the clone tool. I love it all. But there are those times when Photoshop doesn’t love me back. And that’s when I head on over to Retouchup.com where for $2.50-$10 …Read More

I know, I hear you. I was one of the first to laugh at Adobe for putting in video editing in Photoshop CS6. But, I’m here to say that I’m also one of the first to say, “wow, video editing in Photoshop CS6 is amazing.” Photoshop CS6 Video Interface I spend hours on Lynda.com learning …Read More