Day Four found us on a boat heading over to Anse Mamin. Deep in the jungle and far away from the promised trade winds in around the island, we got to play with an entirely new set of challenges. Catching a Boat in Saint Lucia Early in the week, I heard a warning about taking…
I finished watching episode #109 of The Grid on Kelby TV, featuring an online portfolio critique. The horror. I learned that plenty of photographers don’t know how to create a photography website. Let’s discuss how to create a photography web site. How Do You Know What You Want? There were several different site designs during…
Here’s a universal secret. There is no such thing as a perfect time. Stop dreaming and start doing the things you want to do.
Everything I needed to know about how to capture a moment, I learned in the Boy Scouts. Â It’s all right there in their motto. Be prepared. Defining the Moment Are some people naturally better at capturing a moment than others? Perhaps, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t learn how to capture a…
I like shooting portrait photos for TFP, but it seems like it’s getting harder to do these days. A comment I read today from a model on Facebook explains why.
You can enhance the dramatic mood in portraits using a combination of blurring, blend modes, and layer masks in a few easy steps. I’m using Photoshop CS6 in this tutorial, but you can do the same thing with Elements or Pixelmator. Let’s start with our portrait out of the camera. I shot this image a…