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Showing posts with label Pro Secrets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pro Secrets. Show all posts

Pro Secrets: Excellent Shots

This Series features examples of photos that are outstanding. They will surely inspire you to work on the techniques shown.

1 - Amazing Dawn Images!
2 - Fabulous Selective Color Photos!

I search and locate Excellent Tutorials on Digital Imaging so you don't have to!

Pro Secrets: Doug Boutwell - TotRad Tutorials

Featuring Doug Boutwell of TotRad
Tutorial: Layers & Layer Mask
Tutorial: Pro Retouch

Tutorial: Orange & Blue


Tutorial: Photoshop Action Basics
Tutorial: In-Faux-Red and Lith-E-Yum!

Tutorial - f/zero

Tutorial: Installing Your Actions

Tutorial: Extending Your Dynamic Range

Pro Secrets: Retouching & Skin Tone

Featuring TotRad Action at the 4m:15s mark







Pro Secrets: Macro Photography

Taking Great Insect Photos
Shutter Speed in Macro Photography
Storytelling in Macro Photography

Pro Secrets: Wedding

Wedding Photography Lesson

Pro Secrets: Photoshop & Lightroom

Good Interesting How-To Articles
Using LR4 Retouching Presets
Character & Symbol Codes
Windows: Alt Key Numeric Codes
  PS Retouching Workflow by Joey L.
Layer Masks in Photoshop

Videos
Textures Overlay
  
Color Correction in Camera Raw
Retouching Eyes and Teeth
Portrait and Beauty Retouching
Julieanne Kost

Pro Secrets: Basic Concepts

ARTICLES
1 - What is Photojournalism?
Most photographers here loosely use the term wedding photojournalism to describe their style of shooting weddings in a natural way - unrehearsed, unposed, unplanned, waiting for the moment. Yes, partially correct but certainly not totally correct usage and application of the concept. This pro describes her photojournalistic approach in the context of a portrait shoot. I believe that is the correct interpretation of the term.

Here's the read: Achieve perfect portrait expression

2 - What does it take to be a  * real *   photographer?
Before you take the plunge into full-time photography as a career choice, do you have what it takes and know the costs? Well, this photographer certainly knows and is a real pro! This is her cool and measured response to a public "Why do photographers charge so much?" advert put up by a bride-to-be. She also reveals what she does daily to earn her keep and what the job entails. We all can admire her integrity, drive, passion. Wannabe pros - heed the invaluable insights she provided!

3 - Workflow for Digital Imaging Post-Processing

VIDEOS
After weeks of exhaustive search these are the better ones from the heaps and tons of videos *sigh* regurgitated by Google Search. It is an on-going, continual search for good, watchable videos from the spam and garbage that is ubiquitous on the Net. Enjoy these vids!

1 - Workflow

2 - Working from Home as a Pro Photographer

3 - Photo Composition
4 - Multimedia Storytelling by Bob Kris
5 - Visual Design of a Photograph
6 - Depth of Field Explained
7 - How to Use Your Lens Angle of View
8 - Awesome! A top fashion photographer explains

Pro Secrets: Speedlight & Studio Lighting

Posing and Lighting with Bambi Cantrell
Studio Lighting with Zack Arias 1
Studio Lighting with Zack Arias 2
Studio Lighting Essentials
Lighting Persona
High Speed Photography