Everyone around the world has probably heard of the Gulf Oil Spill by now. The biggest environmental disaster of all time. Most of us feel helpless in our homes not sure what to do or how to help. I know I felt that way. Once that feeling left, the first question that popped into my mind was “How can I help?”.

After a few weeks of letting the idea mull in the back of my mind, I had an idea. I’ve been wanting to design photography related slogans and quotes for quite some time now but always shoved the idea aside by putting other projects in priority. But now I felt it was time for Continue Reading »

This is the third and last Lightroom 3 video tutorial that I’ll be posting on the new and upgraded features in this wonderful software. There are more new tweaks and upgrades but, for me, these three are the major ones that will affect the quality of my work. If you’d like more detailed tutorials on Lightroom 3, I invite you to sign up to any of the Lightroom 3 tutorials from Kelby Training.

In this Lightroom 3 video tutorial, I’ll be covering the upgrades made to the watermarking feature. You’ll notice that you Continue Reading »

As you guys know, I’m a big fan of Lightroom. And with Lightroom 3 out, I’ve discovered many cool tweaks and upgrades like super fast importing and disk deletion as well as image preview generation. They seem like little things but it just keeps time on your side just a bit more.

On top of that, the guys over at Adobe added a great new feature in Lightroom 3 that I just love! Tethering. No more need for Continue Reading »

It’s been a while since my last video tutorial but I’m back with a microphone that actually works now. So I thought I would test it out on a new tutorial.

Lightroom 3 just came out a few days ago and I couldn’t miss the opportunity to show you my favorite new upgrade. This isn’t a new feature in Lightroom 3. It’s an upgrade. But what an upgrade it is. It’s the luminance noise reduction. I actually never used it in Lightroom 2 since Continue Reading »

It’s been a looooooooooooooong time since I posted a new tutorial on YPS.  2010 has been a changing year for me both personally and professionally.  I needed to refocus my photography career. Believe it or not, I was getting bored. I was loosing my passion. Yup, you read correctly. And why was that, I asked myself. I still love taking photos. I do it every day with my iPhone and I don’t get tired of it. Those of you following me on Twitter, Facebook or Flickr see them.  I still like shooting for my clients. So what was the missing piece? That spark that got me going? That was my million dollar question…

And the answer came a few days later like Continue Reading »

I did a shoot back in February for one of my regular clients that was more fashion oriented. It was a 3-day shoot here in Montreal at the Blah Blah Studio.

The most important thing was to have consistent lighting throughout the 3 days since the chosen photos would be used for both the cover and chapter openers. Continuity was the key.

So we spent roughly 30 minutes testing various lighting setups. From simple one light to more complex with up to Continue Reading »

I know many of you own an iPhone and I often get tweets on how I post process my iPhone photos. First off, I would just like to say that, without exeption, all my iPhone photos are processed within the iPhone. I don’t have the time or desire to process them on my computer.

So let me take this opportunity to go through my top iPhone photo apps. But more importantly, I’ll guide you through the apps and how I personally use them. Last June, I had posted my top iPhone photo apps but things move quickly in the app store and on my iPhone so this update was a long time coming! So let’s get Continue Reading »

Spring is just around the corner and my urge as a passionate nature photographer, is to jump in my car and drive to the nearest national or provincial park and take photos of  wildlife as they emerge from the cold slumber of winter. I get a real kick out of observing wildlife in their natural habitat and I do need to practice some important strategies if I want to capture those perfect wildlife photos from the driver’s seat of my car.

So I thought I would share with you how to take wildlife photos from the car to get those perfect shots.  So let’s Continue Reading »

Yanik’s Photo School in partnership with DIYPhotography.net, is giving away 3 Bokeh Masters Kits! It was all done via Twitter and the response was superbe!

I would like to thank all of you for participating. Unfortunately, only 3 of you with be the lucky ones soon sporting the new Bokeh Masters Kit. So without further ado, here are the 3 winners…. drum roll please….. drrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Continue Reading »

It had to happen at some point….. roughly 3 days ago Yanik’s Photo School got a bug. The only page you could access was the index page.  All other links were corrupted.

The thing is that I was on a shoot and then went directly out of town for the weekend none the wiser. Boy was I surprised when I accessed YPS on Saturday to find out it was down! PANIC! I tried installing a backup… nothing.  I tried re-posting some content…. nothing. I googled far and wide in cyber space to find any hint… nothing. I called my server to see if they had done something… nope.

It was only today that I finally found out what had happened. The htacces file had vanished. How and why is still a mystery since I hadn’t touched YPS before the event. The happy thing is that all is back in order!