All right fellow YPS readers. It’s time for part 2 of my “Exploring Small Strobes” series that I’m currently writing for DIYPhotography.net.

In part 1 entitled “Why Should I use a Speedlight?”, I covered the reasons why you should use small flashes. If you missed part 1 you can check it out HERE.

In part 2, entitled “Why Use Speedlights Off Camera”, I explore practical ways of using flash photography off camera. The subjects covered are: Continue Reading »

Welcome to a Photoshop “video quicky” tutorial. It’s funny cuz I got a request from a reader on how to quickly straighten a horizon on a photo without having to fiddle around and guestimate using the Arbitrary option under Rotate Canvas (Image-Rotate Canvas-Arbitrary). I actually had to think about it for a moment since I’ve been using Lightroom 2 to rotate and crop my images for a while now.

It only did take a moment and Continue Reading »

As photographers, we use our computer monitors more than our cameras since it’s the window to our digital darkroom. Personally, for every hour of shooting, I have roughly 2-3 hours in front of my monitor. So my monitor is my buddy when it comes to post processing.

But what if we thought outside the box for a minute. What if we could use our monitors as a light source? That’s exactly the Continue Reading »

I’m a guy of my  word so, as promised at the end of my Exploring Small Strobes - Why Should I Use a Speedlight? I’ll go through both the lighting setup and the post processing to get the final intro image you see here.

You can see my other lighting setup tutorials HERE.

Studio & Lighting Setup

Let’s start with the studio setup. For the background, I used black cotton fabric. I would have preferred seamless paper but… I don’t have any because I never saw the use since I never shot light directly on a black Continue Reading »

Time for another Photoshop Lightroom 2 video tutorial. This time, instead of showing you a specific tool in Lightroom, I’ll go through some post processing steps for an entire image.

This week we’ll look at creating the trendy orange sky image we see a lot of.

I mention in the video that I took this shot at a place called Champ Boisé. This is a lovely retreat center in the heart of Continue Reading »

Do you Iphone? Yup, I think it’ll become a verb soon just like Google.

I just wanted to take a few seconds to let you know that Yanik’s Photo School is now IPhone friendly. You can have quick access to the articles without having to scroll all over the place. Even images and videos are resized for you! All with a cool IPhone look. Yanik’s Photo School was already “mobile friendly” but we took it a bit further.

Here are a few screen shots from Continue Reading »

OK. The real title should have read: 10 Steps to Perfect Smooth and Silky Waterfall, Cascade and River Shots but that was just too long!

I just love taking photos of water, especially moving water. And autumn is my favorite season to shoot waterfalls, streams and cascades. The weather’s cooling down, the trees turn to fire and it’s cloudy more often. And since autumn is upon us, I thought I would share with you what you need to do to get that perfect waterfall shot.

This article is part of my “STEPS” series of tutorials. You can Continue Reading »

I’ve been asked by Udi Tirosh, the owner of DIYPhotography.net, to do a series of guest posts on speedlights, also know as small flashes. I’m delighted to take on this wonderful challenge that I’ve entitled: Exploring Small Strobes.

Looking at Yanik’s Photo School 1st Poll , flash photography was the #1 request from you, my loyal viewers. So this series will fit perfectly to satisfy your flashgun hunger. The only difference is that you’ll be reading my article on the DIYPhotography.net Website instead of here.

So if you’ve been pondering the purchase of a Nikon SB-600, SB-900, Canon 430EX, 580EX II, or any other speedlight, this introductory Continue Reading »

Today I’m going to give you a list of the top 10 free online photo editing Websites. Why you might ask? For many reasons but mainly because you’ve asked me to! I’m really glad I added a Suggestion Box because you guys are using it! Keep it up.

I think this post is quite pertinent with the economy the way it is right now, and will probably be for a few years. You might think twice about your future luxury purchases Continue Reading »

I’ve had a few requests on how I backup my photos when I travel or when I’m shooting on location. So when I went to Gaspésie for my Aqua Mer contract, I borrowed my good friend’s video camera to shoot a few videos for Yanik’s Photo School. Here’s the first one!

In this video tutorial, I’ll share with you my image backup workflow from A to Z. It’s strongly related to my written tutorial on my shooting workflow. I’ve shown it to a few people Continue Reading »