February and March are gonna be busy, busy, busy!

I’m leaving tomorrow for Cancun on a 5 day photo shoot for a new book. I have to say that I’m ecstatic that my client chose somewhere warm with palm trees and blue water, not to mention the 5 star resort! It’s that time of year where I start going all “bah, hum bug” about winter. I was never a big fan of winter; the cold, shoveling snow, -30 degrees, car that won’t start, climbing on my roof to get the snow off my Internet satellite, did I mention the cold? So this is a great gift. I really love my job!

After that? Another book shoot in Albany, NY and a video shoot in beautiful Jamaica; both in March. This means lots of fun and close to 1000 images to post process in a very short amount of Continue Reading »

I’m back with another Photoshop video tutorial focused on optimizing your photography workflow. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use the batch processing feature in Photoshop. This will save you many headaches but most importantly, lots of time!

In this tutorial, I’ll create a quick action that we will then apply to a series of photos through the batch process feature. In literally one click, you can apply an action to a whole series of images and Continue Reading »

Welcome to Part 2 of this Introduction to Macro Photography. In Part 1, we looked at what is macro photography as well as the basic lenses and extension tubes available for macro shooting. We also went through various options for keeping your camera steady while shooting macro photos. If you missed part 1, I encourage you to check it out before you continue reading.

In Part 2, I’ll be going through: Continue Reading »

This video tutorial will be part of a of  new Category I created on YPS called “Optimizing Workflow“. This category will include tutorials to make your photography workflow more efficient and less time-consuming. This could be in post processing, lighting, pre-shoot….

First up are Photoshop actions.  What’s an action, you might ask? Simply put, it’s a series of commands that are made and recorded. The complete list of commands between “record” and Continue Reading »

The new Yanik’s Photo School is now live! Woohoo! After several months of tweaking and beta testing it’s alive!

I want to start out by saying a huge thank you to all YPS readers out there. Your loyal presence and comments keeps me motivated to push YPS to new levels. Like work endless hours on the new facelift.

As you can see, this is more than just a new facelift. So, let me be your guide and walk you through the new site. Walk this way please…. Continue Reading »

I wanted to start the year off with this tutorial because I truly enjoy macro photography. When I purchased my first digital camera, one of my main criteria was it’s macro capabilities. Then, when I purchased my Nikon D70 kit, the next lens I bought was my Sigma 105mm macro. There’s an intimacy with this style of photography that I find calming… zen-like. Getting up close to your subject and viewing all its details makes me appreciate the small wonders all around. Seeing light up close makes me understand it better. I also find that my other senses are amplified when shooting macro. I’m so focused on the present moment that I can feel the slightest Continue Reading »

OK, let’s start the year off by going back to some basics. I use the term “basics” loosely because I’ll be showing you more than curves basics. I titled this “Photoshop Curves Tutorial” but I’ll also include some neat curves features in Lightroom 2. So you’re getting 2 for the price of one here.

In Part 1 of this video tutorial, I’ll go through the standard RGB curves adjustments in both Photoshop and Lightroom and in Part 2, I’ll show you how to adjust your image using the specific red, green, blue channels. So let’s get to it! Continue Reading »

Yanik’s Photo School went live on April 5th of this year. Actually, it was called Yanik’s Photo Blog then and I wasn’t really sure where I would be going with it. It didn’t take long for me to change the name and focus the site on photography learning. Looking back, I’m glad I chose this area of photography since I combined two passions: photography and teaching.

I’m also very excited for 2009! I’ m in the process of moving to Montreal (hopefully in April) which will give me access to 2 professional studios which means more tutorials on a subject close to me: lighting! I’ll also have a video camera to show you detailed Continue Reading »

Here are your January off-campus learning links.

I thought I would add at the end of the list a “non learning” Youtube video. It’s really worth it! 

And remember, if you find great articles about photography learning that aren’t listed that month, please share them in the comments so that Continue Reading »