If you want to make it as a pro photographer (or anything else for that matter), you got to take it seriously. Riiiiight… You know what I love about my job? Most of the time I don’t see it as a job. My motto is: “if I’m not having fun doing something, stop doing it.” And I can tell you that I’m having a blast as a photographer! This post is all about letting your hair down. Keeping things light during a big shoot with the added pressure of producing cover shots. Continue Reading »

Firefox is great. I’ve been surfing the Net with my orange  furry friend for many years now. What I like best about it is all the wonderful add-ons that you can integrate to make your Web experience unique.  Over the course of many years I’ve tried tons of different add-ons . Some I’ve deleted and some I’ve kept.

Today, I’d like to share with you some add-ons that I think are very useful for photographers and photo lovers. So let’s get the Continue Reading »

We’ re back in Photoshop! This time I’m going to show you how to use the Patch tool.

If you’re not familiar with the patch tool, don’t worry. It’s not commonly used and even those who know it exists, haven’t really played around with it.

In this Photoshop tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Continue Reading »

It’s that time of the month again.

Time to give you lots more learning links off the YPS campus.

I decided to start off with 4 links that aren’t necessarily new (except David’s) but all focus on the same subject; portrait photography. It’s always good to go back to some basics once in a while.

Here on YPS: 15 Steps to Perfect Family Portraits
2 from DPS: Continue Reading »

In this new Lightroom 2 video tutorial, I’ll show you how to add a subtle splash of color to a black and with image.  This technique is very similar to  my Lightroom split toning tutorial where you convert an image to B&W then add color to it. The main difference is that split toning affects the whole image and you can only use 2 colors (one for shadows and one for highlights) while using the gradient filter and the adjustment brush gives you more Continue Reading »

Now that I’ve moved to beautiful Montreal I got myself a cell phone! I didn’t have one before because I lived so deep in the woods that none of the phone carriers reached me. That’s all in the past now. Welcome to my IPhone world!

I’ve already started taking lots of photos with it and I find it fun. But what I like best is that I now have a camera with me ALL THE TIME. What that means is that the IPhone will make me a better photographer. And that makes me all giddy inside.

If you follow Chase Jarvis, you already know he’s an IPhone guy and takes tons of pics every day. And trust me, it’s no effort to do this… it’s FUN! Well, I’ll also be tweeting Continue Reading »