It was a fun week getting hundreds and hundreds of tweets to win the YPS Scholarship Award sponsored by Kelby Training. Some of you even tried your power of persuasion by adding words like “pick me!” or “I need this”. It made me smile but unfortunately a random draw is just that, random.

Some of you actually managed to not enter correctly by RTing someone else’s entry… tss, tss, tss… you gotta follow the rules! And guess Continue Reading »

As you guys know, Yanik’s Photo School is all about photography education through various tutorials, tips and tricks. But once in a while I’ll take the time to review off campus educational materials so that you may make a conscious decision about acquiring certain products.

Today is such a day. I’ll be reviewing the latest DVD tutorial package by famous pro photographer Joey Lawrence. After the success of his Continue Reading »

The leaves are changing colors here and the air is getting cool and crisp. Halloween is just around the corner with lots off great photo opportunities.

You guys know what this means right? You got it! It’s time for the 2nd Bi-Annual YPS Scholarship Award sponsored by Kelby Training! I’m very honored to be associated with Kelby Training for this award as I find their online workshops to be some of the best on Continue Reading »

Just a little personal post for you guys until I get my jet lag outta my system.

Not too long ago, I had a video contract to shoot the behind the scenes of the 2009 Redken Color Comp here in Montreal. This was my second year shooting video for this competition. I was shooting with a Canon HDV-XHA1 and this year the camera gave me an additional challenge… it had a back focus problem!

How did I work around this issue? Trying to shoot on Continue Reading »

One of the great things about Lightroom 2 is the ability to create presets and share them with the world.

If you’re not familiar with presets, it’s basically a saved series of photo adjustments that you can then apply to any image. Kind of like actions in Photoshop.

In this post, I thought I would share with you the many places where you can get a ton of  free Lightroom presets to play with. But before Continue Reading »