Hi guys! I hope your summer shooting is up to par!

I’ve been really busy so I hope you’ll forgive my sporadic postings.

Here are your off campus learning links for July…. enjoy!

Let’s get the ball rolling with a terrific keynote address Continue Reading »

The IPhone is great! How’s that to start a post.   I’ve had mine for just 2 months now and it never leaves my side.

For me, one of the best things about the IPhone is the camera. Let’s face it. The image quality sucks. But that doesn’t matter. What’s important, as a photographer, is to always have a camera with you (and use it!) and the IPhone gives me that freedom without having to carry another small P&S camera with me. I don’t have to tell you that to become a better photographer, you need to shoot, shoot, shoot! Use it or loose it.

What’s great about the IPhone is the Continue Reading »

It’s time for your monthly dose of off campus learning links.

I have a few link from Digital Photography School. The first one is on the business of photography giving you pointer on How to Become a Professional Photographer. The next tutorial is on Post processing. It’s a nifty trick that I didn’t even know about. Heck! There’s a lot I don,t know about in Photoshop! It’s all about finding a pure 50% grey pixel to 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 »

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 »

We all want to show off our photos as best as possible on the Web and one of the best ways of doing this is with a Lightroom photo gallery. I showed you how to build one not long ago but I want to give you more resources than just the standard templates. Don’t get me wrong, I love the default templates and I use them all the time but you know what they say. Variety is the spice of life. 

After searching far and wide across the www for you, here are some of my favorites. Some are free and some are Continue Reading »

Already April! Man! How time flies when you’re a busy bee. There’s still a bit of snow on the ground but it should be all gone by next week! Hooray! Just in time for my big move to the big city. Many of the birds are back and my Nikkor 80-400mm VR is snapped on my D300 right by the window.

I though I was busy in March. Here’s what my Continue Reading »

I’ve done quite a few lighting tutorials here on Yanik’s Photo School, especially using off camera small flashes like the SB-900 or the 580EX II. I love these little buggers and the more I use them, the more dust accumulates on my big studio strobes. And today’s lesson will be about an in-camera feature that most DSLRs have called Rear Curtain Flash.

I discovered this camera feature a long time ago with my Nikon D70 when I wanted  to shoot a long exposure of a moving Continue Reading »

Time for the March Off Campus Links!

I’ve been a busy bee of late working on post processing roughly 400 images for a new Spa Book coming out this fall. I should be done in a week or so. I’m getting ready for my next book shoot over in Albany, NY in mid-April. I have to say 2009 is starting with a bang and I’m grateful everyday that my job seems to be Continue Reading »

Going to school is not all about learning.  It’s also about finding the right tools to help you achieve what you’ve learned. This is why I created this post on free Photoshop actions. Photoshop actions are used more and more and some creative people make great actions. You can even see my Photoshop video tutorial on how to make your own actions. Sometimes you have to pay for actions but there are tons of free options out there.  Here’s a list of some Continue Reading »