It’s time for another great guest post here on YPS! I met Guy Yang through Udemy where most of my video tutorials are featured in a course. There are tons of awesome courses there (I’ve taken quite a few) and Guy’s course on iPhoneography is no exception! Like me, Guy genuinely wants to improve your photography skills and his area of expertise is iPhoneography. I met Guy and watched a few of his tutorials and I can tell you that he has some serious skillz! You can check out his complete and very professional  iPhoneography course RIGHT HERE!

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Here are a couple of very easy techniques that will boost your iPhoneography immediately. When Yanik asked me to write a few tips for you, his readers, I scratched my head, wondering what information would be of  Continue Reading »

You’ve entered the sleek, simple, and dramatic of an oversized photograph as the central design feature in a room.

You see this motif everywhere, from fashion and interior design magazines to retail settings. At once, the large photo/minimalist room evokes drama, and sometimes mystery or suspense. Done well, it creates a mood that only a few interior designers can match by other means and modernists, bohemians, and creatives everywhere enjoy.

Who can say why, exactly? There is something so appealing between the contrast of a minimalism of a wall and the Continue Reading »

Finally after months of hard work, I’m happy to let you know that Yanik’s Photo School has its official iPhone and Android App! Woohoo!

I’m very excited be able to bring you all of my tutorials to the mobile world in a sleek and simple style that keeps the focus on what you really want: LEARNING AWESOME STUFF!!

I’ve even added push notifications so you’ll know right away when a new tutorial is available.

As a bonus, I integrated a Continue Reading »

I’ll be giving my second LIVE 1 hour webinar with the Topaz Labs gang on August 30th, 2012!

I’ll be going through my photos taken with both my iPhone 4 and 4S and showing you my workflow using some of the Topaz Labs software. I’ll focus mainly on enhancing  image quality mostly by removing unwanted noise using Topaz DeNoise. I’ll also retouch my iPhone hots with Topaz Adjust. Of course I’ll be using the brand new and awesome PhotFXLab as well!

This webinar is FREE so book it now and come and Continue Reading »

It’s with great pleasure and honor that UDEMY has asked me to publish Yanik’s Photo School’s Photoshop and Lightroom video tutorials on its platform.

For those of you not familiar with UDEMY, it’s one of the leading online learning sites on the Web featuring lectures from New York Times best-selling authors, CEOs, celebrities, and Ivy League professors. And they’ve Continue Reading »

First off, I would like to thank all of the 900+ people who attended my webinar with Topaz Labs. And also a super high 5 to Nichole for organizing it!

The hour went by so fast that I didn’t get a chance to show you even half of what I had prepared. It’ll be for the next one then!

For those of you who missed my “Photographic Journey through Greece”, the video is now live! Make yourself a nice Greek salad, sit back and Continue Reading »

Hello fellow YPS readers! I’m finally back with a new Photoshop Video Tutorial!

This is a quick and easy tutorial on how to create awesome grunge effects in Photoshop simply by using blending modes. All you need is one of your photos, a texture and Photoshop! If you don,t have textures, just go out and shoot your sidewalk, walls or whatever that looks good. Or if you’re too lazy, just Google “free textures”.

Enjoy the tutorial and stay tunes soon for details on Continue Reading »

For those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll know that I recently took a lovely trip to Costa Rica. Of course, traveling means travel photography (and video)! And, in Costa Rica, you focus on nature in all its grandeur! Of course the wildlife was at the forefront of my imagery including tons of birds but the landscape was also breathtaking.

In this Lightroom video tutorial, I’ll show you how to bring the most potential out of your landscape images. You can apply these Continue Reading »

This is the third and last Lightroom 3 video tutorial that I’ll be posting on the new and upgraded features in this wonderful software. There are more new tweaks and upgrades but, for me, these three are the major ones that will affect the quality of my work. If you’d like more detailed tutorials on Lightroom 3, I invite you to sign up to any of the Lightroom 3 tutorials from Kelby Training.

In this Lightroom 3 video tutorial, I’ll be covering the upgrades made to the watermarking feature. You’ll notice that you Continue Reading »

As you guys know, I’m a big fan of Lightroom. And with Lightroom 3 out, I’ve discovered many cool tweaks and upgrades like super fast importing and disk deletion as well as image preview generation. They seem like little things but it just keeps time on your side just a bit more.

On top of that, the guys over at Adobe added a great new feature in Lightroom 3 that I just love! Tethering. No more need for Continue Reading »