Udi over at DIYPhotography.net contacted me while back and asked me to test out a prototype of his Bokeh Masters Kit. It was my pleasure to do so, not only because it was Udi but also because I love new gadgets!

Now that it’s officially announced on DIYPhotography.net, I’d like to give you my impressions of the Bokeh Masters Kit (BMK). Bu tfirst off, I want to commend Udi on his creativeness to Continue Reading »

Ahhhhh…. Greece. I still dream about its beauty. I’ve been back from my 1 month escapade for a little while now but I’ve been busy learning Adobe Premiere’s basics to put this little video up for you guys.

The lesson I have for you today is simple. Keep exploring means to develop your creativity and you’ll grow both personally and professionally. That’s what I’m doing right now with video and video editing. Like you guys stopping over here on YPS to pick up some Continue Reading »

I’m still in Rochester on a 12 day shoot. I’m now half way through this marathon and I’m enjoying all the challenges of such a long shoot. This means a little less time to focus on Yanik’s Photo School for a couple of weeks so I thought I would share with you a recently published interview that I did with Phottix Journal.

Here’s the introduction…

“He’s shoots and his images score, to use an old hockey Continue Reading »

Back in Adobe Lightroom 2 today and I’ll be showing you a cool way to add a virtual photo frame to your images without ever leaving Lightroom.

Of course, you don’t have the versatility and complete control of doing it in Photoshop (which I’ll cover in another tutorial) but you can still have great black or white frames. This is Continue Reading »

For the past year or so I’ve been posting monthly links to other great photography learning posts and articles across the Web. Stuff that I found to be of value to you, my loyal readers.

Since the arrival of Twitter, things have changed in the way I send you Off Campus Learning Links. I see great stuff popping up on my Twitter feed on a daily basis and I retweet them right away to all that are Continue Reading »

As most of you know, I island hopped through Greece for 31 days and got back about a few weeks ago. I had a blast! The weather was perfect, the water was turquoise, the food was delectable and the Greeks were super friendly.

I also took some awesome shots and some video as well with the D300s. I took over 2500 photos and I just finish my 1st round of selections and narrowed it down to roughly 450.  I’ll be making a video clip for you guys in the next few weeks so I’ll have to trim tons of images to bring it down to roughly 60-70. Ouch! I got Continue Reading »

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 »