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NEW Will Crockett smArticle
"Perfecting Portraiture" - New DVD on sale this week only
Let's save you a few bux on our brand new ShootSmarter DVD for one week only. Now thru Sunday July 5th at 12n CT, the just-released "PERFECTING PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY with Will Crockett" is on sale for $30 instead of the usual $39. This DVD is a recorded seminar we did only here in Chicago for the my home-town Crockett fans that [read this smArticle]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle
Cautiously adding a new product to sell...
presented by Moab Inkjet Papers. My clients don’t buy a lot of prints. I’m a commercial photographer and prints have never been much more than just a “color proof” medium we sell to reveal the files true colors as it heads off to the prepress house to be offset printed in a catalog. You can see a cool [read this smArticle]
NEW Deborah and Rick Ferro smArticle
Piloting your wireless TTL (and more) future.
Presented by Ultimate Light Box. Exciting New Technology Get ready for an amazing flight, the technology of this new product called the "Pilot" will transform your photographic experience. Let me introduce you to what this amazing equipment does. The Pilot is a wireless command center that sits in your camera hot shoe. It's not heavy, in fact it uses [read this smArticle]
NEW Tracy Rasinski smArticle
Models + Stylist + Artists = FUN!
Presented by intothedarkroom.com. What do you do when you have access to the European 2010 collection of Puma Clothing only to be released in Europe? You schedule a killer photo shoot with: 15 models, 1 stylist, 7 hair and makeup artists and 2 photographers! It's better than at trip to Disneyland. Working with a stylist is always so much fun, if [read this smArticle]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle
New Summer Seminar Tour Ready.
Join us on our special summer "mini tour" for a brand new seminar - LIGHT, CAMERA, PROFITS. It's our absolute latest info on how to shoot smarter instead of harder. "This years special summer seminar is designed to show you the power of the technology available to you in the photo tools you already have as well as the best of [read this smArticle]
NEW James Hodgins smArticle
Add On's That Brides LOVE!
presented by the noBSphotosuccess.com forum. Sometimes its the little things you do for your clients that give you the most rewards. I'm not just talking about the warm fuzzy feelings, I'm talking about big 'ol' sums of cash. It may not be cash directly placed into your hands, but I guarantee it will be in the form of more clients, [read this smArticle]
NEW Peter Friedman smArticle
Why I Use Raw for Natural Light Portraits.
See Photo 01 When I am hired to do a portrait of families and children on location, I choose to use raw capture when I am using natural light. Raw capture is a powerful tool because it gives us the ability to correct, to some extent, exposure and color problems after the images have been taken. Digital cameras control of exposure [read this smArticle]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle
Who does the US Military call for lighting help?
presented by Bogen Imaging and Durys.com. I was honored this past week to teach 14 of the militarys' finest photographers how to improve their lighting skills at the annual DINFOS workshop. It was an amazing week to say the least, and we ROCKED the workshop by producing the best images they may have ever seen in the [read this smArticle]
NEW Michael Clark smArticle
Making a Connection with your Subject
The Goal In portrait photography the goal is to connect with your subject and capture a bit of their personality or mood. That is obviously pretty hard to do, especially when you have just met the person a few minutes before beginning the portrait shoot. As I am not strictly a portrait photographer it is rare I am shooting with [read this smArticle]
NEW Rob Provencher smArticle
Secrets To Photographing The 3 Month Old Baby
The Baby's First Year Continuing with the baby's first year series of portraits sessions, let's look at what you need to do for a great looking three month poses and portraits. In our studio we create many babies first year programs and I follow a system for creating certain poses at each specific age. We do give our clients the option of [read this smArticle]
NEW Fred Levine smArticle
On Location Head Shots - The Mother Lode
In the past few months we have discussed various ways to add income to your studio while the economy and better consumer equipment has eroded your business. This installment discusses what I consider the mother lode of outside of the box business, On-Location Business Portraits. We have discussed in prior smArticles on how to find these clients. I intend to go [read this smArticle]
NEW Nick Coury smArticle
New Gear Gremlins
New Gear Gremlins and Tips Getting new gear of any kind is exciting! It doesn't make any difference if it is an entire camera system or just one piece of it. I track it online to see when it will be delivered and make sure that someone is here to get it. What if I had to wait one more day? [read this smArticle]
NEW Suzette Allen smArticle
Gallery Wraps- The Latest Rage!
presented by LabPrints. Gallery wraps are the hottest boutique item on our portrait price list and here is how to make one perfectly with an unlikely file! So many times we don’t shoot loose enough for the extra image that wraps around the frame….time for some creative Photoshopping and super results! See Photo 01 In this image, the original was a vertical, [read this smArticle]
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