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NEW Chris Grey smArticle™
One Light, Three Hot Shots!
Presented by Profoto. While I'm quite comfortable with multiple-light portraiture, sometimes using as many as seven lights on a basic set, I prefer to light simply whenever possible. Doing so means I can make changes easily and gives me more time to build rapport with my subject, very important to successful portraiture. This month, we'll take a look at a [read this smArticle™]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle™
Great Color from your Projector - Here's How.
Projectors have become the "proof book" of our trade and are a wonderful tool for making sales presentations. Here's our list of recommended projectors. They have come down in price and have the ability to make our photos look pretty good right out of the box, but we can take any projector and make the color, tone and contrast [read this smArticle™]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle™
D700 vs. D300: Is the D700 worth the extra $$?
So, the hot new camera these days is actually a Nikon? Yep, after years of Canon in the front row it’s Nikons turn and that have produced a pretty terrific camera...but, it’s 3 grand. Nikons impressive D300 which shares the same basic button placement, features list, menu and ergonomics is only $1700 and has been producing excellent images [read this smArticle™]
NEW Will Crockett smArticle™
NEW SEMINAR: Shoot Smart, Price Smart, Sell Smart.
ShootSmarter and Buckeye Color are proud to present a day long event on September 15 in Pittsburgh that will make you more money. Ann Monteith is a well-known and highly respected photo marketing expert and in this new program she will present some new angles in exposing what most photographers overlook in their competitive marketplace. Build a Strong Link Between [read this smArticle™]
NEW James Hodgins smArticle™
Light I$ Light
A fellow photographer told me a long time ago that light is light and how you make it really doesn't matter. What I found out later is that the cost of light varies widely. Me? I prefer the cheap stuff, and free is even better. Are we still talking about light? Of course we are! Free light is everywhere, it's [read this smArticle™]
NEW Michael Clark smArticle™
Adobe Lightroom 2.0: A Quick Review
With the release of Lightroom 2.0, Adobe has created the ultimate raw processing workflow tool in my opinion. It isn’t often, well never really, that I have gotten this excited about a piece of software but Lightroom 2.0 has streamlined my workflow like never before. There are a few features aside from the new localized adjustment tools that haven’t really [read this smArticle™]
NEW Tracy Rasinski smArticle™
Keeping a Simple Mobile Studio (without losing your style)
In a tough market we need to find simple and easy ways to present something new and exciting to our clients. We need to provide our client with what they need and in a way they will never forget and keep them coming back for more! For most of us we have our systems down pat that have worked for [read this smArticle™]
NEW Jon Yoshinaga smArticle™
Techy Tidbits for Smart Photographers.
Just a few tidbits to pass on from some recent photo experiences.... If you recall a couple of Smarticles ago about Vista, one of our laptops died. It turns out that it was death due to a video card, Nvidia to be precise. This video card is used in the MacBook Pro, HP and Dell laptops to name a few. [read this smArticle™]
NEW Suzette Allen smArticle™
Photoshop Time Logs-How to Keep Track Painlessly!
Presented by Blossom Publishing. Oftentimes we need to keep track of our time using Photoshop. The more you do work for others, and the more you are concerned with EFFICIENCY, the more often you need to keep track—or wished you HAD kept track of a job! Well, there are a few ways to help you keep track of your time, and [read this smArticle™]
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