Photography Habit of the Month: Daily Editing

April 30, 2013 By 34 Comments
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Creating good habits especially photography habits help to keep your life less stressful. My friends joke around because I'm constantly trying to create self improvement habits for myself. Why not transfer that into photography. For the month of May we are going to tackle daily editing. Editing seems to be the beast I can't tame. When I did my Project 365 in 2010, I was so good about uploading and editing daily. It made life easy and I never felt guilty about images sitting on my computer ...continue reading

Critique Me – Amy Johnson

April 29, 2013 By 13 Comments
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Remember: -Read How to Critique a Photo -Make a critique sandwich - something positive, something you would have done differently, something positive -My rule: no improvement tip = deleted comment -This will benefit the person leaving the photo critique just as much if not more than the person receiving the critique. Thanks to Amy Johnson for submitting the following image. Settings: ISO 1250, SS 1/80, f/4.2 ...continue reading

13 Photography Questions Answered

April 26, 2013 By 27 Comments
13 Photography Questions Answered

I thought it would be fun to let you ask me some questions this morning on our Facebook page. I got some great questions! I tackled 13 of them in this 8 minute video :) Several of the questions are a little more detailed so I will try and tackle them in one of our Video Q & A videos. This was fun for me and I hope I didn't talk to fast. If you like this idea and would like me to do it again, be sure to "like" the video and/or leave a comment. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube ...continue reading

Creative Photography Exercises – Perspective For Storytelling

April 25, 2013 By 20 Comments
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By doing creative photography exercises you continue to challenge yourself and push your craft. When I attended the Blographer in August, I got to listen to some amazing photographers. I loved Erin Cobb's tip of changing your perspective to tell the view point of your subjects. This is a fantastic way to tell the story of what your subjects are seeing. It lets your viewers into their world. Creative Photography Exercises My oldest loves to feed her younger sister breakfast. I ...continue reading

What to Wear in Family Photos – April 2013

April 23, 2013 By 6 Comments
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Wondering what to wear in family photos? Remember the key is to coordinate your outfits not to match them. Use this color palette to boost your creativity and help you pick the perfect outfits for your next photo shoot. Check out more what to wear in family photos ideas. Below are affiliate links to some of the products in the What to Wear image. Some of the items may be out of stock so I found similar items. If the links no longer work the item may be out of stock. Mom Old ...continue reading

Critique Me – Scott at Scott Fairbairn Photography

April 22, 2013 By 22 Comments
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Remember: -Read How to Critique a Photo -Make a critique sandwich - something positive, something you would have done differently, something positive -My rule: no improvement tip = deleted comment -This will benefit the person leaving the photo critique just as much if not more than the person receiving the critique. Thanks to Scott at Scott Fairbairn Photography for submitting the following image. Settings: ISO 400, f/2.0, SS 1/160 ...continue reading

6 Tips to Improve Your Background

April 21, 2013 By 6 Comments
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There are so many elements that go into creating a compelling and memorable image but a background that complements your subject is often overlooked.  I remember when I was just starting out in photography and I would see a location that I thought would make a great background but I was never satisfied with the images that I produced.  Looking back, I can see where I went wrong and today I'm going to share my tips with you. 1.  Pull your subject away from the background Sometimes the ...continue reading

Before and After Editing: Clean Edit

April 18, 2013 By 4 Comments
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Hi all, today I wanted to show you one of my basic clean edits that is in my workflow. I love this photo of my daughter that I took with my Lensbaby Spark but as you can see it needs some brightening and warmth to it. So we will start with my SOOC photo. First I start with my photo in Lightroom. How much editing I do in LR is on a picture by picture bases. But I can almost 100% guarantee that I use the tone curve on every photo. Below you can see the adjustments I did on the tone curve ...continue reading

Letters to Our Children – April 2013

April 17, 2013 By 15 Comments
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I am a part of another blog circle, what can I say they are fun and encourage me to shoot for myself. In this circle, we write a letter to our children once a month. I decided to use these letters as lessons and things I want my girls to learn. Plus, I have a goal to take a photo of all three of my girls together each month. That is a challenge in its self. Dear sweet girls, Today is Mama and Daddy's anniversary. That means 9 years ago today, Mama and Daddy looked into each ...continue reading

Photography Tips: Over 100 Tutorials

April 16, 2013 By 14 Comments
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I updated my "New Here" page with over 100 photography tips and tutorials but since many of you are not new, I thought I would write it as a post as well. I want to share with you everything I have learned over the past couple of years and help you along your journey! Whether you just got your first DSLR or you have been shooting for years, we have photography tips for everyone. If you have a question please feel free to email me at clickitupanotch@gmail.com I promise, I have probably ...continue reading