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

Critique Me – Erin Chauvin

April 15, 2013 By 28 Comments
Copyright Erin Chauvin

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 Erin Chauvin for submitting the following images. Settings: ISO 1600, SS 1/80, f/2.8 ...continue reading

Secret to backlighting: Photography Tip Video Q & A

April 12, 2013 By 20 Comments
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Now that the sun is coming out and the weather is warmer we can play around with backlighting. Today I answer two questions pertaining to backlighting. I share a trick to help you nail focus and get correct exposure. Questions: "Tonight I was trying to shoot a couple with lots of pretty backlighting and sunflare. I had a lot of trouble getting the camera to focus a number of times. I switched to manual focus a few times to get that effect, but it was driving me nuts. Any ideas for ...continue reading

Lensbaby Love

April 10, 2013 By 26 Comments
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I recently got a Lensbaby Composer Pro with a Sweet Optic 35mm. What a fun lens! I have been in a photography funk lately and this lens is bringing me out of it. A few photographers and I started a Lensbaby Love blog circle. We were inspired by another Lensbaby blog circle started by Heather Meyer. Claire is the only person I don't have to bribe in this house to take photos of lately. However, she may be the most challenging since she just started crawling and won't sit still. Manually ...continue reading

A Few New Things

April 9, 2013 By 32 Comments
Click it Up a Notch Community Pinterest Board

I have several new things going on. Yay! Pinterest Community Board: I created a community board for us on Pinterest. What this means is if you would like, you can join in and pin pins onto this board. It is dedicated to photography tips and tutorials. I wanted to have one board FULL of education. Let's help each other improve our photography by sharing tutorials that have helped you along your journey. If you would like to join this board and add pins leave you the link to your ...continue reading

Critique Me – Eileen Critchley

April 8, 2013 By 33 Comments
Image credit Eileen Critchley

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 Eileen for submitting the following image. Settings: ISO 160, f/2, SS 1/1250 ...continue reading

Finding Light in Unexpected Places

April 5, 2013 By 24 Comments
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If you could see my garage, you would know why it may not be the first place someone would think of when trying to find a place to set up for great photos. Well, you will get to see my garage in just a second when I bravely show you a pull back that includes tons of moving boxes that still aren’t unpacked from the last move.  But, unpacking isn’t the point here. Finding good light is the point.  And, isn’t it wonderful that sometimes good light can be found in unexpected places.  ...continue reading

How to Display Photos – Office

April 4, 2013 By 26 Comments
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Deciding how to display photos in our office was simple as soon as I saw these white shelves at IKEA. They were perfect for what I wanted. My husband and I share an office so we worked together to find a happy medium between what I wanted (a feminine space) and what he wanted (a place to display all his baseball paraphernalia). You know I'm a huge believer in printing your images. Don't let them live on your computer! Print those puppies! If you don't want to put them on your walls ...continue reading