American Eagle saw a 9% increase in sales last quarter when they stopped retouching their underwear models in advertisements. In a world where Photoshop is giving women self image problems it’s kind on counterintuitive. I just posted a video article recently “How I use the Liquify tool to Make a Chubby Client thinner in only […]
Author: john yakubik
Hilarious- Professional Photographer Rebuffs Pessimistic Faker
Recently I posted an article entitled “How to overcome your fear of not succeeding as a photographer” Ironically I ran across this letter from a professional photographer to someone who placed an article on PetaPixel stating that photography was indeed dead as an occupation. She’s really funny. You go girl. Dear Mr. Kim, I read a blog […]
Amazing! Free Unlimited Online Storage Of Raw Files With Amazon Prime
Store Photo Files of Any Type From Multiple Devices for Free with Amazon Prime. Can you say AWESOME? Now you can use multiple devices to both upload and view images for FREE. One of device you can view your images with is a Samsung Smart TV (Check- got that for Father’s Day) In a new […]
Get Ready for the Holidays What to Shoot and How to Shoot It
Use these 4 tips tips to capture beautiful holiday photos this season. These tips will help you with shooting, posing, and lighting. You’ll be able to get everything done quickly so you’ll spend more time enjoying your holidays instead of chasing the shot. As a bonus at the end of the article you’ll get a tip on lens […]
Photo of The Day 11/01/14
Today’s featured photographer is Phil Capadouca at Capadouca Photography. He submitted this Fireworks Image to our Page Earlier today. If you would like to be featured here on our website make sure to post your images to our Facebook page. I really like this image. Good job Phil. If you like this image let Phil […]
FREE Camera+ app for your iPhone or iPad
(DEADLINE November 16th) You can get one of the most popular camera apps for the iPhone absolutely free from right now until November 16th. (WARNING) It’s not as simple as just downloading it from the app store. There’s a little workflow that must be applied in order to make this happen. “Improves on almost every aspect […]
Photographing REAL Corpses for a Living- Happy Dia De Los Muertos
(Warning- Photos of corpses) Today is Dia de Los Muertos- Day of the dead. So I thought I would commemorate the day with this nifty little set of images. If you think it’s hard being a modern photographer think about what it must’ve been like back in the Victorian era. It seems way back then that […]
Master High Contrast Landscapes in Lightroom with these Easy Steps
If you have Lightroom you can use these simple steps to post process difficult landscapes with ease. High contrast landscapes are notoriously hard to process. Most people resort to exposure bracketing and HDR. The problem with that is when you convert any image to HDR many times it takes away some of the true reality or […]
How To Create a Halloween Photo Booth In Your Garage
Every year since 2007 Chris MacAskill has been hosting a Halloween photo booth in his garage. He is the cofounder of SmugMug. It started out simple and has evolved over time. He started out with one light and is now using a three light set up. He added an industrial smoke machine and, this year […]