For the past month and for the next several months, our ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner’s are taking an in-depth look at a variety of features of Adobe Photoshop Extended. The tutorials, put together by Total Training Online, cover a variety of features, from non-destructive editing, to using various tools like the lasso tool (the video today looks at the precurser to the lasso tool: the marquee tool), to more complicated topics like using layers. While these short, weekly videos are packed full of great tips and tricks, if you want to get the most out of Adobe Photoshop Extended, you may want to check out the Total Training Online and DVD Software Training full packages (like photography classes, but you can do it all online on your own time). I’ve used Total Training myself, and I highly recommend them - check out their library of online classes today. Read more »

Last week, in our continuing look at DIY Photography in our 'Photography Monday' Video Corner videos, we learned about monitors & calibration. This week we take a look at "Delta E Tolerance" - what it is and how to test your tolerance with the Pilot Color Tolerance Exercise. Obviously, unless you get very serious about printing your own photographs, this process is not necessary for you to go through. That being said, it's never a bad idea to know what goes on behind the scenes at your favorite printing lab, right?

For the next several months, our ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner’s are taking an in-depth look at a variety of features of Adobe Photoshop Extended. The tutorials, put together by Total Training Online, cover a variety of features, from non-destructive editing, to using various tools like the lasso tool (the video today introduces the selection process and tools), to more complicated topics like using layers. While these short, weekly videos are packed full of great tips and tricks, if you want to get the most out of Adobe Photoshop Extended, you may want to check out the Total Training Online and DVD Software Training full packages (like photography classes, but you can do it all online on your own time). I’ve used Total Training myself, and I highly recommend them - check out their library of online classes today. Read more »

Today we continue our look at DIY Photography in our ‘Photography Monday’ Video Corner’s by learning about some of the equipment we could use to print our own photographs - specifically looking at monitors (EIZO Monitors discussed specifically in the video) and how to apply the 18% grey test to your monitor. A lot of the equipment and printing concepts discussed in these videos are probably beyond what most of us will attempt ourselves with our own photography, but it’s always neat to see how it could be done.  Read more »

For the next several months, our ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner’s are taking an in-depth look at a variety of features of Adobe Photoshop Extended. The tutorials, put together by Total Training Online, cover a variety of features, from non-destructive editing (the video today), to using various tools like the lasso tool, to more complicated topics like using layers. While these short, weekly videos are packed full of great tips and tricks, if you want to get the most out of Adobe Photoshop Extended, you may want to check out the Total Training Online and DVD Software Training full packages (like photography classes, but you can do it all online on your own time). I’ve used Total Training myself, and I highly recommend them - check out their library of online classes today. Read more »

For the next several months, our ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner’s are going to take an in-depth look at a variety of features of Adobe Photoshop Extended. The tutorials, put together by Total Training Online, cover a variety of features, from simply using color correction (the video today), to using various tools like the lasso tool, to more complicated topics like using layers. While these short, weekly videos are packed full of great tips and tricks, if you want to get the most out of Adobe Photoshop Extended, you may want to check out the Total Training Online and DVD Software Training full packages (like photography classes, but you can do it all online on your own time). I’ve used Total Training myself, and I highly recommend them - check out their library of online classes today. Read more »

This week, the ‘Photography Thursday’ edition of our semi-weekly series “Video Corner” looks at a popular printing option known as “gallery wraps,” where the photograph is printed on canvas, and the canvas is wrapped around a wooden frame. The video today looks at the various wooden frames used for gallery wraps, and specifically at adjustable and strainer stretcher bars. Obviously not everyone will print their photographs on gallery wraps, and many that do will end up ordering from places like Mpix.com or Posterjack.ca instead of making the wraps themselves. Either way, thougn, it’s always interesting to see how these photography products are assembled. Read more »

The ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner this week continues with our look at the Adobe Bridge (part of the Adobe Creative Suite) as we look at the Image Processor in Adobe Photoshop - what it does, and how to us it within Adobe Bridge.

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Today’s ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner, a continuation from last weeks video “Video Corner #107: Selling Your Photography” is not a standard ‘Photography Thursday’ video. Instead of learning photography/lighting/camera techniques, we’ll take a look at some of the business aspects of photography, specifically at galleries: how to choose a gallery, how to negotiate and sell your work in galleries, and what types of commissions and compensation to expect from selling your photographs in galleries. The video references the Peter Lik Fine Art Photography Galleries, located throughout the US, as an example gallery. Read more »

While a relatively simple and mundane part of editing photographs in the Adobe Creative Suite, this ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner walks us through how to batch rename a group of photos with a bunch of custom naming parameters included in Adobe Bridge. Read more »

Today’s ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner is not a standard ‘Photography Thursday’ video. Instead of looking at and learning photography techniques, we’ll instead take a look at some of the business aspects of photography. Specifically the video walks us through how to sell your photography. The video explores everything from how to sell your photographs to stores, to what terms to expect and how to work with the retail outlets. The video also looks at licensing your photographs and stock photography. Also, pay close attention to the section that discusses how to increase the perceived value of your photography - it is so easy to do, and it can easily turn your hobby into a full-time profession. Read more »

Continuing with our look into Adobe Bridge, part of the Adobe Creative Suite, today’s ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner looks at how to use and change metadata in the metadata panel of Adobe Bridge. We’ll also specifically look at how to add or change copyright information and color profiles in the metadata of each photograph, as well as how to apply that same data across multiple photographs. Read more »

Today’s ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner takes a closer look at how to set up your table-top studio and lighting to capture the best jewelry photographs. These techniques will work well for any small, shiny object, as well as a bunch of other stuff that you may want to photograph for clients or even auction sites like eBay. The video also specifically discusses how to deal with unwanted reflection, in addition to highlighting certain types of reflections and materials. Read more »

Over the past couple of weeks in our weekly ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner, we’ve been taking a closer look at the Adobe Bridge (the organizational software included with the Adobe Create Suite) with Total Training. You can watch all of the past video’s here if you need to catch up. Today we look at the boring (though important and straight-forward) steps to move and delete images within Adobe Bridge. Read more »

As a continuation of last weeks ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner, “Video Corner #101: How to Take Great Wedding Portraits”, we look specifically at taking great portraits of just the groom. Obviously most tips and techniques discussed can also be applied to portraits of the bride as well… Read more »

One of the best features of the Adobe Bridge (the organizational software included with the Adobe Create Suite) is the great sorting and filtering options available. The ‘Photoshop Monday’ Video Corner today looks at how to rotate images and add keywords, as well as explores some of the great sorting and filtering options in the filtering pane of Adobe Bridge. Read more »

It’s the first day of July, and for most wedding photographers, it’s already well into the busy season. If you’re photographing your first wedding this summer, or you’ve been a wedding photographer for decades, today’s edition of our ‘Photography Thursday’ Video Corner will give you some great ideas on how to pose and photograph newlywed couples. The video has us sit in on part of a wedding portrait session with photographer Clay Blackmore and explores some great wedding couple portraits. Next week, we’ll look specifically at groom wedding portraits. Read more »

In our 100th edition of “Video Corner”, our ‘Photoshop Monday’ video looks at using the Bridge slideshow options and features in Adobe Photoshop.  Read more »

In today’s ‘Photography Thursday’ edition of our regular Video Corner series, we look at the basics of exposure in photography - a good beginners video or refresher for the advanced photographer. While short (less than 3 minutes), it touches on using a light meter and properly exposing photographs with an incident reading of 18% grey. The flow chart mentioned in the video (that will also be refered to in some future video’s) can be downloaded here. Read more »

For the past couple of weeks in the ‘Photoshop Monday’ edition of our semi-weekly segment here on the Corner Blog we simply refer to as “Video Corner,” we’ve been taking a walk through some basics in Adobe Photoshop courtesy of Total Training Online (check out their extensive library of tutorials here). Today we look at specifically how to analyze and group photographs right in the Adobe Photoshop Bridge. Read more »