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Make Your Landscapes Magic With Photoshop
A student on a Death Valley photography workshop I recently taught groused, “My problem is that when I take a picture of a sand dune, it looks like a sand dune. It doesn’t look like art.” It’s a...
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How To Create Secret Watermarks For Your Photos
As photographers we all have that moment of sheer and utter terror when we discover that it is possible for someone to steal our photos. It doesn’t even have to happen to us, we just have to see it...
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Why I Don’t Charge An Hourly Rate
You will never get rich charging an hourly fee. Clients will often ask you to provide an hourly quote for photography or a day rate. Personally I do not have much of an issue with a day rate because...
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When (High End) Gear Does & Doesn’t Matter
For the most part I’m the kind of guy that likes to believe in that silly notion that your gear doesn’t matter. Though there are always two sides to a coin and so there are times where gear does...
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Why Umbrellas Are Such A Great Light Shaping Tool And How To Get The Most Out...
As photographers one of our biggest challenges is the proper control of light so that we can create photographs that best represent our creative vision. Because of this a huge industry has exploded...
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Photography Accessories You Might Not Have
Best of the (Kinda) Little Things So here’s a list of some useful little accessories you might want to consider picking up. Though before we start I just want to say I wanted to make a simple list of...
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Phlearn Presents a Master Workshop With Jaime Ibarra
We’re thrilled to be hosting a master workshop taught by professional photographer Jaime Ibarra! Join us for a full day of knowledge as Jaime goes over every detail of composition, camera settings,...
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8 Ways To Expand Your Creativity
Creativity is the most important skill a photographer has in his or her arsenal. You could buy every piece of gear and master every possible technical skill but without creativity your work will never...
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3 Life Lessons From the Road
Last week I took a road trip down the west coast of the USA and it was the best thing I have done for myself this year. Going from Seattle where I had an amazing time at CreativeLIVE down through...
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Do You Have A Future In Professional Photography
At the beginning of the movie Press Pause Play, the musician Moby says “Now everybody is a photographer, everybody is a musician and everybody is a filmmaker“. This sentiment is echoed by author Dane...
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Amazing Trick For Refining Masks In Photoshop
The Brush Tool Gets Better Photoshop has an impressive arsenal of tools when it comes to creating and refining masks. But there’s one little tool that’s so powerful, so almost-magical in its...
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Going Smaller, The Myriad of Mirrorless
Today we’re going to talk about just how awesome mirrorless cameras are and why you should probably be at least taking a look at them if you’re looking to get a new camera. You know assuming you...
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Curves
Phans of Phlearn are already familiar with Curves as one of the most powerful luminosity and color adjustment tools in Photoshop. Whether you’re adding contrast, brightening shadows, or giving a kiss...
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Leveraging Composition To Create Compelling Photographs
Composition is more important than almost any technical decision yet it is something that can often be impossible to quantify. Some photographers can instinctively create images of amazing composition...
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Making Your Photos Looks Their Sharpest
How best to make your images look their sharpest has always been a key aspect of our craft. One of the quickest ways to make your photos look more “professional” is by making them critically sharp. No...
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Maximize Image Quality in 8 Easy Steps
Photoshop has a legendary array of editing tools at your disposal: Curves, Levels, Color Balance, Saturation, Gradient Maps, Channel Mixer, etc. Each allows you to apply unique effects to your images,...
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Getting The Most Out Of A Critique
One of the most useful tools a growing artist has at his or her disposal is the ability to gather critique. It doesn’t matter whether the critique is coming from an expert, peer, or even a customer. A...
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5 Great Apps That Can Help Improve Your Photography Business
There is this rumour going around that we photographers have a tendency to be a pretty busy breed. Apparently we tend to live and breathe our craft leaving little room in our lives for anything else....
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Shedding Light On How To Clear Up High Key Flare
Earlier this week a photographer that I have been training had her very first client shoot. Teary eyed I offered to come along for moral support and to watch my little birdie take her first step from...
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How Lightroom Can Come To The Rescue When Your Images Go MIA.
It was a rainy, evocative, day in Vancouver when I received a rather flustered call from a good friend. She had recently been shooting on location down south and her laptop had run out of storage...
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