Nicole Begley, M.Photog.Cr., CPP, is a zoological animal trainer turned pet photographer and educator. She created Hair of the Dog in 2012 to empower pet photographers to turn their dreams into reality by helping them improve their craft and grow their pet photography business.
Nicole has authored a book “Pet and Equine Photography for Everyone”, available on Amazon. She established Nicole Begley Photography in Pittsburgh, PA in 2010 but now serves the market of Charlotte, NC.
Nicole shares her home with her husband, two small humans, and her Puerto Rican rescue dog Zoey. Oh yes, she is also Chief of Staff to Emma the cat. She is the creator of the #selfiedog series, a travel addict, and a chocolate martini connoisseur.
What is the purpose of duplicating the background layer? Since a hue/sat adjustment layer was used, and it comes with the mask to paint the adjustment only where you want it, I was confused by duplicating the background layer when nothing was done to it. Doesn’t that just add to your file size?
Hi CJ, sorry for the super late reply!!! I like to have the adjustment layer as an insurance policy of sorts. If I totally screw it up I can just delete it and my file is still complete below. I don’t worry about file size as I flatten as soon as I do what I need to do and just save as a jpg. I’m not touching these files again after I edit them the first time.
Nicole, thank you SO much for this video – I’ve been struggling for a week and was ready to give up and let my dogs stay green forever… You saved them and my sanity 🙂
yeah!