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How To Easily Remove Color Cast In Photoshop
Photographing pets in grass, or near leafy trees, can result in a funky green color cast on your otherwise adorable subjects. Take your pet photography to the next level by learning how to remove color cast with this quick...
How to Calibrate Your Monitor Using the SpyderX Elite
It's not just the changing seasons that cause temperature shifts! Yep, the color temperature of your computer monitor can "drift" over time, rendering your image colors either too warm or too cool. If you're a professional...
How to Register Photos with the U.S. Copyright Office
In this tutorial, longtime dog photographer Margaret Bryan shares how you can register your pet photos with the U.S. Copyright Office. Listen to our Hair of the Dog Podcast episode with her here where she talks more about...
Terran Bayer Guest Artist of the Month January 2020
Join me in welcoming Terran Bayer to the Hair of the Dog Academy as Guest Artist of the Month for the month of January. Photographing dogs on a paper backdrop in the studio means one thing: dirty, hairy, drooly floors. But...
Haron Haghuis Guest Artist of the Month December 2019
Join me in welcoming Haron Haghuis to the Hair of the Dog Academy as Guest Artist of the Month for the month of December. In his member's only tutorial, he takes us behind the scenes to show the specific conditions he...
Jess Bell Guest Artist of the Month November 2019
Please help me welcome Jess Bell to the Hair of the Dog Academy as Guest Artist of the Month for the month of November. If you have seen Jess's work, you have probably been in awe of how beautiful it is. She is going...
Danica Barreau Guest Artist of the Month October 2019
Please help me welcome Danica Barreau as the Hair of the Dog Academy Guest Artist of the month for the month of October! I must say that I've been an admirer of Danica's (pronounced duh-NEE-kuh) work for a long time and...
The Secret Magical Ingredient
Behind the Scenes at BarkzealandI’m not crying…you’re crying. It all started a little over 3 years ago - I boarded a plane for Barcelona to meet in-person for the first time two colleagues - Kaylee Greer and Charlotte...
Using the Lightroom Adjustment Tools
I don’t know about you, but I love watching other people edit photos! As I was working on my final edits for our models from Barkzealand, I thought you all might enjoy watching this one. In this video, you will see how I...
A Conversation on Equestrian Photography with Shelley Paulson
Join me for a conversation with equestrian photographer extraordinaire Shelley Paulson from Shelley Paulson Photography. We talked about all things equine photography - from how she got started, to why she chose horses,...
Streamlining My Client Booking Process with Dubsado
As you may know, I recently moved from Pittsburgh, PA to Charlotte, NC - and that was the perfect time to re-evaluate my client workflow. One of my main tools for my workflow is Dubsado, which you can check out here. One...
Editing a White Dog in Green Grass
Taking a sneak peek behind the magic of post-processing is something that we all love to do. In this video, I’m sharing with you a full client edit - from RAW file to fully edited and ready to print for a wall piece….in...
Photographing Dogs in the Snow
Shooting in a winter wonderland is usually high on the pet photography bucket list - and for many of us in the northern hemisphere - the chances to do so are just getting started. Shooting in the snow is an entirely...
Pricing Articles
Find a selection of our pricing articles below.
Breaking Down Money Blocks
What money sayings do you catch yourself saying regularly? “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” “You’ve got to work harder to make more.” “You can’t be successful without sacrifice.” “Rich people are greedy.” We all have them, whether conscious or...
Mini-Sessions do not have to equal mini-profits.
I’m addicted to education. I believe that we ALWAYS have more to learn and that we can pull nuggets of gold from many different areas. When one of my fellow Pittsburgh photographers was putting on a workshop on how she runs her Mermaid, Fairy,...
Don’t Pay Me for My Time and Talent
If you’ve looked at any number of photographer’s investment pages I bet you’ve seen the term “time and talent” on many occasions. I’m not going to mince words here….I hate that phrase. Why? A. Your “time and talent” is worth a heck of a lot more...
When Can I Start Charging?
Money. It’s a charged subject. Our culture makes talking about it taboo, and that’s really a shame because that just reinforces whatever money mindset issues we have lurking in our subconscious mind. These can be things that your parents said...
Navigating gift certificates and Black Friday offers
The holidays are almost upon us and that means a flurry of gift purchasing and holiday discounts from companies large and small. It also means that photographers want in on a piece of this holiday purchasing mayhem…but be careful as there are some...
Should I lower my pricing?
“I’m second guessing my pricing. I was very successful last fall, grossing $17,000 in just two months, since then all I have heard is “I love your work but it is not in my budget.” I’m considering lowering my prices, but not sure if that is the...
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