Holding pet photography sessions in local parks is a pretty popular location option, but it can also be one of the most challenging places to create an image. There can be SO MUCH green and not much interest. You can’t...
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Removing Green Color Casts
It’s summer and pet photographers everywhere are cursing the green color cast that is showing up on the white fur of the dogs they are photographing. Luckily, there is a super quick and easy fix…. If you found that video...
Lightroom Classic or Lightroom CC?
What happens when Adobe takes a product that we have been using for years and changes the name of that product while at THE SAME TIME adds a NEW product with the same name as the OLD product? Mass confusion. If you are a...
Remove a leash in Photoshop – without leaving a trace!
You may regularly use the Healing Tools - such as the Patch Tool or Spot Healing Tool for removing a leash in Photoshop - but what do you do when those tools are leaving harsh lines and artifacts on your background? This...
Editing a silhouette image
Creating stunning silhouette images is a piece of cake once you know some handy little Lightroom secrets to bring amazing color out of your raw file. Check out this image that I captured recently in Florida - a state that...
How $10 Can Drastically Improve Your Photography
The Easy Button. Staples sure does make that sound appealing, don’t they? While there isn’t an easy button in photography or post-processing…there is an easy button for white balance. Enter the Grey Card. You can find a...
Behind the Curtain of my International Print Competition Case
The 2016 International Print Competition is in the books. If you aren’t familiar with the International Print Competition (IPC), it’s pretty much the Superbowl of Photography. Professional Photographers of America (PPA)...
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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