What is Photoshop's Lasso Tool? The lasso tool is one of several selection tools used in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements and is great to use when you need to select of a particular area of your image. The Photoshop ...

We are so EXCITED to announce our upcoming collaboration with the AMAZING Maribella Portraits for a 2-DAY WORKSHOP in Chicago, Illinois. This Workshop will focus on finding the artist inside of YOU! We will discuss ...

Basics of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) This post is an introduction to editing RAW files in Adobe Camera Raw (often referred to as ACR), and assumes that you have a working knowledge of the difference between RAW and JPEG ...

Becoming a Wedding Photographer I adore wedding photography! Without a doubt, wedding photography can have its challenges but it can also be very rewarding! In this post, I will share some of the personal experiences...

How to Use Leading Lines & Curves for Better Composition Sometimes it is hard to photograph outside where there are unpredictable backgrounds. Have you ever taken a photo that you loved (like, really loved) only ...

How to Use the Photoshop Marquee Tool Today we will be taking a look at how to make selections with the Marquee tool in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. To illustrate the marquee tool, I am going to focus on making ...

How to Hold a Camera While it's important to hold your camera in a way that feels natural to you, it's also just as important to hold the camera in a way that will prevent blur and unsharp images due to camera shake....

Have you ever wondered how to blur the edges of your image in Photoshop to enhance the depth of field around the subject of your image? The beautiful Pretty Actions Film Collection for Photoshop, makes it super easy ...

How to Deal With Constructive Critique on Your Photos If you are a member of one or more of the plethora of Facebook photography groups or forums for photographers, you have probably seen posts of others asking for a...

Photoshop Curves Tutorial Many new Photoshop users don't know where to start when it comes to learning the basics of the program. While Photoshop is quite complicated, it doesn't need to take years to become comforta...

How to Apply Sky Overlays in Photoshop Who wants to learn about the truly magical Pretty Actions Photoshop Sky Applicator actions and see them in action? Who wants to see the beautiful Sky Overlays you can use to rep...

Being a new photographer can be a little intimidating and being a first time wedding photographer can be downright TERRIFYING! I know its not typical, but I was never very nervous when I started out in wedding photog...

Do you want to learn how to apply actions to multiple images in Photoshop? Or would you like to know how to apply several actions to an image with just a single click? In this tutorial, I will explain how simple it i...

Why I Changed to In-Person Sales (IPS) About 3 years into my business, I was facing burnout. I was shooting sessions all weekend long from sun up to sun down, staying up until 2 am to finish my edits and upload to ga...

What is a 365 Photo Project? I just finished my second 365 photo challenge a few weeks ago. Now having completed two 365 projects, I've learned A LOT about what it takes to complete one of these photography projects....

Photographing Children with Animals What’s cuter than a bunny? An adorable child gently snuggling it, of course. As an animal lover, some of my favorite child portraits are those that include furry animal friends. T...

Optimizing Images for Web and Print Not all file types and color modes are created equal, so when it comes image files, there are a few easy steps you can follow to optimize your image for whatever platform or media ...

Facebook Photo Settings Have you ever uploaded an image to Facebook and noticed that somewhere between editing and the final uploaded image on Facebook, something was lost in translation? Maybe your image looked too ...

How to Restore Old Photos in Photoshop A question that has been asked quite a few times recently our community is how to digitally restore old family photos that originated on film. We all have them: cherished vintag...

Monitor Calibration In this post, we will look at why monitor color calibration is so important, and how you can calibrate your screen in order to ensure the images you photographed look their very best, both when ...

My husband and I just celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary. But besides getting a super awesome husband and a shiny new ring out of the deal, my wedding taught me some very valuable lessons that have since helpe...