Giving clients a great experience doesn’t have to mean lavishing them with expensive gifts or spending oodles of money. But with some planning, time, and effort, you can craft a client experience workflow to create an overall customer experience that wows! Learn: What a relational client experience looks like and how it benefits your business….
Before we learn how to delete a Lightroom catalog, let’s address one crucial question. What is a catalog in Lightroom? A Lightroom catalog is the location responsible for housing your Lightroom photos. It also stores image previews and other essential information. Your Lightroom catalog is usually on your hard drive. But you can choose to…
From Canon to Nikon and everything in between, tons of DSLR cameras are excellent for beginners. Knowing which one to choose can be the most challenging part of starting a new photography hobby. To make the process a little easier, we’ve gathered a list of the best DSLR cameras for beginners. We’ll briefly go over…
Afterlight 2 is a popular photo or image editor app available for iPhone users. Coming from Afterlight Collective, Inc, this version is a complete overhaul of the Afterlight app. Powerful and inexpensive, this Afterlight app makes the process of enhancing photos easy for everyone with many useful tools. If you are deciding whether to purchase…
Photo stitching to create panoramas is a great way to take a set of images, sometimes thousands, and create a new and exciting picture out of them. For instance, according to Business Insider, one of the world’s most large scale photos was created using panoramic photography, stitched together using billions of pixels. The photo is…
Even with the best camera and skillful exposure adjustments, your photograph can still turn out looking flat or dull. Sometimes the light isn’t quite right for that vibrant image you were imagining (like the one above). However, there is a perfect tool to enhance your image during post-processing: curves. How to Use Curves in Photoshop…
Adding textures to your photographs during edits is one of the most creative techniques you can use to add an extra dimension to your photos. Textural overlaying is a fun and easy process that lets you have the creative freedom to improve your photo edits. But when done incorrectly, you can end up with undesirable…
When it comes to editing, Lightroom is a popular creative platform from Adobe. We know it’s possible to tweak and touch up photos, but can we edit video in Lightroom? Not only is it possible, but we can also walk you through how to edit video in Lightroom! Importing Video to Lightroom Start by importing…
Photoshop Actions are a convenient feature. An “action” is a series of tasks you can save and apply to any file you want to edit. You can use this feature to automate some repetitive workflows and get more consistent results when editing images in batches. Photoshop comes with some predefined actions, but you can create…
If you regularly take hundreds (or even thousands of photos), you know all too well the frustration of sifting through the images. But what if we told you there was a way to make this task more manageable with a tool called Photo Mechanic? You may be reluctant to add another photo application to your…
Making a contact sheet isn’t complicated, but whether you’re going through Windows or using options like Contact Sheet II through Adobe Photoshop, creating contact sheets does require a few steps. Here’s your step-by-step guide to how to make contact sheets. Photo by rpavich licensed under CC BY 2.0 How To Make A Contact Sheet Here’s…
If you’re not very familiar with photography terms and concepts, the question of what’s better in medium format vs full frame might sound utterly foreign for you. Fortunately, with a bit of background information, it’s easy to compare the two structures. In this article, we’ll walk you through the similarities and differences between medium…
Cracking the Copywriting Code: How to Connect with Clients on Your Website with Rachel Greiman Episode 29: Show Notes. Grabbing website copy builds trust, proves your value, and can help fill your calendar with bookings. Today, we speak with photographer and copywriter, Rachel Greiman, about how you can write copy that hooks clients. We open…
Being Authentically YOU: 6 Steps for Establishing Your Brand Identity with Abby Grace Episode 27: Show Notes. In order to market anything – your product, your company, or your ideas – you first need to define your unique brand. Your brand is not just the visuals, like your logo and your website, it also encompasses…
Getting Your Life Back – Simple Systems to Save You Time in Your Business with Dahlia Orth, System Strategy Academy. Episode 24: Show Notes. Stress is one of those things that can take the joy out of your photography career, but implementing good systems can help reduce it. Nobody understands systems as well as Dahlia…
What is a shutter count, and why is it important? The shutter count is the number of photos you have taken. While most parts of your device probably won’t damage, the shutter undergoes frequent deterioration throughout its lifetime. Whatever your Canon model, a DSLR can withstand approximately 30,000 to 300,000 shutter actuations before needing a…