The Ultimate Guide on How to Add a Border in Photoshop
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The Ultimate Guide on How to Add a Border in Photoshop

Using Photoshop to add borders to your photo is faster and easier than you think. Plus, there are several Photoshop borders to choose from, so you can add custom flair! Read on to learn how to add a border using Photoshop. How to Create a Solid Border Sometimes it’s best to choose a solid color…

Simple Tips for Using the Lightroom Adjustment Brush Tool
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Simple Tips for Using the Lightroom Adjustment Brush Tool

[textad]Inside this tutorial you’re going to learn how to use the Lightroom Adjustment Brush tool. If you are looking for an editing shortcut – you’ll love our Cole’s Classroom adjustment brush presets!  Click here right now to check em out, they are on sale today![/textad] Have you ever had a photo that needed some adjusting…

How to Seamlessly Match Skin Tones in Photoshop
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How to Seamlessly Match Skin Tones in Photoshop

  Regarding photography, human skin presents the most complex and varied range of colors of any subject. While it’s possible to easily match skin tones by eye, our eyes are imperfect and often play tricks on us. When it comes to how to match skin tones in photoshop, a more technical approach is necessary. Today,…

Your Comprehensive Family Photography Pricing Guide
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Your Comprehensive Family Photography Pricing Guide

Many family photographers are great at documenting memories but when it comes to pricing our photography services, we can agree that at one point or another pricing our family photography services was a struggle.  If you’re struggling with pricing your photography services just know you’re not alone. That’s right, *exhale*, many photographers have admitted that…

4 Easy Tips to Help you Plan Mini Sessions
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4 Easy Tips to Help you Plan Mini Sessions

Mini sessions are a great way to give clients a short preview of what it’s like to work with you. But how do we successfully plan mini sessions? If you’ve ever hosted a mini session, you most likely hosted it during a certain season and depending on the amount of sessions you book, it can…

Easter Mini Sessions (That Will Even Impress the Easter Bunny)
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Easter Mini Sessions (That Will Even Impress the Easter Bunny)

Easter always seem to be around the corner (anyone else lose track of 2020)?! Planning and executing Easter mini sessions can be a really feel stressful at first, but with some proper organization, they can be a fun addition to what you can offer your amazing clients! What is an Easter Mini Session? Easter mini…

Grow Your Love for Valentine Mini Sessions
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Grow Your Love for Valentine Mini Sessions

Who doesn’t love photos full of love? Valentine’s Day is a great time to get out of your comfort zone and run some fun mini sessions. Sometimes the idea of running mini sessions can bring about stress, but trust us, mini sessions can be fun AND a vaulable part of your business. Here are some…

Find Your Focus Podcast: Episode 48
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Find Your Focus Podcast: Episode 48

How One Photographer booked 33 Session in Her First 30 Days of Business with CC Seder How you launch your business is what determines how quickly you book clients and earn a steady income. Today we speak with CC Seder, a full-time special needs teacher and photographer who booked 33 mini-sessions in her first 30…

Your Guide to (Stress-Free) Fall Mini Sessions
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Your Guide to (Stress-Free) Fall Mini Sessions

The fall season can really get busy, as the weather tends to be nice, and the holidays are soon upon us! This is a great time to get out of your comfort zone and run some fall mini sessions. Maybe just the thought of mini sessions bring about panic and heart palpitations, but they don’t…

How Free Mini Sessions Helped Grow My Business
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How Free Mini Sessions Helped Grow My Business

Yes, I offer free mini sessions in my photography business.   No, I’m not crazy.  At least not for that reason.   Today, I’ll share with you how I structure my mini-sessions, why I occasionally offer them for free and how that has helped grow my business. The Origin of the Free Mini Session I struggled with…

Find Your Focus Podcast: Episode 40
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Find Your Focus Podcast: Episode 40

Avoiding Sparkly Object Syndrome: Top Investments for Your Business Episode 40: Show Notes. As photographers, it is always easy to get excited about the latest and greatest piece of equipment and imagine how it will be improving our photos and upping our game. In this episode, we explore why this mindset can often be the…

How to Seamlessly Select Hair in Photoshop
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How to Seamlessly Select Hair in Photoshop

Photoshop is a fantastic tool for many purposes, such as editing wedding photos or creating graphics for logos and other marketing materials. Another everyday use of Photoshop is editing people onto different backgrounds, but hair makes this extremely difficult. It’s wispy and has hundreds of intricate pixels that need to be fit inside a single…

What Is Aperture Priority Mode on Your DSLR?
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What Is Aperture Priority Mode on Your DSLR?

A handy camera mode is aperture priority. Aperture priority mode helps you take beautiful photos without constantly changing your settings, making it an excellent tool for beginner photographers.  Aperture priority gives you full control over the light you let in, and it is a wonderful time-saving tool. The only other mode that lets you control…