Category: How To
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New Orleans 4th of July Firework Photography Quick Tips Video from Zack and WWL
Take a look at my segment on WWL-TV’s “Tips from the Pro” where I discuss the most basic principals of successful firework photography…Location, Stabilization, and Remote Operation. Click the link below to learn for yourself before the fireworks on July 4th at the Dueling Barges Show on the Mississippi River!
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How To Tuesday #31 – Keeping Your Copyright or Cash Out?
“Know when to walk away…know when to run…” Don Schlitz, Writer The Gambler, made #1 by Kenny Rogers. Don was a smart guy. After shopping the song around a few times, he recorded it himself. It never went above #65 on the charts until Kenny Rogers got his pipes (and hair!) on it. Don never…
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How To Tuesday #30 -Location Scouting Head Shots 101!
Location Scouting for the Perfect Headshot. You Should Lose Some Sleep Over It! I think photographing the perfect head shot should be an intense job. You should lose sleep over the head shot, you should adequately scout locations even for the simplest portrait. It’s always the unassuming jobs that have the most hidden outcomes. I have…
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How To Tuesday #29 Understanding Shutter Speed: From Cotton Candy to Frozen Droplets!
In this week’s How to Tuesday Photography Techniques and Tips, we will splash into a better understanding of the effects of different shutters speeds on moving water. I recently spent a short weekend in the beautiful hills of Brevard, North Carolina shooting a wedding. On my way back I went the long way (duh!) and made…
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How To Tuesday #28 – What is the Magnetic Lasso tool and how do I use it?
In this week’s How To Tuesday Photo Techniques and Tips we’ll learn what the Magnetic Lasso Tool is and how to use it. Enjoy this short video tutorial while you work along side in Photoshop! Don’t forget to sign up for your weekly email of Photo Galleries, Workshops, and Videos!
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YOUR GUIDE TO NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES AND HOW TO SUCCEED!
How to Improve Your Night and Long Exposure Photography Who doesn’t love great long exposure night photography? I can speak for myself, I love looking at it and I love making it happen. There’s an unexplainable joy that comes from creative night photography. I have been teaching New Orleans longest running Night Photography course…
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How To Tuesday #26 – “Why Buy When You Can Try? Dirty Coast to Deftones: My Professional Experience with Renting Lenses”
As all photographers know it sometimes takes a lifetime to own just the right gear you can need for any type of shoot. Not only is the best gear usually the most expensive, but there is always some sort of “upgrade” or “v 2.1” right around the corner just teasing your inquisitive nature. As our…
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How To Tuesday #25 – Part 2 of Anatomy of a Commercial Portrait Shoot
If you remember in the last installment of How To Tuesday’s “Anatomy of a Commercial Portrait Shoot” we talked about what kind of set up and logistics went into our recent shoot with New Orleans based St. Charles Vision. Let’s take a look at what all that hard work gets us, and then i’ll fill…
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How To Tuesday #25 – Photography Philosophy to get you Inspired
Phil-os-o-phy fəˈläsəfē/ noun the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. a particular system of philosophical thought. plural noun: philosophies “Schopenhauer’s philosophy” the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience. “the philosophy of science” synonyms:thinking, thought, reasoning “the philosophy of Aristotle” I…
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How to Tuesday #24 Anatomy of a Commercial Shoot : Behind the Scenes with St. Charles Vision
I really do love a good creative collaboration. In the last few years I have had the opportunity to work with so many talented local creative industries, businesses, and individuals that I look at every working opportunity now as a collaboration and not just a job. When I am hired for a photoshoot I want…