Category: How To
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How to use the Healing Brush and Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop to clean up your images : How To Tuesday #17
I am super excited to debut a new format for How To Tuesday : The Video Tutorial. Bare with me in the early stages of this new way of teaching, I may run a little long winded here and there but it’s great information! Today we will go “behind the scenes” on some of my…
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How To Tuesday #16 – The Anatomy of a Photograph: An inside look into the photographer’s settings and metadata
I often have people ask me what my settings were on portrait and documentary shoots so that they may gain understanding about the HOW and WHY of a photograph. I have never been one to hide how I make my photographs and I am happy to share with you a little “behind the scenes” look…
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Want to Improve Your Instagram Photography ? Instagram Tips for Photographers and First Timers!
https://www.instagram.com/zacksmith_photography/ – Get These Tips and More on my Instagram Feed! Let’s Connect! I am sure by now you have all heard of Instagram. Photographers, if you are not on Instagram right now, that progress bar on your App download of Instagram should be inching closer to OPEN right NOW! Wether you use Instagram or…
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How To Tuesday #14 Our Guest Blogger Blake Haney Talks Creative Collaboration!
As photographers and imaging artists know, the word “workflow” can mean many things. Workflow for me is an evolving process of how I see my world and I how I relate the story to it’s medium. There are so many ways to tell a story, and now with the increasing number of social media platforms; an…
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How To Tuesday #13 – Teaching the Old Dog a New Trick: Lightroom for Dummies and online photography education DIY-style.
After 15+ years of being a staunch Photoshop guy (I do remember Photoshop 1. I swear) I have just opened the Pandora’s Box of Lightroom. So many photographers around me have been using and enjoying the power of Lightroom’s editing, organization, and workflow for many years. I felt that it was time to integrate it…
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How to tuesday #12 – How you can keep Shooting for the Wall! Top Blogging Platforms that can help you share your work
If you’ve ever taken a class from me via the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts or one of my photography workshops, you have most likely heard me say “Shoot for the Wall”. These three words have been fueling my inspiration for photography since my early days and since then I have made them my philosophy.…
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HOW TO TUESDAY #11 – The Anatomy of an Advertising Photoshoot: Why Client Meetings, Location Scouting, and Prep Work is so Important. Part 2 of 2
In HOW TO TUESDAY #9 we talked about how important it was to have face to face meetings with clients. I feel that no matter how large or small the client or how small or grand the budget may be it is so important to use face to face meetings as your #1 fact finding mission…
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How To Tuesday #10 – Taking Your Own Photo Medicine
First off – you guys will have to wait untill next Tuesday for Part 2 of “Anatomy of an Advertising Photoshoot” as I am still on a vacation and couldn’t get it out in time. But I am happy to share that How To Tuesday really does work! I am able to really take my…
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Tips for E-Commerce Product Photography/My Dog Tonka makes his debut on Amazon.com / Special Promo Code Inside!
My dog is famous. Your dog may be on the internet via Instagram, Facebook, or the many photos you took of them on your cell phone. I’m not bashing, I’m just saying my dog is famous. My 10 month old Old English Bulldog is indeed internet famous by way of our many Facebook posts and…
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HOW TO TUESDAY #8 – how to get better photographs of the full moon on Christmas night
Did you know there will be a full moon on Christmas night? If you are like me, you’ll want to make sure you get some practice in for when Santa crosses in front of the moon so you don’t miss your chance to get a once in a lifetime shot. The choice is wether to silhouette Santa…