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Daily Archives: March 3, 2011

45 Tutorials And Techniques To Become A Master Of Photography

This post showcases a list of useful and unique photography related tutorials that will help you learning the skills of a trained photographer. The field of photography has extensively grown over the past few years to such a huge industry with millions of photographers emerging every day around the globe and mastering their skills in different areas of photography. Most of these are Photoshop tutorials and useful therefore, also there are a number on actually taking pictures. Here are some of the subject areas covered: Dual View Photo Editing in Photoshop, Infrared Photography Technique, Self Portrait Photography Guide, Street Photography Explained, Changing Hair Color, Colorizing Black-And-White Photos, Professional Photograph Restoration Workflow, Well worth a look here

You might also want to visit our website where you will find many courses that we run that also cover many of these thechniques

Shooting a Product Photo That Tells a Story

In the United States, around $400 billion is spent on advertising each year. That’s “billion” with a “b.” A slice of that goes to producing photos for those advertisements. Commercial photographers can make a career out of shooting objects for advertisements, and in this tutorial, I’ll walk you through the process. I’ll explain how to decide about props, setting, lighting and toning. Mastering the “product shot” could lead to your next six-figure income (or maybe just some great eBay auctions) – either way it will be fun. Full article here..