Tuesday Tips #241 The Personal Project
Before you start shooting for your personal project, consider who you are actually shooting for. YOU. Do your best to ditch the concerns of what others will think of it or if it will be deemed interesting to your peer circles and the more you practice this, the easier it will get. Remember, its up to you whether you decide to ever even publish your collection of work and there is no hard and fast rule for a when and where. This project is your chance to give
Tuesday Tips #240 The Personal Project
We aren't ones to fast forward onto the next move without enjoying the present but with a new year comes the beginnings of new projects and if you're in that camp hoping to start up something in 2017, you're going to need to do some planning ahead. If you ask us, personal projects aren't just for fun, they are a necessity to drawing out the creativity of an artist and driving them and their vision forward. Now is the time to sit down with a pen and paper
Un-branding with Sharon McKeeman || January 2017
UNCOVERING THE ARTIST YOU TRULY ARE AND BUILDING A PLATFORM TO BE HEARD With SHARON MCKEEMAN January 9th – February 10th, 2017 Registration now open Are you frustrated that your branding just isn’t you or is exhausting to keep current? Or are you just starting out and have no branding? Do you feel like your voice as an artist isn’t being heard? You need space for your voice to be heard and your work to be valued. Why spend tons of money and time having someone construct a brand for you? Your
Inside Everyday Beauty with Ginger Unzueta
image via Stephanie Bryan In order to capture the beauty in our everday life, we must first seek it. We must slow down and become aware of our surroundings. During the three week Everyday Beauty workshop, I ask my students to look at their lives with fresh eyes. To seek the light, the details, and the connections within their homes. In addition, they are asked to seek within, to ask why. Mary Funsten Erin Furnia Betty Berg I believe that through this intentionality, gratitude is developed and we become more aware of
Tuesday Tips #239 Master the Group
Once you've marked off the essential group shots you needed and you're ready to call it a wrap, that is when you need to get ready for what could be the best shot of the day. After spending the last hour or so with them, you'll have a good read on your group and you'll know how much fun you can have with them. After suggesting a more casual or relaxed pose, give them a big congrats for doing so well and as they disband, fire away.
Keywording Images in Lightroom – Easier and More Helpful Than You Thought
If you asked me two years ago if I would rather keyword my images in Lightroom or photograph a family reunion of fifty in the mid-day sun, I am pretty certain I would have packed my camera bag and been out the door faster than you can say “CHEESE!” The reality is that going back through thousands of images and assigning appropriate keywords is a mundane task and, for most of us, not worth the effort. However, if you start NOW you will still reap the benefits and