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Is Photoshop Damaging Your Self-Esteem?

by James Somerset
Two photographs of the same woman. In the first she is without make-up. In the second her hair has been styled, make-up applied, photogrphic lighting set up and Photoshop used to digitaly enhance her looks.

You are not as ugly as you think.

Categories Best Videos Tags before and after photoshop, body-image, My Take on It, Photoshop, video, youtube Leave a comment

Interview with Brooke Shaden

by James Somerset

You can Learn to be Creative

Categories Best Videos, Inspiration Tags Brooke Shaden, Composition (Photography), Creativity), How to Generate Ideas for Photographs Leave a comment

Why You Should Never Date a Photographer!

by James Somerset

FUNNY: If you’ve ever dated a photographer, you’ll totally get this!

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Business Owners: Beware This Facebook Error

by James Somerset

If you make money from photography, don’t make this error on Facebook.

Categories Best Videos, Business, Popular Tags advertising, business, facebook, lead generation, marketing, social media Leave a comment

Tag Faces, Organize Your Photo Collections

by James Somerset

This brilliant, free program will help you organize your photo collection using face tagging. It learns who your friends are and then auto-tags them; so you don’t have to.

Categories Best Videos Tags facebook, organize your photographs, software, software (photography), tag faces Leave a comment

How to See Bright, Vivid Images in Your Mind’s Eye

by James Somerset
One side of the image is just an indistinct nothingness, the other a bright, colorful forest scene

Learn to improve the brightness and clarity of the images that you see in your mind’s eye. James Somerset, our lead writer, was unable to visualize images in his mind until he attended a course in London, England. Click to read what James learned…

Categories Best Videos, Popular Tags aphantasia, image streaming, pre-shoot planning 62 Comments

VIDEO: How a DSLR Shutter Works

by James Somerset

This is the best explanation of how a DSLR camera shutter works that I’ve ever seen. Gavin Free from The Slow Mo Guys is an excellent teacher. Watch this!

Categories Best Videos, The Inside Story Tags Photographic equipment & techniques, technical, video, youtube Leave a comment

The Optical Illusion Every Photographer Must See

by James Somerset

This is a ‘must see’ video for any photographer who wonders whether calibrating their screens and setting up daylight illumination is worth the effort.

Categories Best Videos, The Inside Story Tags color balance, illusions, Image Processing, Lightroom, optial illusions, Photoshop, TED Talks, Videos Leave a comment

7 Easy Photography Tips Using Household Objects

by James Somerset

Some clever photography tips here from the Co-operative of Photography. I love tip 2b but tip #4 really frightens me—I’m thinking that Photoshop would be a much better choice to achieve the same effect. The BONUS TIP at the end is easy to do and could save you hundreds of dollars. Well worth a watch. … Read more

Categories Best Videos, Inspiration, Tutorials Tags photography tips, video, youtube Leave a comment

Awesome Travel Photographer’s Video Selfie

by James Somerset

Watch this amazing travel video – 36 countries in just a few minutes. This is how travel selfies should be done! All done with a GoPro and clever editing. When my friend first showed me the tiny little camera he’d bought, I thought it was cute but I wasn’t overly impressed. A few weeks later, … Read more

Categories Best Videos, Inspiration Tags GoPro, video, youtube Leave a comment
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