Photography Concentrate

Lauren stumbled upon a treasure trove of inspiration! The Behance Network (the same folks behind the productivity blog the99percent.com) have a series of art centered blogs known as The Served. 

It probably comes as no surprise that one of those blogs is Photography Served.

There is an incredible variety ...

If there is one thing that every photographer using Lightroom should do it’s turn on “Automatically write changes into XMP” in the Catalog Settings. It’s quick and easy to do and could save you a lot of frustration and hassle later on!

You can find it by clicking ...

We had mentioned TED in a previous inspiration post and today I noticed an amazing photographer who won a TED prize. I think it would be too difficult to describe how incredible the work is that this photographer does, so you just have to go and check it out.

An ...

For most photographers (especially photographers living in colder parts of the world like Canada!) the portrait and wedding photography season is wrapping up. I’m sure a lot of photographers are looking forward to a well deserved break! 

The end of every season is the best time to reflect on ...

If you’re like us when you’re shooting a wedding or portrait session, you probably don’t have time to take a five minute break in the middle of the shoot to think about and focus on photography.

That might sound silly. I mean, you’re in the middle ...

Last night Lauren and I were lucky enough to attend Virsky, a production from the National Dance Company of Ukraine. It was a fantastic, awe-inspiring performance that we both loved! The dancers were incredible; performing feats barely believable. The costumes were intricate and beautiful. And while I’m no dancer ...

On Friday we introduced you to the compare function in Photo Mechanic. Today Lauren walks you through the photos shown in that post, giving her thoughts on each image. Hope you enjoy!

Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments! Do you agree with me? Disagree? Why?

You may remember earlier this summer we posted our review of Photo Mechanic - one of our favorite pieces of photography software! We use Photo Mechanic to quickly import RAW files, as well as sort through and rate them. 

One feature that we neglected to mention in our original review is ...

Recently Lauren and I have been taking our iPad with us while location scouting. It’s pretty amazing to be able to get a satellite overview of an area when you’re looking for a place to shoot.

You’re able to quickly see where roads are and where you ...

A couple sites to check out today!

It’s been a while since our last inspiration Friday so I’m going to try to make it up to you today!

First off I was looking for good inspiration from Japanese street photographers. There’s a Japanese photographer I follow on ...