Photography Concentrate

iPhoto is pretty amazing. Seriously. It can take an entire collection of images and, with one click, instantly create a complete album layout. One click and your design is done. Even if you have a solid album workflow, and create a lot of templates to help speed the process up ...

Option #1: Albums can be super duper easy and profitable with an awesome workflow.

Option #2: Albums can be insanely frustrating, take up a TON of time, and eat up your profits with an inefficient workflow.

I don’t know about you, but the first option sounds a lot better ...

Albums rock. That’s a fact. If you aren’t offering them to your clients, you are seriously missing out. Big time.

We’re going to start chatting a LOT about albums, and how they can (and probably should!) become the cornerstone of your wedding/portrait photography business.

Today let ...

Emails are like a mountain. There’s a big pile, sometimes sky high, and you need to get to the top.

Some days you look at that mountain, decide it’s just too scary, and hide. The problem? The next day, when you look to see if you can make ...

Is managing email an overwhelming task that leaves you tired and frustrated? They just never seem to stop! As photographer you likely have to balance multiple email accounts—both business and personal—and trying to keep track of everything can really slow you down. Or cause something to slip through ...

Photosynth is a free iPhone app developed by Microsoft that allows you to shoot and share 3D Panoramas from your iPhone!

See an example of one of the panoramas below (Note: You may need to install Microsoft’s free Silverlight plugin)

The El Ateneo Grand Splendid Bookstore

Anyone with an ...

Do you have a difficult time keeping track of what you need to do for all your clients? When you’re dealing with wedding and portrait clients there are often numerous steps that need to be completed in a particular order. Anyone who has fallen behind with their work will ...

You know those photos that just have a magic quality to them? There is just something about them that makes you feel happy? Well, often that magical feel is because of the light. All you need to do is find the right stuff!

This week we chatted about window light ...

In our last video we talked about window light, and how it’s this amazing light that’s all around your home! Sweet!

But as cool as window light is, you might not get to use it very often. If you shoot weddings or portraits, you’ll probably find yourself ...

Did you know that you already own one of the most effective, variable, and attractive lighting setups in all of photography? In fact, you probably own at least 5 of them.

They’re commonly known as windows.

Yep, window light is a wondrous thing. It’s free, all over the ...

More traffic on your blog means more eyes on your work. And if more people are looking at your work, you would hope that the increased exposure would lead to an increase in sessions booked. Unfortunately this isn’t always the case!

Lets take a look at a common problem ...

You’ve heard that you should be blogging if you’re a photographer. You’ve seen more and more shooters with blogs. Heck, you’ve probably even started one yourself! But do you know why that blog is so critical, and the most important things you need to do to ...

Storyboard is a workflow tool that lets you create magazine style layouts for your blog insanely fast. Like this snazzy one:

Sounds decent right? Let me tell you, this tiny piece of software is going to save you SO much time and SO much frustration.

See, if you are a ...