Photography Concentrate

Great composition can do many wonderful things for your images, but one of its most important functions is to direct the viewer’s attention where you want it to go. Unfortunately it’s very easy to make little mistakes that end up becoming super distracting. Luckily, it’s just as ...

Have you ever seen a photo that seemed a bit unreal. It might look like it was taken from an impossible perspective. Or it might have a depth of field or selective focus that doesn’t seem natural.

This is likely the work of tilt-shift photography. Tilt-shift photography involves the ...

Sorting your images and choosing between similar photos is always a tricky task. How to decide which one is stronger?? It’s more of an art than a science, and takes practice! To help you with process here’s another episode of Side by Side! 

This video will help give ...

A great fireworks shot is one of those photographic bucket list kind of images. You gotta get at least one in your lifetime! If you didn’t snag one this past Canada Day or Independence Day, here are some tips for you!

Camera Settings:

Camera: Canon 5DMKII
Lens: 35mm f ...

Lightroom 3 has a ton of different keyboard shortcuts that will help you move through your editing workflow faster. If you’d like to take a peek at the shortcuts for each module click on the “Help” menu and then “Library Module Shortcuts…” (or if you’re in the Develop ...

We’re really going to jump into this Getting The Shot series, as we hope it gives some valuable (and enjoyable!) insight. Often you can learn as much from the discussion of one image as you can from studying broad theories. 

Today’s photo is from our trip to Peru ...

Have you ever looked at a photo and wondered “How’d they get that shot?” If yes then this new series of blog posts is for you! We’ll be sharing the details behind our images to give you insight into the process taken to get the shot.

Let’s ...

For a long time Adobe Photoshop has been known as the reigning champion of image editing programs. The term “photoshop” has even worked its way into the language of popular culture. People know that to “photoshop” something means to digitally alter an image. Just look at the glossy magazine covers ...

Lightroom will surprise you.

Many photographers see it as a tool for basic adjustments, like exposure, white balance, and contrast, but think that creative processing needs to be done in Photoshop. Once you really dig into Lightroom, however, you’ll see that you can do so much neat stuff, it ...

Editing weddings and portraits provides a unique challenge for photographers. After a few hours to a day of shooting you’re left with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of images to work through. Timelines are tight, and you’re juggling multiple sessions at once.

You want to provide awesome quality to your ...