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Dramatic Headshot Taken In North Raleigh Studio And A Few Things To Consider

What’s The Intended Use Of Your Professional Headshot? The headshot below is just one of many headshot styles available and there is no set way a headshot has to be done in most cases. It’s often a matter of personal taste and intended purpose. That typically makes the difference in the style used. On the

On Location Commercial Photography Tip: Using Fill Flash To Overcome Shadow

  The images above are from a multi-location full day commercial photoshoot in North Carolina. The images are 2 of 1,400+ images taken that day. In this particular situation, the client wanted part of the outside of the fire truck with the fireman inside the fire truck using the radio equipment. As you can see

Using Gels In Commercial Photography To Create Something Different

YIKES – Neither Image Has Been Through Lightroom Or Photoshop Neither of the images above have been through Lightroom or Photoshop because I wanted you to get a pretty solid comparison without a bunch of post production editing. I did minor tweaking in a free online program, but I didn’t have my wife, who does

My Social Connection With Glyn Dewis All Started With A Kelby One Video And Twitter

Right after Kelby Training (Kelby One) released the video “The Business Side of Glyn Dewis: Becoming a Successful Commercial Photographer,” I watched it and decided to take a step beyond just watching the video. That next step is really what this post is about. Watching a video will do nothing for your photography career unless

So You Have A Growing Photography Business – Great! What’s Your N.R.R. Plan?

Since N.R.R. refers to 3 common areas of business, someone may have mentioned it online. But when I searched, I found NRR (Noise Reduction Ratings) which is not what I am referring to. N.R.R. is something that I made up that I believe makes sense not only for photographers but any business. N.R.R. stands for

Become A Better Photographer Today! – Understand & Practice Depth Of Field “Bokeh”

People typically love images with the “Bokeh” effect. That’s when the backgroud of an image is blurred. It’s created through understanding depth of field (DOF). Controlling depth of field (DOF) is typically the key difference between professional images vs. amateur images. DOF is controlled by thinking through the results that you want to achieve vs. letting