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As with learning any topic, students usually learn a tremendous amount of information about a topic for the first while, then they reach a certain level of competency and halt all learning.  The same is true with photographers when we get a new camera.  When we first get our hands on a camera, we spend [...]

One of the most frequent questions I have received in the last month has been about back button focus and how to use it on Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras.  In this article you’ll learn what back button focusing is, and how to back button focus for Canon and Nikon cameras. What is back button [...]

Computer monitors do their best to reproduce colors and brightnesses correctly, but each one is slightly different.  In fact, a screen even reproduces photos differently when it starts up compared to the way colors and brightnesses look after the monitor has been running for a while. This is a serious problem for photographers.  We are [...]

by Dustin Olsen Photoshop is overwhelming!! There is no way around it! There is just so much to constantly learn that undoubtedly, at some point, we have all needed someone to show us around and give us a few pointers. Photoshop is the digital photographer’s greatest tool if you know how to use it. Here [...]

by Dustin Olsen   Printing? Does anyone do that anymore in this digital age? More of our photos are finding their way online with our ever growing digital presence. We tweet it, we pin it, we share it. But, some of us have lost the “Print It” button. Offering high quality prints is a GREAT [...]

I often hear portrait photographers lamenting the fact that they don’t have a studio.  I can understand where they are coming from (which is why I’m in the process of buying a studio right now), but I think that most photographers really don’t need a studio at all.  In fact, you can get that “studio [...]

by Dustin Olsen   Need more blur? Go to: Filter > Blur > BINGO! Same with sharpening! But before we “Go to:” anywhere in Photoshop – we need to nail it the camera, first! Simple things such as adding blur or increasing the sharpness are things we can do before making it to Photoshop. We [...]

It is no secret that portrait photography is a big money maker in this industry, but it’s going to take more than just a nice camera to get our clients looking good in front of the camera!  These posing tips are to enhance the ideas we already have… But before the article, I want to [...]

Today we have some big news around ImprovePhotography.com.  Actually… several of them. Celebrate Coupons! But first, I want to thank you by announcing that, I’m giving the biggest discount I’ve ever offered on our online photography classes.  You can save $15 on either the 30-day online portrait photography class, or the 30-day online Beginner photography [...]

Henri Cartier-Bresson is one of the most famous photographers in history.  In fact, we’ve written about him as a famous photographer before.  Cartier-Bresson was the co-founder of Magnum (a photo agency of the day) who brilliantly captured the events and spirit of the 20th century. His life was packed with adventure and excitement, which he [...]