Color Toning – Episode #15 Thursday

Color toning is a great way to set your images apart from the competition. Whether you are going for a specific look, or just playing around, this is something you could use on every one of your images. Be sure to upload your image in a comment so we can see w...

The Gear List pt.2 – Episode #14 Wednesday

Mar 30 Camera, Lighting, Photography, Video

Avenger A410B Great heavy duty light stands. WhiteLightning X1600 Great Strobe 86" Parabolic reflector Large light source Beauty dish great lighting for portraits Vagabond We recommend getting the newer one Pelican Laptop Case Keeps your laptop safe outsi...

The Gear List pt.1- Episode #13 Tuesday

Mar 29 Camera, Lighting, Photography, Video

In this episode we go over some of the gear we use to make our images....

Brightening Eyes – Episode #12 Monday

Mar 28 Photoshop, Styling, Video

This is a great way to make eyes stand out in an image. We are going to be brightening them up. There are like 100 ways to do this, but we will be covering one of them today. Simple and easy. We will be using the Brush Tool, Layers, Overlay, Color Dodge, Gauss...

White Balance – Episode #11 Friday

Mar 25 Color, Photoshop, Video

It is always best to get your white balance right in camera, however you are not doomed to spend life in a blue colorcast if you don’t. You can change this on your computer using Lightroom or Photoshop as well if you shoot in RAW. Learn about white balance m...

That Bling Thing – Episode #10 Thursday

Mar 24 Photoshop, Styling, Video

Sometimes the bling comes knocking, we show you how to answer the door. Click HERE to download the BLING BRUSH from this episode....

The Great Debate Nikon vs. Canon – Episode # 9

Mar 23 Camera, Photography, Video

Avery’s got her very first camera! A Canon 5D Mark II!! We’ve also gotten a Canon BG-E6 battery grip, an extra Canon LP E-6 battery pack, Canon E1 Hand strap (not seen in video :’(), and a SanDisk Extreme 16GB Compact Flash Card. Watch us unwrap and put ...

Removing Blemishes – Episode #8

Mar 22 Photoshop, Retouching, Video

The Phlearn release was absolutely amazing! Thank you so much everyone for helping us build a community around learning Photography and Photoshop. Looks like all the excitement has caused Aaron to break out, lets take care of that. To do this we will be using ...

Adding A Light Source – Episode #7

Mar 21 Enhancing, Photoshop

We are going to be adding the SHABAM BAM to an image of Avery on top of her dad’s old super cool truck. We’re adding a new source of light and a lens flare. We’ll be doing this in Photoshop using our gradient tool, layers, stamp visible layer, filters an...

Changing A Dress Color – Episode #6

Mar 20 Color, Photoshop, Video

Using a pressure sensitive tablet (Wacom Intuos 4) we will change Avery’s Bright salmon colored dress to match her mom’s Japanese Magnolia tree buds color. We will do this in Photoshop using layers, selections, color range, blending modes, and the eyedropp...

Wacom Intuos 4 – Episode #5

Mar 18 Photoshop, Retouching

Changes are a comin’. Today we start filming on a Canon 5D Mark II. We also un-box a new Small Wacom Intuos 4 tablet and go over a couple of tips on using one. Pssssst you should get one ;) They’re totally awesome! You can pick one up from our friends a...

Program Mode – Episode #4

Mar 17 Camera, Photography

P Mode aka Program Mode is like a slightly more advanced auto mode. Auto Mode doesn’t let you shoot in RAW exposure compensation or any of those things. Program mode does. It adjusts both your shutter speed and aperture setting at the same time so basically ...

TV Mode – Episode #3

Mar 17 Camera, Photography

TV mode stands for Time Value on Canon. For Nikon it is S for shutter speed (which makes more sense). They both control your shutter speed on the camera. You would shoot in this mode so that you can freeze your subject while they are moving with a fast shutter...

AV Mode – Episode #2

Mar 17 Camera, Photography

Here we are covering the AV mode on your SLR camera. On a Canon it will appear as AV on your camera dial and on Nikon as A. They both stand for Aperture Priority mode. This mode allows you to control the size of the hole in your lens that either gets smaller o...

Bulb Mode – Episode #1

Mar 17 Camera, Photography

Our very first episode! J We’ll be covering the bulb mode on your SLR camera. We shoot with Canon (5D Mark II), but there really isn’t much of a difference between it and Nikon. On a Canon it will appear as a B on your camera dial. Basically in bulb mode y...