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How To: Photograph Pets with Holiday Lights
It's getting to that time of year again when the festive season is starting to build up. Do you know what that...
MTog Bonus: Pony & People Posing
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The SpyderCube for perfect basics
If I told you there was a tiny tool that you could photograph to help you get perfect white balance, exposure and...
How to shoot boisterous dogs
Every week we get asked to show a dog that isn't a trained model on a session, the thing is, almost none of our shoots...
How to avoid reflections in studio photography
To avoid reflections in studio photography from your off-camera flash, you have to first understand the angle of...
How to export photos from Photoshop
Exporting from Photoshop is a minefield and almost everyone has had banding, blurry bits, overly horrendous...
How to tone greens (because they suck)
Photographers have a lot of hate for the colour green and I kinda get it - today we're going to run through simple...
How to: Perspex Lick Shots in Studio
Lick shots can be really fun for photographers and the dogs involved so today we're covering how to shoot the...
How to make & fit an Equine Photo Halter
This month I photographed more horses than I had photo halters for, so I had to improvise. I found that it's super...
How to move things in Photoshop
In the April Monthly Challenge Review video, an image of the absolutely adorable Guess was seen and I commented that...
How to do Dodge & Burn (Contouring)
LONG overdue this one - Today we're going to look at a method that I've used for a few years to dodge and burn using a...
How to edit white dogs whiter
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How to take panorama photos & stitch them in Photoshop
That was a long title but as it says, this post is all about the shooting skills for a killer pano and how to stitch...
The magical world of Gradient Maps
For the past 12-14 months I've been using gradient maps on and off to add a bit of grit and power to certain images...
How to use butterfly lighting with dogs in a small studio
As my time without a dedicated shooting space is [finally!] coming to an end, I thought why not pop up a tutorial in...
How to prep & export your photos for Instagram
We've been asked this in the Request Box and in online one to ones too so today, I wanted to run through exactly how I...
How to photograph reflective things: with Neil!
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