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2023 – Year in Review
What's a New Years Eve's eve without a Year in Review? Rubbish, that's what, so we're not going to let that happen! Before we look to Goal Setting...
How to add extra bokeh in Photoshop (holiday light essential!)
'tis the season to be bokeh-filled and beautiful, so this week's 5-Minute Friday is all about how to add more holiday lights to your photographs...
How to use the Remove Tool in Photoshop (& its MAJOR issue)
You'd be hard-pressed to find a human alive in 2023 who doesn't LOVE the Remove Tool in Photoshop - those who do photography, that is. The Remove...
How to tone greens in photographs with Lightroom (or ACR)
Do you remember that time I posted the YouTube video on how to tone greens in your photographs in Lightroom Classic? Well, the game has changed and...
How to remove noise from images in Lightroom Classic (& why Topaz Denoise is dead)
Link to the product: Topaz Labs DeNoise AI - Nope. Not anymore. In June of 2020, Topaz Labs Denoise AI came into my life and it was...
International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards – MTog Round-Up
If you should be on this page, but you aren't, shout at me ASAP to sort it out! The International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards is the largest...
Episode 3: RoastyToasty
RoastyToasty is a feature on the YouTube Channel where Jess & Dan sit and quick-fire through images, either toasting to them for their greatness...
End to End Photography Printing Process – a day with Digitalab!
A few weeks ago our friends over at Digitalab invited us to visit and allowed me to follow them around for the day whilst they transformed Beanie...
How to Photograph Dogs “Underwater” – Treat-Bobbing!
It's hard to consistently come up with new, fresh, fun ideas for dog photography but "underwater" dog photography sure seems like a neat place to...
How to Photograph Dogs around Water
Dog photography around water always carries risks, but photographing dogs around waterfalls is often a magic moment for most photographers who...
The Societies Convention – Round Up
What an insane week. It started with my birthday madness, shared on our Facebook page because the MTog’s gave me the best surprise of my life and it...
It’s been 3 years
It’s been 3 years of that weekly commitment to give knowledge for free on YouTube. It’s hard to fathom that in those three years, you guys...
Episode 2: RoastyToasty
RoastyToasty is a feature on the YouTube Channel where Jess & Dan sit and quick-fire through images, either toasting to them for their greatness...
Managing life with PoTS as a portrait photographer
This might seem like a really weird piece of content for us to make but it isn't the first one like this. Oh no, back in 2020 I covered another...
The Guild of Photographers 2023 Awards – MTog Round-Up
If you should be on this page, but you aren't, shout at me ASAP to sort it out! Although I had two images in the finals for Image of the Year with...
How to get client dogs up onto objects
How on earth am I supposed to get a clients dog onto an object like a log, stump, rock or wall during a photoshoot if they have zero training?! It's...
How to remove dog leads & collars in Photoshop
If there's one staple exercise that every single pet photographer needs to be epic at then it is removing leashes in Photoshop and the question of...
How to set goals and achieve them
It has been a year since we last covered goals and goal setting and I felt that a refresher on how to set goals and actually achieve them, no matter...
How To: Photograph White Things
Photographing white things, for example photographing white dogs, is just the same really as photographing anything else but there are a few special...
Episode 1: RoastyToasty
RoastyToasty is a feature on the YouTube Channel where Jess & Dan sit and quick-fire through images, either toasting to them for their greatness...
2022, the year in review
Ah you guys, you have no idea how sick I am right now! We put filming off for two weeks but we can't wait any longer so we recorded this one now...
How To Mask Hair in Photoshop CC: 2023 Update
Masking hair in Photoshop is probably one of the biggest stumbling blocks people have. I've been asked time and time again on Instagram and Facebook...
Common Retouching Error 3: Focus Miss Keepers
It's been a minute since we released Part 1 and Part 2 of the Retouching Errors mini-series, so we figured why not add yet another? Today, we're...
Adding a rim light for studio portraits
"The subject needs more separation from the background", said every judge ever and using rim lights on your subjects in the studio gives you exactly...
Common Retouching Error 2: Over Sharpening
A couple of weeks ago we released a video about 2 common retouching errors and you guys LOVED it, so we figured why not add another? This time we're...
October Challenge Review: White
It's November which means that it's challenge review time! Let's go allocate those Pins (if you're lost, check this page here). The October...
Top USEFUL Gifts for Photographers (2022 edition)
It's that time of year again! Almost 1 year after we did our second top gifts for photographers list and two years since the first, it's time to do...
Starter Studio Kit for Photographers
Every single time I've created a studio photography tutorial I've had a flood of requests for what equipment people should start with, and what is...
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