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How to use Levels to finish your files in Photoshop
Part of Advent included this little trick which I use on every image when I'm pretty much finished with it. It involves using a Levels adjustment...
How to prepare a file for printing
Preparing files for printing is a scary thing for those new to it, but honestly everything you need to nail this is provided to you by your printer...
Quick Curves White Balance Trick
Not suitable for all images but a handy thing to have in your back pocket should the need ever arise, a super simple quick tip on using Curves to...
November Challenge: Pippi!
This month was so hard - I say this every time, I know! The aim was to edit and submit up to two photo's of Pippi from the RAW files supplied. Apart...
Bryt Diaries – The training of a dog model.
You should have already met Bryt but if you haven't, here's a little more about her. In this post, I'm going to archive her basic dog model training...
How to set up Actions in Photoshop
I figured I best make a video on how to make actions in Photoshop CC and in the process, I thought why not just share the set up of a few of mine...
It’s December so let’s start Adventing.
Pretty much as the title says, we've lost our minds this month and we're going to TRY and upload a video a day for December. Yep, you read that...
More awards (sorry!)
November has been so mad that I completely forgot to blog about the awards received on the 21st! In my defence, the whole day was spent delivering...
Meet Bryt.
Eeeeeek, there's a new kid on the That Dog Spot block and she's called Bryt! Bryt is a black tri Working Cocker Spaniel who was bred by a wonderful...
The 85mm 1.4 Sigma Art Test Shoot (AKA Autumn Portraits!)
With Lockdown 2.0 kicking off soon in the UK we headed to a close woodland which we'd never visited before. We took Pippi because Alf had...
How to remove objects that pass through the dog
I've realised that I haven't shared this method and I genuinely use it ALL of the time so I felt that this week was the week to pop this one out...
How to set up Photoshop to match my workspace
I know that a lot of you get a bit confused when we're doing photoshop tutorials but your workspace doesn't look the same. So, to rectify that, I've...
October Challenge: Warmth
This month was so hard - there were 97 entries to choose from! My final longlist was almost impossible to choose from and so just like before, I had...
Photographers Lockdown 2.0 To-Do List
With Lockdown 2.0 hitting the UK and the same happening all over the world in some way or another, it's time to really make the most of our enforced...
Top 10 USEFUL Gifts for Photographers
I'm really excited to do this gift guide because it also is a little bit of a sneak peak into my camera bag and house! Watching the video, can you...
How to change colours in Photoshop
I get a bazillion messages, comments and questions about how to change colours in Photoshop and to be honest it's really quite straightforward when...
Pet Photographer of the Year 2020
I woke this morning still not quite believing the events of yesterday evening. I don't for a second think my work is bad or anything, I just feel...
How to compose and shoot portraits of dogs
This video was a bit of a test, a bit of a session and a bit of fun with Alf. Bless him, he did super. Hopefully, seeing through the lens will help...
More awards – 2x Gold, 2x Silver!
Do you remember the shock of the silver award last month in the IoM from the Guild of Photographers? The competition where I said, and I quote, "the...
How to quickly composite images to remove distractions
Requested by a workshop participant last weekend, this post and video covers how to replace backgrounds in Photoshop to quickly composite images,...
September Challenge: The Edit
This month was a little different to the others because I gave you 3 RAW files of Bramble and asked you to edit them in any way you liked. The...
How to make money from portrait photography
"Photography isn't a sustainable living anymore," said most people, most of the time. What they probably aren't doing is the 7Ps method of sales,...
How to calm down bright bokeh
This week I figured why not cover a simple trick in Photoshop that I use to calm down bright bokeh in the background of images. This is a super...
How to become a professional photographer
I get asked how to become a professional photographer nearly every week. There is a very simple answer as well as a very deep, longer, more honest...
August Challenge: Bokeh
This month was so hard - there were over 125 entries to choose from! My final longlist was almost impossible to choose from (there is a screenshot...
Application Tips for Perfect Moveable Colour
You guys absolutely jumped on the moveable colour section from the Full Edit of Pippi the other week, but since then I've seen some issues in the...
The 11-year-old dog photography prodigy
The title says it all really! Let me introduce Paige, an 11-year-old budding dog photographer who lives in Devon, UK. Paige's mum, Mandy, got in...
IoM Silvers… x3!
Some of you will know that I often enter the Guild of Photographers Image of the Month (IoM) competition as I've posted a previous award for a photo...
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