Getting Started in Newborn Photography

The Great Escape Publishing office is all a-twitter this morning over the heart-meltingly cute photos Lori just sent of her new baby boy. See below: Bonnie here, still filling in for Lori this week while she’s on maternity leave. Lori’s baby photographer, Stacey...

Why You Should Start a Food Photography Blog

Professional food photographer Jackie Alpers gets sent on trips to photograph perfectly frosted cupcakes and French sweets. If you missed her interview and tips on getting started in food photography yesterday, you can catch up, here. But it’s not all haute-cuisine...

Intro to Lightroom 4 – Tip #1: Free 30-Day Trial

This week, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about photo processing for stock. Yes, every photo you submit to stock should have at least some very basic processing. But it doesn’t have to be complicated. The program we recommend, Adobe Lightroom, makes it easy to give...

Three Tricks to Photographing a Saleable Stock Image

Do you dream in black-and-white or color? Bonnie here, today. I’ll be filling in for Lori while she’s out on maternity leave. Now, back to my initial question… If you’re over the age of 55 and you had a black-and-white television between the ages of 3 and 10,...

How to View Photos at 100% in Lightroom

Last week, I showed you a photo that looked like it was in focus, but when viewed at 100%, you could tell that it was not. Before you submit any photo as stock, it’s important to view it at 100% to make sure that it’s free of any technical errors, and that...

Can you tell if this photo is in focus?

Take a look at this photo, from our recent Photo Expedition in Thailand. Is it in focus? The truth is, you can’t tell when you view it at this size. You have to look at it at 100% to know for sure. Here’s a section of the photo, blown up to 100%: Nope, not...

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