Tips for Getting Started in Boudoir Photography

A “boudoir” is a lady’s personal sitting or dressing room. Literally translated from French, it’s a “place for pouting.” Oh, those French. But today the word “boudoir” can mean a lot more for photographers. It’s a photo niche that’s more and more popular among women...

How to Pose and Photograph Newborns

Newborn babies don’t care if you take their photo. And once they’re fed, you can move their little arms and legs into a number of cute poses to snap photos while they snooze away, looking adorable. Newborn photographer Jolie Molino knows how to deal with every newborn...

New Video: How to Set Up a Backyard Studio

I made a special video for Breakfast Stock Club Premium members recently that I’d like to share with you too. Most of us don’t have the luxury of taking photos in a fancy professional studio. However, with nothing but a table, some white poster board, and...

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...

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