My good friend Peter Ellis describes wedding photography as “an all day portrait session at 100mph” and he is not wrong. Following on from the Location Scouting for Photographers post last week. I thought I would talk about how I plan for a wedding. my basic shooting list, and my thought process in relation to the post production and the Photoshop side of things, whilst I am shooting the wedding.
I was reading an article the other day and the 2nd point was about “Location Scouting”. Which in my view photographers don’t do enough of especially if they rely on those locations because they do not have a studio. So I am going to give you some invaluable tips for a good location session which can be applied whether you shoot for fun or shoot for a living.
I have been looking for external battery packs for my SB900’s for a while now and I think I have finally found a solution that is not only practical but a cost effective alternative to the Nikon SD9 Battery Pack.
Ok so you are probably going to ask ” What the heck is an audio recording device doing on a Photoshop website? “. Well, unless you have been living on Mars? Just over a year ago, the world of the DSLR took an HD turn towards the world of the filmmaker. We now have the Canon 5D MkII, 1DSMkIV, 7D, and the Nikon, D90, D5000, D300s, D3s and know doubt a D700 variation will not be that far behind. you get the idea! But, as I have learned over the last few months. Getting great video is only half the battle.
My first article for Photoshop Creative comes out today. At the time of writing I have not got my paws on a copy as yet because the only place that stocks it in the area “Tesco” is awaiting its arrival. But I have already heard its pretty good 
You can check out all 6 videos after the jump and If you have popped on to the website from the magazine’s cover CD. Then welcome to alittlephotoshop!
Photographers are often confused about the relationship between Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom? Well, I have got a useful tip for photographers which will hopefully bridge the gap between the two pieces of software. (Sorry I know bad pun) 
Happy New Year Everyone…. Have a great day and I am sure 2010 will be an amazing year. We have a lot planned and if we get half of it done it will be a top year of Photography, Lighting and Photoshop.
I reckon that the way you can tell a professional photographer from an enthusiast is the way they organise their batteries. (Ok I kid). But I did get an email from a photographer a few weeks ago that turned into a conversation about batteries. How do you organise them so that whilst on a assignment you know which are needing recharged? and which are fully charged?
At the beginning of the month I wrote my first ever article for Photoshop Creative magazine and the other day I submitted it for approval. Fingers crossed it gets in… Anyway, me being me, I recorded the creation of the article as a series of screencasts and saying as it won’t be out for a few months I thought I would share with you the 3rd video in the series.
I have relocated the videos from YouTube on to our own video hosting. So If you’ve ever wanted to create rough borders and sloppy edges in Photoshop™ but weren’t sure where to start, look no further. Foto Edge Fx v5 comes with 7 video tutorials for you to learn how to make the most of Rough Borders and Sloppy Edges actions kit.
When I work on my images in Photoshop I want to work with them fast and I don’t want to get slowed down by the same commands that I use day in day out. So about 13 years ago I made a set of actions probably my first set, whereby I could speed up commands like “Image Size” & “Canvas Size”, so that they can be called upon with the least amount of mouse moves or mouse clicks for that matter. So I have designed a new actions kit for everyone to download and use for FREE!
Adobe Photoshop is an application that has been long since used by other creative mediums. Whether it be digital art, web design, graphics, animation, science, to name but a few… It is a lot of things, to a lot of people and that is probably why in CS4 you can now customise it to suit your own needs. In this post, I am going to show how to get the most out of the Swatches Panel from a photographers point of view.
Stuart Little is a Professional Photographer and Photoshop Trainer with over 18 years experience in the field. The Little Photoshop is home to Stuart's articles, screencasts, training dvds, actions and inspiration based around the topics of Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Digital Photography and Off Camera Lighting. Learn more...