Showing Motion In a Still Image by Sarah Flannery Our most recent P52 assignment was a to portray the concept of "speed."  The image was to be used in billboards and magazine ads for a local motorcycle and bicycle delivery company.  I quickly came to the conclusion...

Make Better Travel Photos by Chad Lue Choy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LASP0aGapus

PHOTOGRAPHING COSMETICS By Anjali Fong ASSIGNMENT: Shoot an ad for a local cosmetics company. Use something as a prop to help stage the cosmetic(s) you choose to shoot. Perhaps a stone, or a flower, or a lovely piece of wood. Set off the cosmetic item with a single,...

How would you say just one thing in an image? by John McAllister Moreover, how can you convey a wide-ranging concept such as 'just one thing' that is both immediately understood and eye-catching?  For me, it's starting with the creation of a list of descriptive...

Portrait/Head shot Retouching Tutorial: By Alex Baker Most portraits need some amount of retouching in Photoshop to help them look their best, and to an extent, many clients expect it. The most important thing to remember when retouching is to do everything on a...

How to Create a Photoshop Action by James Kern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUXzHbJVAk

The Beauty of the Pour by John McAllister Freezing the movement of liquid will always captivate the viewer.  Each snap of the shutter creates a unique image. Take a moment to think about the multitude of variables involved in the simple act of pouring a wine into a...

David Travis is a Project 52 member, and a quite wonderful photographer. For the Still Life Class, the assignment was to create powerful images using a "point source" light which would create a powerful shadow. In fact, the shadow should define the subject in many...

GOING PRO? Quitting the day job for a life as a freelancer? OK... but here is something to think about. You can quit that soul-sucking cubicle job, but can you let it go? I think that is going to be the toughest challenge you face. Corporate life and the life of a...

The P52 Assignment Brief: Chocolate. Bret Doss “A square image that screams chocolate, with a bit of an editorial look if possible.” That is the extent of the brief; the rest is up to me.  It allows a lot of possibilities, of course, which is both wonderful and...

How to create a background for table top photography by McGunn Media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Igq7Ig-bg&feature=youtu.be

SHOOTING A CD COVER By Alex Baker I was asked by a local string quintet to create some images to be used for their debut cd which they recorded in December. I've made a few album covers before and although you can go in pretty much any direction, there are a few...

An introduction to the basics of Lightroom by Brian Miller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXYYHZ7FRWo

THE EXPLODING BALLOON SHOT By James Kern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJUTECg0GgI Images:

The Fork Shot By Tammy Bogestrand – www.tammybogestrand.com The assignment (Assignment 27) was to create a shot with a fork (or forks) for a company dealing in ”change”. Food as props were to be avoided. Other props were fine, as long as the Fork was the star....

Planning Your Travel Photos  by Craig Ferguson www.craigfergusonimages.com With summer coming up a lot of you are probably busy making plans to get away for a well-deserved vacation somewhere. I thought it would be useful to look at a few ways you can plan ahead of...

The P52 Assignment Brief: Still Life with Flower. Bret Doss “A color, vertical (portrait) oriented still life image with ordinary objects, diffuse main light source, that must contain at least one flower, but the flower(s) must not be the subject of the image. The...

Shooting Women's Shoes John McAllister Photograph some high heel shoes? How hard can that be?  I immediately called my fashion-conscious daughter to provide a selection of her favourite heels.  I soon realised the design and construction of shoes present a far more...

Violin Pirate Flag By David Price Photographed January 2016 Years ago, some friends and I were messing around, experimenting if you will, with some concept photographic sketches and some writing. We got onto the idea of an extended piratical adventure and ran with it....

The Making of "Broken Doll" By Carla McMahon (NOTE: This image won the Annual Kelby One Photo & Design Contest) This is a composite of about 5/6 images. My camera was on a tripod and every image was taken from the exact same angle and focal length. First an image...

A Simple and Easy Background Stand By Virginia Smith Every photographer needs a simple portable backdrop for portraits, headshots, product photography.  If we had the budget of Annie Liebowitz then we’d all have Handpainted Oliphant Canvas Backgrounds, only the finest...

The assignment was to use one very large light source for the shot. Bring it in close, and use the magic of soft, diffused light to present the subject. The students in the still life workshop also photographed their setups for us. They say a picture is worth a...

The Making of “Chocolate Indulgence” Creative Director, Photographer, Retoucher: Sam Breach http://www.sambreach.com Hair and Make...

How to modify an image to fit an alternate format by Chris Aldridge. Here’s a walkthrough of how I modified an image to fit a particular format. There are several methods used here to widen the overall image so that it fits a wide but squat format. The layout required...

Still Life by Window Light Tutorial by Heather Gill, Las Vegas A very simple use of window light to make a softly lit still life This is using a single light source and in this case, natural light on black. I had planned to use a strobe but when I started to set up...

Choosing a Point of View for a Still Life Tutorial by Lily Dale, Illinois For Don's Still Life Workshop, our class was assigned to photograph objects from three points of view: oblique (shooting from straight on), natural (shooting from a standing position) and...