by shari on April 27, 2012
Take one – take both! Register early to save $10 on each.
For everyone who cares enough about photography to invest in a digital SLR camera there’s a lot to learn. To really make the most of your camera, it helps to know the basics. Our Digital Basics Workshop is a great place to learn more about your digital SLR camera and how to get great photos. We’ll also teach you the best practices for organizing and keeping those photos in your computer. Bring your cameras to class so you’ll leave knowing how to use them! Learn more.

What do you have to share online? Do you have a collection of hand knits you made, or antique buttons, or garden gnomes? No matter what it is, the first step is a good photo. We created a brand new workshop just for you – You Made It – Now Shoot & Share It. Using any simple camera – the one in your cell phone, iPad, point-and-shoot camera or a digital SLR, we’ll show you how to take a great shot using simple materials you have around the house. Then we’ll teach you how to get them online, and even help you shoot the first pic in this brand new workshop. You don’t have to know much about your camera or camera phone to take this class. You just need the desire to photograph stuff for sharing. Learn more.
by shari on April 22, 2012
Saturday, June 30, 2012 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Are you finally ready to learn how to use your digital camera? Register now for the June Digital Basics Workshop and save $10. Learn more.
This is our most popular class! Bring your camera!
- Learn how to use all the most common settings to take better photos
- Find out what an f/stop is and why you should know what it is
- Learn about shutter speeds
- Learn how to get great color
- Learn how to take better photos of your kids
- Learn how to manage all those photos in your computer
- And much more – Register here
by shari on March 13, 2012
New eBook Available
Forget Mugshots, 10 Steps To Better Portraits is for every photographer who’s ever wanted to make stronger photographs of people. Written by David duChemin, a photographer whose living and calling for the last 6 years has been creating compelling portraits and people photographs for clients all over the globe, if he could tell you only 10 things to immediately improve your images, these 10 steps or concepts would be at the very top of the list.
This 35-spread PDF eBook discusses the value of waiting for that great moment (and how to make sure you don’t miss it), how a true smile differs from a fake one, and other solid insights that are guaranteed to give you tangible ideas to make the most of your next portrait shoot. Combining these steps with Portrait Profiles and Creative Exercises, Forget Mugshots will help you photograph real people in the real world, leveraging the techniques and best practices that have made David’s portraits known around the world.
Special Offer on PDFs
For the next five days only, use the promotional code MUGSHOTS4 when you checkout so you can have the PDF version of Forget Mugshots for only $4 OR use the code MUGSHOTS20 to get 20% off when you buy 5+ PDF eBooks from the Craft & Vision collection. These codes expire at 11:59pm PST March 17, 2012.
by shari on March 10, 2012
Chimping – when you stop shooting photos to look at the shots you just took on the LCD screen. If you’re chimping, you’re missing other shots.
Pros are having a harder time than ever making a living at their craft with so many organizations using free images from amateurs. This is a worthwhile video about a few award-winning photojournalists. Take a look.
Chimping from D Perez on Vimeo.
[via PetaPixel]
