How to Create Photo Text in Photoshop

I for one have always loved the look of images inside of text. To me it is a very cool effect, and one that I wanted to learn how to do. Well I did of course, and I found that there were many different ways to do it using Photoshop. Most of them using layers to do the job, and a bit time consuming. With all of the other editing that I have to do on a daily basis, I didn't do it often. But then as always, when I do have some free time, I seek knowledge. Now, what did I find? A much easier and quicker way to put images into text. And that my friends is what this video is going to show you how to do in four steps. This is the shortest tutorial I have produced yet, and might just hold the record for a long time. So if you have ever wanted to put photos into text have a look, you will be glad you did.

Raw Talent Clothing Co Child Model Shoot

My wife and I have been shooting for Raw Talent Clothing Co for some time now, and you will be seeing more shoots with their clothing this year. But I was looking for a particular look on this shoot. I wanted the background to blow out to the point of looking as if it were glowing, yet keep the girls full of rich and vibrant color. Below is the video of the shoot and some of the images captured will be popping up throughout it. Please remember that the images are unedited, other than being reformatted to Jpeg to work easier with the video editing process. Please if you have any questions about this shoot, feel free to ask.

How to Create Pop Art Image Part 3

This is the third and final part of how to create a pop art style image. Make sure to watch the first two before this one, if you have not already. I hope you enjoyed this series, and if you did please let me know. Until next time, Keep shooting!

How to Create a Pop Art Image Part 2

There will be one more video in this series coming soon.

How to Create a Pop Art Style Image

I am not going to bore you all with writing out all the details and steps on this one, there are just too many. So I hope you like this video series. This is part one of three, so keep checking back for the next two... Keep Shooting!

What is next? Pop Art edit.

Hi everyone, I have been trying out something that is new to me, but not new at all. I have always been a fan of pop art. You know the stuff that Andy Warhol is so famous for. I have saw this done many times with images, I just was never sure how to do it. Well last night I decided I was going to learn. I have taken some techniques from various Photoshop pros, and combined them some of my own that I figured out, and this image is the result....

I will be putting together a two part tutorial on how I did it, but will be using another image. So if you are interested in how to do one of these pop art images yourself, make sure to follow this blog and keep checking back. I will be putting the first part together very soon.

Until next time... Keep shooting!

Photo Editing

Today I am going to do something a little different. I am not going to be showing how to shoot an image, but how to fix one. I have chosen an image that was already good to start with. It has already been used in a magazine ad, but I think it could be even better. I shot this image of Tiffany Rhodes down at Indian Lake, Ohio last summer for Raw Talent Clothing Co. RTC loved it, and so did I at the time. Now however the murky color of the water bothers me, as well as the paleness of the sky. Tiffany looks great, and the Raw Talent shirt stands out wonderfully, but... I think she could look even better. So now how to fix the problems that I see? How can you make that murky water appear more pleasing? How do I brighten up the sky? And what to do to make Tiffany stand out and look even better than she already does? Well... you can watch the video to see exactly what I did. In this video I had no set plan, just the questions I have mentioned. So you will get to see it as it cam to me, step by step, including a mistake that I seem to make often. I just get so involved in what I am doing that I will miss an important step every now and than. I am only human. I hope you like this video and please feel free to comment. If there is something that you would like to see covered please let me know, and I will do my best to help you out. Until next time... Keep Shooting.



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The Big Announcement: Shutter Bug Corner U.S. Tour 2014

Yep, that's right... we are taking Shutter Bug Corner on the road. We will be traveling and shooting all across our great country, and you can follow along with us right here on The Shutter Bug Corner. Make sure to check back often to see if we will be coming to your area. We will have tour T-shirts for sale soon, and more to come, maybe even some giveaways... you just never know.

Model Posing

I wanted to give some advice to both photographers and models on posing. So to best do this I brought in Daniel Le Hoty (photographer/posing instructor), out of the Cleveland, OH area. I also brought in a brand new model, Amy Marie. Amy has only shot a couple of times and both with my wife and I. Fare warning, this video is a long one, and since it was my first time filming with the camera (GoPro Hero), I was a little off on distance. I can only hope that this video helps some of you out there.
I would be more than happy to hear from you all about a subject that you would like to see covered. After all this blog is about helping you be a better photographer and model in some cases. So please do not be shy.
For this session we used a four light set up. The main light is provided by two custom built 2' x 4' light boxes with grids, a 1 1/2' soft box, and a 2' soft box. The main lights were placed nearly side by side, with only a foot between them, at about a 45 degree angle to the subject. The only constant on camera settings was a 400 ISO, with shutter speeds ranging from 1/100 - 1/60, and f/s from 2.8 up to 7.5 if I remember right.
I hope you enjoy this video, and remember... Keep shooting!

What's next?

Be sure to click on the follow button, because you are not going to want to miss some of the upcoming posts. Like the next one with special guest Daniel Le Hoty, working with a new model. Daniel is a posing instructor as well as a photographer, so this will be something for both photographers and models to see... I am also working on doing a full on, from start to finish post. What does that mean? Well it means you will see everything... from the shoot to photo editing.
Here is a sneak peek...

 

So until next time.... Keep shooting!

Child portrait 1

A big portion of photography is family portraits, and the majority of that is children. Doing children portraits is not always an easy task. Kids can be unruly and their attention can drift quickly. So,  the best thing to do is have everything pretty much set up before they arrive, props, lighting, ect... Have some idea of what you are going to be shooting, so when they arrive, all you have to do is put them into position. Shoot as quick as possible, and change things up after a few minutes. Keep talking to them, don't let them get bored.
In the video you will see two of my grandchildren. We only shot for maybe 20 minutes total, and that is really fast for me; my normal shoot time with a model is 1-3 hours. My granddaughters are not your typical child subjects of course, they have been in front of a camera for years. That is obvious at one point in the video where they are jabbering away, but when I brought the camera up to start shooting, they fell right into place.
As you will see I used a four light set up, 2 four foot boxes (custom built), and 2 softboxes made from coolers and a white frosted shower curtain. For props I had a heart shaped pillow, a giant teddy-bear, and a free standing full length mirror, with a faux fur rug. I started out shooting at 1/100, f/s 5.6, at 400 ISO... But soon switched to 1/80, f/s 5.6 at 400 ISO, and that was were I stayed for the rest of the shoot.

I hope you enjoy this episode, please feel free to comment, or ask any questions you may have.
Until next time... Keep shooting!