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How To Win The Little Victories

How To Win The Little Victories I am currently on vacation in Wisconsin Dells. Something I do once every year to get away from all the day-to-day work. To celebrate for the little victories I have. Just like you do. I feel we need to take the time and spend the money to reward our driven motivation to succeed in our businesses. It helps continue the path to the big wins where we see the most change and ultimately growth in our businesses. Well, I need to get back to my trip s

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How to use Shutter Speed in Photography

How to use Shutter Speed in Photography First of all this long-winded explanation of Shutter Speed may be more than you would like to deal with right now... no worries. Here is my video explaining Shutter Speed in just 2 minutes! https://youtu.be/TtBtDOkD7SQ Today on the Take & Talk Pics Fundamental Fridays, I am really dialing back down to the basics. I walk you through the basics of Shutter Speed. Each week on Friday I will be adding new elements to the basics and tying eve

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Does Karma Build Your Business? with Andre LaCour

Does Karma Build Your Business? with Andre LaCour Today’s featured guest is Andre LaCour. Andre is a Chicago based wedding and portrait photographer. His award-winning work has been published in many magazines such as Chicago Style Weddings, Wedding Guide Chicago, Chicago Social Brides, and Range Finder. As a member of PPA Andre has certificates as a Craftsman and Master Photographer. Andre LaCour, Master Photographer, CR, is an award-winning photographer with more than 25 ye

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How To Increase Productivity

How To Increase Productivity Monday Message 010 – The Snooze Button “Just 5 more minutes” Rob thinks to himself, as he rolls over. His phone, rudely blaring, interrupts the perfect dream. BEEP- BEEP- BEEP- BEEP- “nooo” he utters, thinking about his dream, being keynote speaker at WPPI 2016. Swipe. Such a simple move to earn a bit more time of rest, no work, no problems, and an overwhelming guilt trip for wasting that time. So many of us do it though. We sneak by reality and t

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How To Decide What Is Next

How To Decide What Is Next Hey Photo World! I am so excited about the next chapter here on Take & Talk Pics and I hope you are as well. First of all a reminder: I will be conducting the first-ever webinar here on Take&TalkPics.com and I want you to be a part of it. Click HERE to register! Friday interviews are saying goodbye for now as I want to respond to the countless emails and connections asking for a different addition to the show and blog. Introducing the Fundamental Fr

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Critique The Master's Timothy O'Sullivan

Critique The Master's Timothy O'Sullivan Today I critique the master civil war and American west photographer, Timothy O'Sullivan. The idea that he had hundreds of pounds of equipment to produce the image images he had in the area he traversed is almost unimaginable. Let's take a look at a small sample of his images and the techniques he used to make these remarkable photographs. #photography #business #learnphotography #howtophotography #perfectpicture #howto #photography #w

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How To Increase Your Value with Lauren Kinsey

How To Increase Your Value with Lauren Kinsey Lauren is a wedding photographer based in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida who has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, Style Me Pretty, Weddings Illustrated, The Knot, and many other luxury wedding resources for brides. Lauren is a unique wedding photographer compared to most these days as she shoots on film 100% of the time! HI, I’M LAUREN Weddings are a living, breathing phenomenon. Every couple has a love language that is unique

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Gray Market Camera Gray Market Lens

What is a Gray Market Camera? What is a Gray Market Lens? Grey Market equipment... should you buy should you pass by? Rob shares his take. Also, he reminds us of the first-ever Take & Talk Pics webinar. #photography #business #learnphotography #howtophotography #perfectpicture #howto #photography #weddingphotographer #howtophotography #becomeaphotographer Please Subscribe to the YouTube Channel, hit the bell, and join the email list Email list: Sign Up Here Website: Take&Talk

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How To Raise Your Game and Where To Go From Here

How To Raise Your Game and Where To Go From Here Hey Photo World -- Big Changes in the Works - Honoring 50 So today is a bit different because I don’t have an interview for you. I thought about making a bonus episode and releasing this information on a Thursday but I felt this was too big of an announcement and too big of a time in the Take & Talk Pics Photography Podcast that this needed to be a true episode on its own. First of all, I would like to thank each and every one

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How to Grow Your Photography Business with Anna Jaye Goellner

How to Grow Your Photography Business with Anna Jaye Goellner Today’s featured guest is Anna Jaye Goellner.- goal-ner Anna is a wedding photographer based in Portland OR. Her photography career started with photojournalism and that is the storytelling approach she uses in her wedding work. Anna stays somewhat quiet and in the background, while capturing authentic love stories, at each wedding she has throughout the world. As her approach and style is constantly honest; her we

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How To Become a Wedding Photographer

I recently received an email containing 6 questions about starting in Wedding photography. This Monday Message is just my thoughts on these questions. I am just one photographer in thousands so I do not try to act like my answer is the 100% best choice, but I am completely honest is saying what I think. The Questions: 1) What is the most versatile lens? 2) What size should the images be that you give your clients? 3) What is the best way to find a photographer who will let yo

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How to do Night Photography with Tom Phelan

Today’s featured guest is Tom Phelan and his work on how to do night photography. Tom is an artist using his photography to document the changing Midwestern landscape. Although he does this in a way as I have never seen before. His subjects include dilapidated barns, rusted out cars, and a variety of objects accosted with rural life. Shot In The Dark I like to explore. Since just about everything in the Midwest has already been "discovered," my journeys of exploration, such

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How to get the Perfect Picture

How to get the Perfect Picture Well, perfect is a stretch, but how can we get portfolio worthy pictures.11,000 feet up with little air and feeling sick I was able to think clearly about this idea and I share it with you Photo World. #photography #business #learnphotography #howtophotography #perfectpicture #howto Please Subscribe to the YouTube Channel, hit the bell, and join the email list Email list: Sign Up Here Website: Take&TalkPics.com

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How to do a Head Swap in Photoshop

How to do a Head Swap in Photoshop How to do an Eye Swap in Photoshop Hey Photo World! I get asked all the time. "What if you have the perfect shot but your subject blinks?" That's easy! Give them a new head or swap the eyes. It really is a lot easier than you may think. In this video, I walk you through how to do a head swap in photoshop. The same strategy can be applied when doing an eye swap as well. Some times you need to do one eye at a time but often you can go from clo

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How to use Levels in Photoshop

How to use Levels in Photoshop photoshop levels, levels, adjustment layers, photoshop, and the list goes on. The point is how do you use them. I walk you through making your image pop using just the levels adjustment layer in photoshop #photoshoplevels #levels #adjustmentlayers #howtophotoshop #howto #Curves #CurvesPhotoshop #Photoshop #photography #howtophotoshop #learnphotography #howtophotography #adjustmentlayer #masksphotoshop Please Subscribe to the YouTube Channel, hit

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How to use Curves in Photoshop

Hey Photo World! Do you ever feel like the picture you take doesn't look as good as you thought once you get in on the computer? It happens to the best of us but maybe it is because with digital photography the image isn't ready just from shooting alone. Especially if you capture RAW images. You will find they are flatter looking and require some editing to get them to a more polished look.I walk through how you can make major improvements to your photos by using just the Cur

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How to Edit Wedding Photos

How to Edit Wedding Photos I take a few simple steps to make an image go from eh to awesome! I will say it will serve you well too know your great and the best ways to use it. #editweddingphotos #editphotos #howtoeditphotos #howtoeditweddingphotos #photography #howtophotography Please Subscribe to the YouTube Channel, hit the bell, and join the email list Email list: Sign Up Here Website: Take&TalkPics.com

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Understanding ISO in 2 Minutes

Understanding ISO in 2 MinutesJust like Shutter Speed and Aperture, ISO is a setting used in exposure of an image, and similarly to Shutter Speed and Aperture, there is more to know than just how ISO will affect your exposure. Whether you have been shooting for a year and trying to finally get out of Auto or you just picked up a camera for the first time this is 1 of 4 videos you must watch! 1) Understanding Shutter Speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBtDOkD7SQ 2) Unders

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Understanding Aperture in 2 Minutes

Understanding Aperture in 2 Minutes Whether you have been shooting for a year and trying to finally get out of Auto or you just picked up a camera for the first time this is 1 of 4 videos you must watch! 1) Understanding Shutter Speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBtDOkD7SQ 2) Understanding Aperture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOrwCwusC6U 3) Understanding ISO: https://youtu.be/5YMywYgsXiI 4)? In all fairness, it is only 2 minutes of information and it is a great jum

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Understanding Shutter Speed in 2 Minutes

Understanding Shutter Speed in just 2 Minutes Whether you have been shooting for a year and trying to finally get out of Auto or you just picked up a camera for the first time this is 1 of 4 videos you must watch! In all fairness, it is only 2 minutes of information and it is a great jumping-off point to understanding your camera and most importantly understanding what shutter speed to use when. Now I must warn you... it goes by fast and the information isn't in the video by

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