Using Natural Light To Create Compelling Portraits

Published Tuesday, January 27th, 2015

Of course, shooting with speedlights is a blast and oftentimes necessary to perfect a certain type of photograph, but there’s something about shooting with natural light that just gives portraits a natural, soft feel. The way the warm light from the sun sometimes canvasses a face, making it, too, glow. Or, the way a sharp ray of light bursting through a window into a darkened room creates a dramatic portrait, the look of natural light is classic and unmistakable.

How to Use Decorative Photo Overlays

Published Monday, January 12th, 2015

We offer a variety of different types of photo overlays for all different types of photos, and in this post we’ll go through the process of using an overlay to add a decorative touch to a photo. The specifics of each photo overlay will vary a little, but with each of them you will follow most of the same steps: applying the overlay on top of your photo, re-sizing and positioning the overlay, and changing the colors as needed.

How to Easily Add Sparkles to Your Photos

Published Sunday, January 11th, 2015

If you want to add a fun element to your photos, adding some sparkle in Photoshop with the help of an overlay can be a great option. We have a set of 12 sparkle overlays available, and they’re especially useful with playful photos of kids. Whether you are working with photos of your own children or photos of clients kids, the sparkles can be a fun touch.

How to Use Badge Overlays from PhotographyPla.net

Published Saturday, January 10th, 2015

Our collection of photo overlays includes several different sets of badge overlays, which are great for adding a stylish decoration to your photos. They’re great for decorating photos for your clients, especially photos that will be shared online and through social media.

How to Use Word Overlays from PhotographyPla.net

Published Friday, January 9th, 2015

Here at PhotographyPla.net we offer a wide variety of products for photographers, and that includes a number of sets of Word Overlays that can provide a fun way to decorate your own photos, as well as photos for clients. The word overlays add a nice touch that can really make the photo stand out, and in this post we’ll show how you can use our word overlays with your own photos.

3 Different Portrait Lighting Styles You Can Use With Only One Light

Published Monday, January 5th, 2015

Not everyone has access to a studio full of lights and sometimes we just have to make do with what we have available to us. As a portrait photographer, there are still a lot of great looks you can pull off even if you just have a single light source. We’ll talk a little bit more about some of the different lighting setups you can try with only one light, but first let’s briefly look at a couple of light source options.

Free Color Pop Lightroom Preset

Published Tuesday, December 30th, 2014

Today we have a free Lightroom preset that can be used to make colors pop in your photos. If the colors in your photo are dull or it needs some extra life, this preset can be the answer.

Free Intensify Photoshop Action

Published Monday, December 15th, 2014

Today we are offering a free Photoshop action that can help you to create intense, dramatic effects with your photos.

How to Create a Soft Haze Effect in Photoshop

Published Monday, December 8th, 2014

Last week we released a free haze Photoshop action, and today we’ll cover the process of how you can create this type of effect in Photoshop. Of course, you can use the action to get this effect quickly, but if you’d like to learn the specific steps that were used to get this effect, read on.

Free Haze Photoshop Action

Published Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014

Today we have a free Photoshop action for you to download and use with your own photos! The action is called Soft Haze and it comes from our full set of 15 Haze Photoshop Actions. Soft Haze is ideal for outdoor photos, including portraits. It will soften and lighten the photo to give it a beautiful look without an overpowering effect.

Black Friday Deals for Photographers (2014)

Published Wednesday, November 26th, 2014

Every year Black Friday and Cyber Monday provide some of the best deals you’ll find all year. Photographers have the opportunity to get some amazing deals, and we wanted to showcase some of the best deals this year. Some of the deals listed below involve coupon codes, so be sure that you read the details we have listed.

10 Tips for Sharper Photos

Published Monday, November 24th, 2014

One of the most important elements of a good photo is having the appropriate sharpness. In some cases you’ll want everything in the photo to be acceptably sharp, and in other cases you will want to use selective focus to one specific area of the photo that is sharp and take advantage of blur or bokeh in other areas, such as the background. Regardless of which approach you are taking, getting a sharp photo is critical.

Here we’ll take a look at ten things you can do to get sharper images.

The Best Lightroom Landscape Presets

Published Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

Lightroom presets are loved by many photographers for their potential to save time during post processing, and because they can make it easy to get a specific look or effect with your photos. But many presets are created for portraits, and very few presets have been designed to suit the specific needs of landscape photos. Our set of 40 Landscape Lightroom Presets are ideally suited to help transform your landscape and nature photos.

4 Tips To Help You Create More Visually Stunning Landscape Photos

Published Tuesday, November 18th, 2014

Good landscapes are more than just beautiful scenery, the photograph has to be interesting. Once you find a photo-worthy view, it’s your responsibility as a photographer to capture it in a way that takes it from being just beautiful to being beautiful and captivating.

To accomplish this, there’s a number of factors to be taken into consideration. Some of them are technical aspects, while others are more theory, but here are a few tips you can use to improve your landscapes.

10 Habits of Successful Photographers

Published Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

There are a lot of different things you can do if you want to improve your photography skills, and developing good habits is right up there with the best of them. If you simply do the same things and adopt the same habits as other successful photographers you will be well on your way to improving your own work.