Radio Podcast Interview

I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Natalie Deleo of Ask Natalie First. Natalie is a long time client who I have had the priviledge of crating family memories for since 1996

Ask Natalie First - is a go to website/podcast of helpful hints and tips by local experts in different fields.

The interviews are short and sweet and offer all kinds of information to her podcast listeners.

I will be offering a special to all of her readers/listeners as soon as the my interview goes live ~ hopefully within the next week.

So stay tuned!

Black & White Conversion in Photoshop

Are you tired of converting your images to black and white only to find color casts in your prints when they come back from the lab?

This series of commands will result in black & white prints that have no color casts to them because you are deleting all color information before printing.

Open an Image and go to Image>Mode>Labcolor.
Under the Channels tab, delete channel b. Delete Alpha 2 channel.
Convert Mode to Greyscale. Image>Mode>Greyscale.
Convert Mode back to RGB color so the lab can print it Image>Mode>RGB Color.

That's it! Simply write an action for this and you can convert files to black and white with the push of a button!

Simple, huh?

Creative Wedding Album Design

Are you impressed with the fancy scrapbook style wedding albums that have become all the rage in recent years? It seems that wedding album design has taken on a life of it's own since digital technology has made it possible for anyone with a camera to call themselves a photographer.


When you visit a Professional Photographer to discuss your wedding day, ask to see a complete wedding album. Look beyond the graphic elements and design layouts of the page and really examine the photographic images themselves. Are they well composed? Are they in focus? Is the lighting flattering to the subjects?

This is where a trained Professional Photographer with experience in proper body positioning and lighting will be able to design an album that not only graphically looks dynamic, but more importantly, will make you look your best as well.

Anyone with a camera can take snapshot. Only a skilled Professional Photographer can combine the art and science of photography to create a truly memorable wedding album.

The way we see it, you can mask mediocre snapshots with creative graphic wedding album design. So be sure to look beyond the design elements and look into the images contained in the wedding album before you select the studio to capture your precious wedding memories.

Lighting Tips

For the best pictures possible, use different film speeds (or ISO settings on your digital camera) for different situations and lighting conditions. The higher the ISO number (or speed) the more sensative the film or digital sensor is to light.

The beauty of newer digital cameras is that you can change your ISO rating "on the fly" when your lighting situation changes.
For example: You're out in the yard photographing the kids in bright sunlight or snow (yikes) with your camera set to ISO 100.

Next, you decide to go into the house to take pictures around the dinner table or next to the fireplace; this would be a great opportunity to change the ISO setting on your camera to 1000 to allow more light to be recorded by the sensor.

• ISO 100 For bright outdoor scenes
• ISO 200 For activity in the sun and shade
• ISO 400 For fast action scenes under mixed light situations
• ISO 1000 and higher For fast action in very low or mixed light situations.

This list represents a general starting point. I always recommend trying different settings on your camera until you get the results you desire.