- The Headshot: My Lethal Combination
- Aug 13, 2015
- In this chapter from The Headshot: The Secrets to Creating Amazing Headshot Portraits, Peter Hurley explains how capturing that combination of confidence and approachability is the key to a great headshot.
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- The Photographer's Pricing System: The Grand Reveal
- Aug 12, 2015
- In this excerpt from The Photographer's Pricing System: Get paid what you're worth for portraits and weddings, Alicia Caine explains that by establishing your price points first and then tweaking the content of your collections, you gain greater flexibility to test what will sell best and what your clients will be the most drawn to, as well as on how to present it.
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- Processing Your Food Photography Images with Adobe Lightroom
- Aug 10, 2015
- In this chapter from Food Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, 2nd Edition, Nicole S. Young walks you through using the Develop module in Adobe Lightroom to get the most out of your food photos.
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- The Communications Abilities of Your Apple Watch
- Aug 6, 2015
- This chapter from The Apple Watch Book: Master the most personal computer in your life covers the communication abilities of Apple Watch, including calling, texting, and using Digital Touch to reach your contacts. This section also covers how to set up and use Apple Pay on your watch, and more.
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- The Photographer's Pricing System: The Ideal Client and Your Marketplace
- Aug 5, 2015
- In this chapter from The Photographer's Pricing System: Get paid what you're worth for portraits and weddings, Alicia Caine discusses designing your ideal-client avatar, the price point of affordability, prequalifying clients, pricing on your website, and the courage to turn away.
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- Why Logic Pro X Is the Right Choice for Professional Music Production
- Aug 3, 2015
- Whatever your workflow, and independently of the genre of music youβre producing, Logic Pro X provides you with a vast array of tools that facilitate the metamorphosis of your idea from that initial melody in your head to the complete resulting piece of music. David Nahmani lists all the reasons you should consider using Logic Pro X for Professional Music Production.
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- Making the First Edit in Final Cut Pro X 10.2
- Jul 30, 2015
- In this chapter from Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro X 10.2: Professional Post-Production, Brendan Boykin walks you through the first edit, or rough cut, of a project.
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- Nikon D7200: The Professional Modes
- Jul 29, 2015
- It is essential that you understand not only how to control the professional modes, but why you are controlling them. In this chapter from Nikon D7200: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Jerod Foster describes these modes, including Programmed Auto mode, Shutter Priority mode, Aperture Priority mode and Manual mode.
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- HDR Photography: Starting and Ending in Lightroom
- Jul 27, 2015
- In this chapter from HDR Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, Tim Cooper shows you how to prepare your images for the HDR process using Adobe Lightroom.
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- Reconnecting Missing Folders and Photos in Lightroom CC
- Jul 23, 2015
- Understanding the relationship between the Lightroom catalog and your photos will help you avoid the most common pitfalls faced by new users. Rob Sylvan, author of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC (2015 release) / Lightroom 6 Learn by Video, shows you how prevent your folders and photos from becoming disconnected from the Lightroom catalog, and how to fix things if they do.
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- A Roadmap for Creating an Effective Content Strategy
- Jul 22, 2015
- Brain Traffic content strategist Meghan Casey, author of The Content Strategy Toolkit: Methods, Guidelines, and Templates for Getting Content Right, talks about the content strategy framework that just might save your next website redesign project.
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- Apple Logic Pro X Advanced Audio Production: Sampling with the EXS24
- Jul 20, 2015
- In this lesson from Apple Pro Training Series: Logic Pro X Advanced Audio Production: Composing and Producing Professional Audio, you will explore the abilities of the EXS24 by creating unique sampler instruments using specific audio regions from the Tracks area.
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- Huge Time-Saving Features in Illustrator
- Jul 16, 2015
- Brian Wood, web developer and author of Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 Classroom in a Book, shows you how to work faster using several time-saving features in Adobe Illustrator.
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- Enhancing PDF Documents
- Jul 15, 2015
- In this chapter from Adobe Acrobat DC Classroom in a Book, you'll learn how to enhance Adobe PDF documents, including rearranging, rotating, renumbering, and inserting pages, editing links and bookmarks, and inserting video and other multimedia files.
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- Teaching Kids How to Take Better Photos
- Jul 13, 2015
- In addition to being a photographer and an author (Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots), Robert Correll is the parent of four creative and energetic kids. Follow along as he shares some of the secrets he uses to teach them how to take better photos.
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- Vector and Raster: A Marriage Made in Illustrator
- Jul 8, 2015
- Illustrator has long been known for its vector prowess, but did you know that it also plays well with raster? Brian Wood, web developer and author of Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 Classroom in a Book , will take you through a tour of the raster capabilities of Adobe Illustrator.
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- New iOS 8 Keyboard Features: Streamlined Typing, Keyboard Swapping, Smileys for Everything
- Jul 7, 2015
- The digital keyboard in iOS devices has always been pretty functional for most purposes. But you want more, right? Lisa Spangenberg, co-author of The iPad 2 Project Book, shares the new keyboard features in iOS 8. Need a Klingon keyboard? No problem.
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- Lessons in Typography: Multi-Word Presentations
- Jul 6, 2015
- In this chapter from Lessons in Typography: Must-know typographic principles presented through lessons, exercises, and examples, Jim Krause discusses working with multiple words in a design, including baseline configurations, strategies for using different fonts, and visual hierarchy.
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- How to Set and Align on Project Objectives for Your Content Strategy
- Jul 2, 2015
- In this excerpt from The Content Strategy Toolkit: Methods, Guidelines, and Templates for Getting Content Right, Meghan Casey explains how to establish and align project objectives for your content strategy.
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- Top 5 Tips for Restoring Your Photos with Photoshop
- Jun 30, 2015
- If you're keen to restore old photos, Photoshop is the right tool. Connect with Robert Correll, author of Photo Restoration: From Snapshots to Great Shots, as he shares some of his top photo restoration tips.
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