Most Popular And Favorite Tutorials

This page consists of links to previous articles, tutorials, and podcasts that are considered the most popular. Either they have the most views, most comments, most watches, or I get phone calls asking questions about these topics the most.

If you have a question, this is the first place to look to see if it has been covered. You can also search for past articles using the search engine on the top right of this website. I will be updating and adding to this page as new articles come out.

Additionally, a link to all of the videos we have ever done is located at the very top left of this website. It called "Videos". You can't miss it. But click this link to be taken straight there.

General Photography

• How to choose your new DSLR camera
• 5 tips on using your new camera
• 8 Hidden Features Of Your Camera
• How to take sharp pictures
• Photographer's Rights
• Overcoming Photographer's Block
• Someone STOLE your pictures?!?!
• How to shoot star trails
• Protecting your gear from moisture
• How to shoot fireworks
• How to use a green screen - Removing a background
• Understanding memory cards - A simple guide
• COMPOSITION! - A short lesson
• Composition Technique - Highest of highs
• Composition Technique - Lowest of lows
• 5 tips for cold weather shooting
• MACRO photography - everything you need to know to get started
• Vacation Photography
• How to get your backgrounds white
• How to find good backgrounds
• Children photography
• Children Photography part 2
• Smoke photography
• Rain protection
• Using a lens the right way
• Lens acronyms - What they mean
• How to choose a lens
• Understanding DOF or Depth of Field
• How to make planets
• Vaseline Pics
• ND Filters
• Photographer's Rights
• Contracts and Model Releases
• Property Releases
• Keeping the attention of a child
• Knowing where and when the sun and moon will rise
• Cropped Sensors Versus NonCropped Sensors
• Photography is like a bowl of spaghetti

Lighting and Flash Photography

• The 7 Variables To Flash Photography
• Beginner's lighting trick - the improvised window
• Off Camera Flash intro
• Lighting tip - Split lighting
• Lighting tip - The open window
• Lighting Tip - Softboxes, Snoots, Gels, and Zones
• Flash Photography Crash Course
• Cheapest wireless flash triggers I can recommend 
• My choice in rechargeable AA batteries

Editing / Photoshop / Lightroom

• Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
• Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts
• How to get Photoshop and Lightroom for FAR cheaper
• 4 ways to speed up Lightroom
• Speeding up Photoshop
• PS CS6 book. A good one.
• A small rant on post production
• Easily smooth skin in photoshop. Easy...
• Easily smooth skin in Lightroom. Even easier.
• How to use a green screen - Removing a background
• Easy editing using only 1 tool. A beginner's tip.
• Enhancing the eyes and whitening the teeth with this little trick
• Free Photoshop "like" editing
• 3 reasons to avoid the crop tool
• Glamour Pop Photoshop tutorial
• How to make planets
• The money making mat
• Monitor Calibration!
• How to make a composite image
• Creating a Watermark in Lightroom
• How to remove haze in a photo.

Business Related

• The Marketing Calendar - A must watch
• 5 Tips to business cards - The most effective advertising tool there is.
• SEO optimization for SmugMug
• 3 Tips on Wedding pricing
• Tell your Brides to unplug
• Databasing your clients is smart. Not doing it is....
• SCAM! - Don't fall for this trick
• Making money with SmugMug
• Advertise yourself
• The little things matter
• The easiest to use and most affordable way to charge a customer
• A rant on "You can do it" plus 2 Money Making Tips
• Building your business with building relationships
• Dealing with problem customers
• How to get referrals
• The money making mat
• Easy as PIE - A pro photography tip
• Photographer's Rights
• Contracts and Model Releases
• Wedding Contract Amendment 
• Property Releases
• Do I Need A Bio On My Website?
• The Complete Social Media Image Sizes Chart
• How to advertise yourself for free.

Misc.

• Someone STOLE your pictures?!?!?
• Backup and Protection: Best practice to never lose anything on your computer.
• Most affordable Softbox I have found that includes a mounting bracket for a flash
• Everything you need to know about stock photography
• Photographer's Rights in the USA - UK - AU.
• A great 7 minute video to motivate you
• Social media image sizing cheat sheet
• Top 8 photography quotes
• Wireless flash triggers - the cheapest I can recommend.
• Understanding memory cards - A simple guide
• *CLEANING YOUR CAMERA*
• Cropped sensors cameras VS. full frame sensor cameras
• Don't be a LAZY photographer
• We all start somewhere
• How -I- take portraits
• Protecting your gear from moisture
• The truth about internet speed
• How to copyright your photos (US)
• How to copyright your photo (UK)

And finally....

• Double Brewed Triple Pow