• The start of many speaking engagements!

    THANK YOU so much to everyone who came out to hear me speak on Social Networking last Tuesday at the NCPP (Northern California Professional Photographers).

    If you missed the talk, here is a list of the speaking engagements I will be doing over the next several months (PLUS there …

  • 13 Places Take Beautiful Motion Blur Shots

    While many of us spend a lot of time getting rid of ‘blurry’ shots – one of the best ways to add interest to play around with capturing motion blur. Here are 13 places that you might like to start experimenting with capturing motion blur in your…

  • 10 MORE Quick Composition Tips

    A Guest post by Amar Ramesh.

    Here’s 10 more composition tips following last week’s article 10 quick tips for composition illustrated with Eastern Washington pictures. Practice these quick and simple tips constantly. They will quickly become a natu…

  • Workshop with Jeff & Julia Woods at our studio 8/16 -8/18

    If you want to be inspired and you feel like you need some help with your business… and don’t we all… then I would strongly suggest that you attend this workshop.   Normally if you want to attend this workshop you have to fly to Illinois, but now you can …

  • Have you ever been a victim of photo piracy?

    Back in February, I posted about watermarking and how I use this opportunity for advertising. I mentioned briefly the idea that if someone was going to steal your images, you may as well make them work for you with watermarks that are attractive and d…

Travel Photography Subjects: Food Preparation

Going hand in hand with the previous Travel Photography Subject: Food, is what goes on behind the scenes. Some …

13 Fun Self Portrait Mirror Shots

It’s perhaps a little cliche – but we’ve all done it. A camera, a photographer in front of a mirror. …

Photoshop World Las Vegas

Copyright Scott Bourne 2010 – All Rights Reserved – Westcott had more going on at the show floor than ever …

The Digital Female Nude [Book Review]

Female nude photography has always intrigued me, particularly how a sense of trust is created between photographer and model.
What I …

WiseStamp Brings Your Email Signature to Life

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Creating a Boutique Business

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Duct Tape Coaching or Going It Alone

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How to Succeed as a Creative Professional

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If you’d like to inject some inspiration and momentum into your creative career, enroll in Mark McGuinness’ new …

Using the Adjustment Brush in Lightroom 3

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Jared is a professional photographer and photographic educator. He studied photography at Arizona State University where he …

FAQ: Natural Skin Tones

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Jeff and Erin Youngren are international wedding and lifestyle photographers running one of the …

PartnerCon NOLA 2010 Schedule Announced

If you can’t tell, we’re very excited to announce this year’s PartnerCon schedule. We’ve lined up some of the industry’s …

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As Senior Community Manager at Pictage, Scott Anderson proclaims to have the best job ever.  In addition …

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