Category Archives: Days of the Week

Reader Photo Friday – Florabella’s Luxe

Looooove this Photoshop action from the newest Florabella Luxe collection. It’s called London and it’s super sophisticated (and there’s a set for Photoshop Elements, too!): EVERYONE KEEP THOSE SHOTS COMIN. SEND YOUR PHOTOS TO EH@ELIZABETHHALFORD.COM If your photo has been featured on Reader Photo Friday and you would like to purchase...

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Freebie Thursday – Actions for PS & PSE

More beautiful new Photoshop actions from Isabelle LaFrance. LOVE her!

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Reader Question Wednesday – Focus Points {on the 7D}

Q. Which focus points do you tend to use the most often? Do you set a particular focus point and use that for a whole session, or switch focus points frequently? A. GREAT question! I most often use ‘AF point expansion’ and change the zones continuously using the quick button available on the 7D (see the...

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Scattering the Light – Diffusion

Greetings! Last week I brought up the subject on the qualities of light and in the last question, I made you wait until today for the answer. Here you go. How do the clouds alter the quality of the light? Diffusion. The light rays from the sun travel relatively parallel creating a highly directional beam of...

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Reader Question Wednesday – Initial Investments & Equipment Building

Today’s question(s) really need to be broken down because there are many questions encompassing the one topic so here goes! I’m curious about the investments required and the timeline to make those investments, in order to build and improve my photography, whether for business or even just for pleasure. For example, I just got the...

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The Quality of Light

Hello everyone, today I would like to talk about my favorite subject, and that is light. Before we started to take photography seriously, we took lighting for granted. We never thought about where it came from, the intensity, or even the color of it. Well, I’m a little crazy about light and I believe it’s...

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A quick before & after {with recipe & video}

{Recipe} Lightroom – One Willow’s Fairytale actions set. I used the action called ‘lavender sky’ Photoshop – Totally Rad action set ‘The Revenge’. I used ‘clareify’ and ‘select-o-sharp’ to paint on sharpness. I used ‘select-o-pop’ to juice up the grass a little

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Reader Photo Friday – How to repair a wrinkly background {video tut}

I had a reader question last wednesday about the best material to use for a backdrop. I encouraged the reader to send me her shot which she claimed was the victim of a horrible fabric background. It certainly was, but it was also a great challenge for me and lots of fun to transform. I...

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