Free Photo Tutorials

 

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Photography Courses

How to Shoot Professional-Looking Portraits and Headshots on a Budget with Small Flashes
Photoshop Grunge Tutorial

Available now

Learn the secrets of off-camera flash photography, the new, inexpensive way to get professional photos without studio gear. Includes four photo shoots with live models and post-production editing.

Series of 9 Videos

 

 

How to Take Better Photos at Burning Man (and Beyond!)

Free! Available now

This 5-part tutorial will help you avoid common beginner mistakes and take beautiful photos at Burning Man (and elsewhere!). I even reveal my best photo-ninja secrets learned from nearly a decade on the playa. Warning: Contains nudity.


Understanding Depth of Field
(and using it to take better photos)
Lightroom Tutorial

Free! Available now

One of the most important elements of photography is also one of the least understood.

Learn how you can use depth of field to take better photos!

 


Video Tutorial
Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Workflow
Lightroom Tutorial

Free! Available now

Learn how I create this website! In this 23-minute video tutorial, I walk you through my entire Lightroom workflow, from importing images, to editing them, to exporting a final web gallery.

 


Video Tutorial
Photoshop Grunge - Layer Blending
Photoshop Grunge Tutorial

Free! Available now

Watch over my shoulder in this 13-minute video as I turn a bland photo into a cool photo with a Photoshop technique called layer blending.

 


Photography Q&A
Canon 580 EX II Master Setting:
Mystery Solved (video)

Photoshop Grunge Tutorial

Free! Available now

Wondering how to set your 580EX II Flash in Master mode to control remote flashes? Confused by the cryptic explanation in the Canon manual? You're not alone! See exactly how it's done in this video.

 


Photography Q&A
Which Canon Speedlite Flash Should I Buy? (video)

Photoshop Grunge Tutorial

Free! Available now

Baffled by all the technical specifications? Looking for a simple answer? Here I compare the Canon 270EX, 430EX II, and 580EX II and help you decide which one is right for your needs.

 


Model Shoot at the Hard Rock (Video)
Photoshop Grunge Tutorial

Free! Available now

Not so much a tutorial as a fun, 4-minute, behind-the-scenes look at a complete model shoot from hair-and-makeup to finished photos. Plus you see different lighting techniques in action. Enjoy!

 


 

Coming Soon—More tutorials in the works

  • The Fast and Easy Post-Processing Techniques I Use on My Photos
  • Killer Event Photography with Flash
  • Shooting Tethered with Canon and Lightroom
  • And more!
     
     
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