NUMBER ONE: 👉🏼 Choose the Right AI Tool Adobe Lightroom: Offers AI-powered features like presets, subject masking, and auto adjustments. Luminar Neo: Great for one-click edits, sky replacement, and AI enhancements. Capture One: Advanced AI tools for skin tones and color grading. Photosh

Creating a warm sunset look in the studio using gels ;) Key Points: Studio Sunset Lighting Setup 1. Choose Your Gels 💛🧡💗💜 - Orange: Main warmth of sunset. - Red: Adds depth and richness. - Amber/Yellow: Mimics golden hour tones. - Pink/Magenta: Smooth transition between warm and cool t

Since I’ve become much more comfortable in the studio I don’t often find myself outside taking photos for my shoots. But that’s where EVERYONE STARTS. You have to put yourself in different elements to challenge yourself. When I first started as a Military Photographer I was often outside

Practice posing, this can be in front of a mirror, self timer, or with a friend to hype you up!! Focus on your best features, and connect with the photographer. (Remember to choose a professional photographer that aligns with you) Most photogs have free discovery calls or FAQ pages to see wha

⭐️ Gel the Back Wall Blue: Sometimes you want to gel the background but let your portraits POP! This was a fun experiment pointing my gel lights directly up and slightly back away from my model. This worked perfectly with the white cyc wall (backdrop with a curve at the base) I bounced th

Here’s a very basic breakdown of Puppet Warp and Motion Blur in Photoshop: Puppet Warp • Purpose: Allows you to bend and reposition parts of an image (e.g., limbs, fabric) while keeping the rest intact. FIRST GO TO PHOTOSHOP…✨ 1. Select the layer you want to warp. 2. Go to Edit > Pupp

How-To color grade gel lighting in Adobe Lightroom: ❌Adjust White Balance: Fine-tune temperature and tint to balance gel colors. I usually always lean towards cool tones on the base of the skin and warm tones to highlight! ❌Use HSL Panel: Adjust hue, saturation, and luminance to enhance or co

Here are 3 simple light variations when using a white background! 1.) First I have the most clean and simple with one key light to the left of the model, one side light on the right, and one light facing the backdrop. Key light almost full power 85% 💥 Side Light (fill light) 60% 💥 backgroun

When posing a model in public, consider these tips for an effortless and fun shoot! ✨ 🤍 Try to blend with your environment! You can incorporate surroundings into the pose for a cohesive look or try to stand out in the crowd…😜 🤍 Natural Movements are a great go - to. You can encourage the model

When I have time I LOVE retouching all my own photos - but sometimes I just don’t have the capacity or time to do it ALL myself…😔 💻 Evoto Photo Editing Software has been a life saver for me when I’m editing large batch photos for family’s birthday shoots and much more. It’s user friendly and

How to pose your hands effectively in photos: RELAX: Keep fingers slightly apart and natural to avoid stiffness. Shake them out when you feel your hands getting tense. 😬 Soft Curves: Create gentle bends in the fingers for elegance, go with the vibe of the shoot. Whatever it is - match both y

Not to be dramatic but using special effects lens filters took so many of my portraits to the NEXT LEVEL! 🤍 It elevated my portraits by adding unique visual elements directly in-camera!! This saved me so much time in post-production and enhanced my creativity. 🤍 Filters like diffusion or sof

Here are some tips for shooting latex outfits in the studio: 🚨 Lighting for Shine: Use diffused lighting to control reflections, or hard light for dramatic highlights. Experiment with angles to accentuate the latex’s glossy texture. 🚨 Background Contrast: Choose a background color that contra

🤍When posing a couple together it’s good to incorporate levels or even start them on the floor! 🤍Starting on the floor can help ground nervous energy and help them to interact together. 🤍Try out different levels using a posing cube or chair. This is great for couple with different heights!

✨ Adjust RGB Curves: Adjust to a nice upper bell curve to enhance the lighting on your image. ✨Mid Tones : For this image I brought the midtones up to more yellow green. ✨Highlights : I brought the highlights down to a more cool purple. ✨BLUR : I use the AI bokeh blur effect and pick how f

Posing with your Boyfriend / Girlfriend…It’s hard to know where to start! 💌 Just know there’s options for every stage of relationship… ✨Cuddle Up: Don’t be afraid to show affection and look into each other’s eyes! This could be seated, standing, or staggered like the “mermaid kiss” in the fir

Here are a few key points for capturing great digitals as a photographer: 1. Use Natural Light: Opt for soft, even lighting (e.g., near a window) to highlight features without harsh shadows. 2. Choose a Clean Background: Use a plain, neutral backdrop to keep the focus on the subject. 3. Show

Using different lighting variations can be time consuming during a shoot! But here are three ways I made small adjustments and got drastically different shots all in ONE SHOOT! First I had my model in front of a V-Flat with a kicker light on the ground behind her which I photoshopped out. Thi

This year is going to be a huge push in my photography business. Balancing modeling and photography is more than a full time job! Talk to any artist who is working towards full time can tell you - you are constantly working or thinking about work. Ways I am balancing it all ✨ 🤍 Priorit