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Name: Mark
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: San Jose


Interests: Today we are in San Jose, Ca
Occupation: Photographer


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Member Since: 6/11/2005

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Photoshop Keyboard shortcuts

From a recent post on our digital photography site, check out the site for more photography and photoshop
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Keyboard shortcuts can really be such a huge time saver that after awhile you will have a shortcut for everything. In photoshop there are preset shortcuts and you can also create your own shortcuts. Here are some of the most common photoshop shortcuts:

General Shortcuts
Hand Tool –> Spacebar
Apply Last Filter –> Cmd-F
Switch between open documents –> Ctrl-Tab

Viewing
Fit on Screen –> Double-click on Hand tool or Cmd-0
Zoom in –> Cmd-Space-Click or Cmd-Plus(+)
Zoom out –>Option-Space-Click or Cmd-Minus(–)
Rotate through full screen modes –> F

Layer Shortcuts
Create new layer –> Cmd-Shift-N
Delete Layer –> Delete key (while in the Move tool)
Clone layer –> as you move it Option-Drag
Switch to layer below/above –> Option-[ or Option-]

To read the rest of the article go to our website: Digital Photography Tips


Friday, October 30, 2009

Bay area wedding sites

Just got engaged but still looking for a wedding venue? We have put together a list of some of the best Bay Area wedding venues that we have worked at, along with slideshows of recent weddings there so you can get a feel for what the venue really will look like on your wedding day. This is a very small list of places we have photographed, and we keep adding to the list so check back for new sites.


Bay area wedding sites






For more of our wedding photography visit our website Fine art wedding photography

-- Mark


Saturday, October 24, 2009

Photography tips

As most of you who know me or read my blog often know that I have a huge passion for photography and teaching. I love to share my passion of photography with everyone and can talk most peoples ear’s off when it comes to the art of photography. I love teaching the workshops that we offer but those are normally only a few times a year. During the rest of the year I always have some great tips and ideas that I sometimes share on this blog but have so much more to share. I have decided to create a brand new website that will be for photographers and photo enthusiasts. This new website will include shooting tips, lighting information, critiques and discussions, product reviews, workflow solutions and much much more. I am excited to be able to share all of the behind the scenes information hat goes into creating our artwork and share even more my passion for photography with the world.

Check out the website for photography tips, camera reviews and behind the scene looks on how we create the art we create.


Tuesday, October 06, 2009

wedding photography workshops

New wedding photography workshops announced

What are you going to do this year to expand your business and ignite your passion for photography? In the ever increasing competitive photography field it is more important than ever to make your work stand out from the crowd. Check out our workshops below to help unleash the artist in you and effectively market that to your clients. Are you new to photography? Or a seasoned veteran looking to come up to date with the latest technology? We offer many classes available to help share our passion for photography and what goes into some of our award winning images.

We just finished our fall schedule for our workshops and also have a brand new website! There are going to be 3 more workshops this year, 2 of our wedding workshops and a new 1/2 day marketing workshop. Click here to check our more information about our wedding photography workshops.

Our new wedding workshop is going to be a blast, I am looking forward to sharing some brand new 0432_081509_2270-200x300.jpginformation with everyone. Here is a little info about our wedding workshop:

Our old weddings from A to Z is going to change a little bit and have more of an emphasis on finding your style, expanding your creativity and unleashing the artist in you. We will cover some basics in using natural light in an artistic way and start to get a little more complicated with bringing in external lighting to your weddings.

We will show you how to turn the ordinary wedding scene into an amazing art piece. From using creative compositions to creative lighting and how you work with the bride and groom, we’ll show you how we turned our passion for the art of photography into a successful wedding studio. Its all about unleashing the artist in you and making your work shine!

To sign up for a workshop go to our site: Wedding photography workshops


San Jose family portraits

San Jose family portraits
One of our family lifestyle portraits this summer was for the Hao family.  What an adorable daughter they have, she was pretty shy with the camera but super cute!  Here are a few of the shots from the session, we shot these out at Vasona Park in Los Gatos. To see more of our Lifestyle photography check out our website:  San Jose Family Portraits

Vasona park family portrait

Vasona park family portrait

[caption id="attachment_1583" align="aligncenter" width="900" caption="Vasona park family portrait"]Vasona park family portraitView more San Jose family portraits on our website.-- Mark



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