Photography Q&A

  This week Bry Cox answers a question about album design, talking about what works and what doesn’t. There is a complete walk-through with full tutorials on album design as part of the Adobe Photoshop online course at http://brycoxworkshops.com/online-tra… And for other online courses and video tutorials, as well as articles and other tips for photographers, visit BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com

This week Bry Cox talks about why he rigged a light pole. To see the parts used to make this pole, use this link. http://brycoxworkshops.com/how-to-set-up-a-light-pole/ For Bry’s complete online courses for lighting, including videos where you can see him use this, visit http://brycoxworkshops.com/category/tutorials/lighting/

This week Bry Cox has special guest Trajan King of http://InvincibleStartup.com on to answer a question about getting new clients. Trajan knows business. He has started over 15 companies, ran a couple multi-million dollar companies, worked on both Wall Street and Silicon Valley – consulted companies like eBay, Adobe, Yahoo!, Oracle, Honda and Cisco. He helps companies worldwide grow and earn more money. He currently lives in Paris and Utah, travels around the world, speaks 7 languages and has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. For Bry’s complete courses on lighting, posing, workflow, Adobe Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC, plus other articles and video tutorials, visit http://BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com

How do you get that ‘out of focus’ look in the background while keeping your subject in focus? That’s the subject of this week’s question. The trick is understanding f/stops and depth of field, and the effect is exaggerated with lens choice. Use this technique for photography or video, but of course you need a camera with manual controls. There’s more on this fundamental subject as well as understanding all three camera adjustments in this video http://brycoxworkshops.com/2013/05/08… And of course full courses on lighting and using your camera along with full workflow with Adobe Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC with all sorts of tips and tricks for photographers at http://BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com

This week Bry Cox talks about Adobe Character Animator, now released as a preview program as part of Adobe After Effects and the video editing suite with CC. You can use it to animate a cartoon character using the web cam on your computer rather than using tons of complicated keyframes. View a preview of how it works here http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2015/04/adobe-character-animator-revealed.html?… For Bry’s complete Adobe courses and video tutorials, as well as articles and other tips for photographers, visit http://BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com

This week Bry Cox talks about getting great skin tones right out of the camera. This goes for photography and video. You shouldn’t be editing or running filters to get great skin tones, they should happen perfectly, using the right techniques. Bry goes into white balance, metering, equipment calibration, and the tools he uses to do all of this. Of course, there are more in-depth videos and training classes on this and more at http://brycoxworkshops.com/membership/join-us/

This week Bry Cox talks about Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop bundle, both in getting it from Adobe and in learning how to use them. To get the Adobe Photography bundle for $9.99, go here http://brycoxworkshops.com/2013/12/15/get-photoshop-and-lightroom-for-9-99mo/ If you’d like online training for Photoshop and Lightroom, go here http://brycoxworkshops.com/membership/join-us/ Also, Bry talks about attending a live workshop as well as online learning. Both scheduled training events and all online courses can be seen at http://BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com

This week Bry Cox talks about Adobe Lightroom Catalogs, how to use individual catalogs, combining them for keyword searching and use with Adobe Lightroom Mobile. For Bry’s complete Adobe Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC online courses and video tutorials, as well as articles and other tips for photographers, visit http://BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com

This week Bry Cox talks portrait sales and shares how he just sold a huge 84″ canvas. More sales tips can be found in Bry’s book, http://brycoxworkshops.com/store/books/success-book-bundle/ For more videos, tutorials, and articles for photographers, visit http://BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com

This week Bry Cox talks about the new Adobe Stock, just announced. See and buy images from Adobe Stock at https://stock.adobe.com For more videos, tutorials, and articles for photographers, visit http://BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com