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What’s Your ‘Pre-Flight’ Checklist for your Camera?

September 4, 2014January 3, 2016 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

At the beginning of any photo shoot and occasionally during the shoot, you need to have a system of checking the various settings on your camera. Just as you would do before taking off in a plane, you should have a specific list of settings that you check before starting a shoot. This…

Creating a Faux Snow Scene Quickly in Photoshop

April 24, 2014February 2, 2017 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

Turning a beautifully lit and un-retouched studio portrait into a gorgeous snow scene can be done quickly with some specific Photoshop tricks. Learn some fast Photoshop extraction techniques, see how I use the lens filter gallery to create a great background, see how I match the layers together, and see…

New Photoshop CC Feature: Perspective Warp

February 2, 2014February 2, 2017 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

Adobe has just released some new features for Photoshop CC. These are major updates, so make sure you run your updater. One new big feature is Perspective Warp. It allows you to create a 3D mesh around objects in a flat photograph, and then distort and transform those objects as…

New Photoshop CC Feature: Linked Smart Objects

February 2, 2014January 29, 2017 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

If you have Photoshop CC, run your update because there are some new features including this one, the ability to not just embed an image in another file, but now you can LINK a photo into another file. This is great for album designing or especially commercial work where you…

Photoshop’s Camera Shake Reduction & Sharpen

January 30, 2014January 29, 2017 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

Photoshop CC offers you the ability to remove the blur created specifically by camera shake. See how I've used it on both a scenic image and a portrait.

New Features to Photoshop CC – Jan 2014

January 16, 2014January 3, 2016 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

Photoshop CC has just been updated through your Creative Cloud updater to include the following: Perspective Warp makes it easy to manipulate multiple perspectives in your image while keeping the rest of the image intact. Linked Smart Objects allow you to use the same object in multiple documents, change it…

How I Created My New Christmas Card, A Self Group Portrait

December 24, 2013January 3, 2016 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

Sometimes when I speak, I show my company Christmas card that I send out to my clients. For the last few years they've all been group portraits of me, but in the studio. My idea is that it's a funny company group photo from my own Christmas party. My clients…

The Value of a Portrait, My Birthday Self Portrait

October 21, 2013January 3, 2016 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

Being a photographer and selling photographs means understanding the value of a portrait. But often photographers value portraits for others (our clients), but don't always fully value portraits for ourselves. Do you disagree with this notion? Ask yourself, when was the last time you were professionally photographed? When was the…

Using Flash Gels In a New Way

September 23, 2013May 11, 2016 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

How did I turn this normal background into this deep blue background in the second image? But more importantly, how did I do it in-camera, without post production work while keeping the skin tones of the model perfect? Photographers usually try to set themselves apart by creating new looks, sadly…

Lighting on Location with Rogue Flash Benders

August 27, 2013February 2, 2017 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

I was asked to test the Rogue FlashBenders for Pictureline in Salt Lake City. There are a lot of ways to diffuse and use light on location, and here are some of my creative ways of doing it for this shoot. Keep in mind that during this shoot, I always…

Understanding F/stops, Shutter Speeds, and ISO

May 8, 2013January 29, 2017 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

I'm still finding photographers who do not understand the only three settings we have on a camera to control exposure, and the relationships between them. This is the first in a series of videos on this subject to help explain f/stops, shutter speeds, and ISO. Note that I just got back from…

How to Set Up a Light Pole

March 12, 2013May 6, 2017 by Bry Cox

Bry Cox

For few years I've been demonstrating how to use a flash on a monopod for custom lighting in a mobile package. I can easily move the light to where I need it, and even use multiple flashes (speed-lights) using small light stands. Aside from my teaching this at workshops, this…

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