How to Add Contrast in Lightroom If you shoot  in "RAW," meaning you use the RAW file format instead of JPEG, then your images probably come out of your camera looking a little "blah."  Raw files are naturally void o...

Wedding Photography Consultation As a photographer and small business owner, our business, brand and our personal identity are endlessly linked.  There is no big corporate logo to hide behind and no sales or public r...

How to Fix Under Eye Circles in Lightroom Under-eye circles - everyone has them.  Some people more than others.  Lighting and/or direction can also cause them to look worse than they really are, so I very often use a...

How to Crop in Photoshop There are several ways you can crop an image in Photoshop, but the most straightforward method to get a precise crop is by using the Crop Tool.  In this tutorial, I will walk you through how ...

How to Use Lightroom Spot Removal It used to be that anytime I wanted to remove an unwanted object, stray hair, or skin imperfection I had to take the image over to Photoshop.  I don't know about you, but I want and ...

Storybook Photography Setting up and shooting a storybook photography session can be quite exhilerating and fun, but can also fairly stressful if you are unprepared.  I've put together this tutorial based on my exper...

How to Use Photoshop Levels The Levels Panel in Photoshop is a powerful tool that allows you to edit tonal range, as well as color.  In this tutorial, we will look at how to use the Levels panel to edit tonal range -...

Congratulations to our 2018 Fall Scholarship Winner! During the past 6 months, Pretty Photoshop Actions received many essays written by current and prospective college students from around the U.S and Canada.  It wa...

How to Fix Photos in Photoshop It’s difficult to imagine a world without Photoshop and how it can be used to fix and enhance photos.  By enabling creators to use their imagination, Photoshop has revolutionized the ar...

How to Backup Your Lightroom Catalog In my previous post I explained what the Lightroom Catalog was - the compilation of all the images you have imported into Lightroom.  This Lightroom catalog file (.lrcat) is not o...

30+ Happy Halloween Photos We are so excited to share these super fun & happy Halloween photos with you.  These were our favorites and we all had a great time choosing the winners!  To everyone who participated ...

DIY Newborn Photography You're expecting a baby?  Congratulations!  Have you been asked by everyone you know if you’re planning on doing a photo shoot with your new bundle of joy?  Are you planning on trying?  You s...

Studio Lighting for Winter Photography I love outdoor environmental portraits - warm, yummy sunlight and lots of beautiful trees and flowers and elegant compositions.  I can't get enough of it in the Spring, early S...

Softbox Vs Umbrella Vs Beauty Dish Is studio lighting using a softbox better than an umbrella or a beauty dish?  Today I would like to talk about these 3 different studio light modifiers and share some example photo...

Free Digital Paper As a thank you for being here and helping us get to 500,000 customers, we have not 1 but 3 beautiful paper packs (Celebration, Valentine's Day, and Thanksgiving/Christmas) that you can download bel...

4 Easy Tips for a Successful Family Portrait Session Family portrait sessions can be very nerve-wracking for photographers - especially during the busy Fall season (Fall mini-sessions, anyone?).  They can be A LOT o...

30+ Captivating Silhouette Images We are so excited to share these incredible silhouette photos with you. These were our favorites and they absolutely took our breath away! To everyone who participated this week, tha...

How to Use the Lightroom Clone Tool Photoshop has long been the tool of choice for large cloning jobs.  However, in recent years, Lightroom has really made HUGE improvements to it's cloning and healing tools in Light...

5 Tips for a Faster Lightroom Workflow As much as I love Lightroom and photography, I don’t want to spend endless hours editing there.  I am a busy mom and my time is valuable.  Today I want to share with you 5 aweso...

How to Master Silhouette Photography in 7 Easy Steps Silhouette Photography is an excellent way to add drama, mood and mystery to a photo.  The dark mysterious shape/outline of a subject in front of a lighter backgro...