Tricks of the Trade is something I’m often asked by professional photographers, they will say, “…how in the world do you get your images to look so perfect?” Well in today blog Post, I’m going to show you some wicked cool tricks of the trade.

Tricks Of The Trade – Photoshop Actions

For those that do not know about Actions, an Action is something that works kinda like a DVR works with TV. On a DVR you can set it to record a program and then go back and watch it later. In Photoshop, there is a thing called “Actions” that allow you to record steps inside of the program. Then when you need to do those steps again, you just hit play.

Sleeklens

This is a company that makes some nice clean usable PS Actions. Sleeklens makes PS Actions.  They also offer Editing Services. And they also offer Light Room Presets. They even has a video that shows you how it works. Check out the video:

I personally have their Actions and here is a quick before and after to show you want you can do with their product:

Being a professional photographer is oh so much more than just taking pretty pictures. You have to know what makes a portrait awesome and what it takes to make a client happy.

Professional Photography Education

I have said it before and I will say it again. Just knowing a trick is not all there is to being a professional photographer. The Tricks of the Trade are certainly important, but then knowing how to use them, where to use them, why you use them is beyond important. It is EVERYTHING.

If you are a professional photographer and you are reading this, or if you are an aspiring pro photographer, let me give you one more of my secrets, EDUCATION!!!! Almost everything that I know has come from The Pro4uM.com web site. I have been learning on this site now for almost 25 years. The site has over 2,000,000 posts from photographers from all over the world. If it has been talked about it has been talked about on the Pro4uM. So, if you want to get better, learn more and become all that you can be in the great industry of Professional Photography, let me encourage you to Join The Pro4uM.com

By: Kirk Voclain
Professional Photographer