Protecting Our Work: Watermarking Part II — Batch Processing
In the last post, we created a “brush” to use when signing or placing a copyright notice on our images. Using the brush, one image at a time, works well. But, when we have a big job, a lot of images we want to protect all at once, it’s not the way to get the job done. That’s where...
Lighting Like MacGyver
For many, “available light” photography is synonymous with “natural light” photography — the use of the sun as the main light source. But, for us MacGyvers, the meaning is a bit different. To us,  it means using whatever light is “available” — be it the...
Honoring Creative Rights: ASCAP Music Licenses
Whether or not it is best to use music during a shoot is open to debate. Some feel it relaxes the model and helps him or her find a “rhythm” that creates a dance like partnership with the photographer.