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5 photographers (Brent Bergherm, Jeff Harmon, Connor Hibbs, Erica Kay, Brian McGuckin) take turns covering listener questions, photography news, and the famous photography “doodads” of the w...

Tips For Finding Photography Clients It is hard for me to believe, but there are some people who can very naturally approach and talk to peo...

Everyone needs headshots. It used to only be those at high positions in bigger companies were the only people who needed professional headsh...

The common mistakes made by photographers that prevent their websites from begging noticed by people looking for their services and/or image...

What Is An L-Bracket? Unlike other pieces of equipment, like say the intervalometer where it seems like the name of the thing is overly comp...

What Is Luminosity Masking? Check out Photo Taco episode What Is Luminosity Masking from November 2018. What’s New In Lumenzia v9? Check out...

2020 Photography Predictions Nick – Sony releases the A7iv – I think this camera will be a minor update from the riii, mostly er...

We are coming to the close of another year.  I highly recommend every photographer go through the photos they created in 2020 and choos...

Check out the full instructions and show notes for this episode in the Practical Guide To Color Space Workflow For Photographers. Doodads of...

Tips on how to get started in doing team and individual (T&I) sports photography, including a way to quadruple your potential for income...

What is White Balance? White balance is the color temperature of the light illuminating what you are shooting. It can range from 1,000 Kelvi...

Shooting Family Portraits We have a studio space in our house where we can do some portrait shooting, but our clients far and away prefer to...

Why Should Photographers Care About Shutter Count? Shutter count, more specifically the shutter actuation count, is something that I think e...

$200 Isn’t Much For a Photographer, Right? I am betting your reaction is similar to what mine was and many others had to the post.  $20...

This topic has really been on my mind recently as I’m in the final stages of building my home office from scratch. I literally mean, there w...

The Master Photography Facebook group has had a lot of questions posted recently about how photographers go about pricing and licensing thei...

Sharing Images On Social Media Matthew Wells posted this question on the Master Photography Facebook Group “I am not sure what is happening...

I have tried creating photos using a telescope and my camera.  It didn’t go well.  I asked my friend Steve Brazill, who has used a...

In August of 2020 the news hit that Canon had become an official third-party integration partner to Google by enabling their new image.canon...

Learn how to add the 5 fields Google requires for new licensing information to be shown in their Google Images Search engine to your photos...

In this solo episode of the podcast I decided to ask listeners what they would like the topic to be this week. I gave them one hour to offer...

The world has been a crazy place thus far in 2020. Like many of you, we haven’t had as many opportunities to get out and shoot thus fa...

Introduction Welcome to the Master Photography Roundtable part of the Master Photography Podcast Network!  You are joined by thousands...

9 Tips For Young Beginning Photographers We recently got some really fun feedback from a listener Gianna Kirschner: “Dear Master Photography...

What is Neowise? Neowise is a comet. One that scientists say only comes around once every 6,800 years! It has been something that the photog...

I’ve been busy with a lot of things and haven’t been here on MPP for a bit. We sold our home, made an offer on a new one and we’re just wait...

About Matt Bishop Matt has been on the Lattitude Photography Podcast (Patagonia and Pentax, Preparing for Normal, and Being a Social Media U...

A really curious thing happened in the Photo Taco Facebook group.  Listener Jim Ruse asked a question there about an experience he was...

Software Update Status Adobe just released updates to both Lightroom and Photoshop here in early June 2020.  Lightroom has been updated...

Software Update Status I have just updated my Software Update Status page over at phototacopodcast.com.  I am giving the “Caution” stat...

We All Fail As Photographers I want to be real in this episode.  We live in a world where information is highly curated and in some cas...

Software Update Status Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 10 here in the last part of May 2020.  This release is called Wind...

Five things every photographer should have on their pre-shoot checklist to make sure they are ready for whatever comes their way 5 Things Th...

Shooting Fruits and Veggies This shoot comes from way back in 2015. I was wanting a unique way to test out a new macro lens and I remembered...

About Dee Cusick Dee picked up a camera five or six years ago.  She grew up in the Pacific Northwest on and around cattle farms, which...

April 2020 Updates from Adobe Good to go to on Lightroom Classic 9.2.1.  Minor problems most photographers won’t run into. No go on Pho...

April 2020 Updates from Adobe Before we get into the meat of the show, many of you rely on my Photo Taco status for updates to Adobe product...

April 2020 Updates from Adobe Before we get into the meat of the show, many of you rely on my Photo Taco status for updates to Adobe product...

Welcome to the Master Photography Roundtable part of the Master Photography Podcast Network!  You are joined by thousands of photograph...

Quarantine Resources For Photographers Brian, you are a full time school teacher and part time professional photographer, how has COVID-19 i...

Tips For Taking a Professional Self Portrait Kenny Huffman, a long-time listener and alumni of the Create Photography Retreat, asked a quest...

Anatomy of Six Creative Portrait Images We are going to do a detailed walk through of the backgrounds, lighting, and camera settings for six...

What Is Wet Scanning For Digitizing Film? Wet scanning is a process not for the faint of heart, but if you want the very best image quality...

Software Updates Status – Don’t Update Photoshop to 21.1.0! Lots of issues being reported to Adobe and by some of the power user...

Software Updates Status Another little step back on my recommendation of MacOS Catalina getting the Photo Taco Seal of Approval.  I am...

Thought exercise on how to boil down all of the elements that makeup the incredible art of photography down to a single sentence. Photograph...

Software Updates Status Just last week I gave my Photo Taco Seal of Approval on all of the latest updates from Adobe, Microsoft, and Apple....

Software Updates Status I am finally giving my Photo Taco seal of approval on the most current releases of Lightroom, Photoshop, and even Ma...

Photoshop for iPad I’ve been really hopeful that Photoshop for iPad will be everything I ever wanted in a mobile working platform. But as a...

What Is Back Button Focus Back button focus sounds could sound like a difficult and technical thing, but it really is a simple concept. ...

Breakdown of a Recent Portrait Shoot Connor recently did a personal project portrait shoot, which is code for didn’t make money but go...