I recently reviewed Beauty Box for Professional Photographer. Here’s a teaser to the article, but make sure to check out the full review online! While I love creating images for my clients, I admit that the retouching phase of my workflow can be a little tedious. The key to turning a profit is minimizing the [...]
I recently reviewed a neat piece of software for Professional Photographer — Album DS. Album DS works within Photoshop, and allows you to get the best of both worlds — full use of Photoshop functions, yet automation of an external album design software. Album DS won a 2010 Hot One Award from PPA in the [...]
If you’ve been stymied about which shopping cart is right for you… then I think you’ll find this set of articles helpful. I spent some time getting my hands dirty and learning the ins and outs of several very full-featured shopping carts for photographers. The online supplement was just published at PPmag.com, and the main [...]
Here’s a sneak peek of the review I did for Nikon’s 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II lens. The full review (and more amazing example images) will be in the February issue of Professional Photographer. Nikon 70-200mm VR II: Sneak Peek In all honesty, I was very impressed with how the lens handled, and its ability to [...]
I recently had the pleasure of reviewing Tamron’s 17-50mm f/2.8 lens for Professional Photographer. Here’s a teaser from the article: Tamron’s 17-50mm f/2.8 lens has a minimum focus of 11.4 inches (0.29 m) over the zoom range, with macro capability to 1:4.8. Equipped with Tamron’s proprietary Vibration Compensation (VC) image stabilization mechanism, the 17-50mm allows [...]
I’ve graduated to print-edition articles for Professional Photographer (members + subscribers, view the digital edition)! This month (November 2009), you’ll find articles by yours truly on pages 46 and 56. The larger article, Keep it reconciled: StudioPlus and QuickBooks (p. 56), discusses how to integrate StudioPlus and Intuit QuickBooks. It’s a follow-up article from my [...]
One of my articles was featured in the most recent newsletter for the Professional Photographers of Michigan! Titled, “Expand Your Web Presence – Be Where Your Clients Are,” the article discusses the importance of your studio’s web presence. Yes, that includes not only your website, but social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. If [...]
PPA’s Professional Photographer online (PPmag.com) just published an sneak peek article I wrote: First Look: StudioPlus Software. Keep your ears peeled for the upcoming articles, which discuss StudioPlus in more depth. Integrating studio management software with your existing workflow and bookkeeping can be a daunting task. We’ve asked Betsy Finn, Cr.Photog., CPP, to go through [...]
I wrote a review on Alien Skin’s Snap Art 2 last month for the Professional Photographer Online. I’m happy to say the review was published in the Web Exclusives section last week! Alien Skin’s Snap Art 2 software is a plugin that works with Photoshop; it achieves some pretty neat effects. Head over to my [...]
Earlier this month, I spent some time reviewing Bokeh, a plugin for Photoshop by Alien Skin. The review I put together went live on the Professional Photographer magazine’s “Web Exclusives” this afternoon! Since I’ve already detailed my thoughts on the Bokeh plugin in the review, make sure to head over there and read “Pro Review: [...]
Betsy is a Michigan-based portrait photographer, and a contributing writer for Professional Photographer. In college, Betsy majored in Business Management and Studio Art, giving her a unique viewpoint of the industry.
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