Coming in Close…No Need to Crop

I recently got the Panasonic 35-100 mm lens (the equivalent to the DSLR 70-200 mm) and it allows me to come in close and create those intimate portraits I love.  This is my new number one reason I love shooting with a mirrorless camera: ability to get in close with a a telephoto lens.  It’s [...]

LR4 for Hybrid Photography part 3: ProShow Web

This third installment takes you through the simple process of assembling a hybrid eScape using ProShow Web. ProShow Web is an easy and powerful way to create custom eScapes whether you’re on a Mac or PC. Heck, they even have an iPad app so you can create hybrid projects on the go! When you are [...]

LEDs…the Future of Perfect Photography Lighting or Are They?

As you know, I am jumping into using LEDs and discovering that they may seem like a great future photography lighting source for Hybrid Photographers, but in actuality LEDs are NOT created equal. There are color inconsistency issues we are seeing with white balance of Kelvin shift and light balance shifts with green and magenta [...]

Using Video as a Background

Why not change up your hybrid photography video by using video as a background?  It works great for showing off products but would work for other applications too. Most hybrid videos you see are more like a slideshow of stills and videos with some music and fancy transitions between them. However for a restaurant eProduct, [...]

Add Dramatic Textures

Sometimes when the image is dramatic the text needs to be just as great! Here is a perfect example of when the text needs to really ‘pop’ and add interest to your artistic image. This month’s video shows you how to add textures to text using Photoshop’s clipping masks. Clipping masks can be used for [...]

Change the Speed of Your Video Clips

In this vlog post I’m going to demonstrate how when you change the frame rate of your video clips, you can add emotion to your hybrid eProducts. When you change your frame rate or clip speed you can do it in camera or in editing. In this video I changed the frame rate in the [...]

Premium Profits from the Easy eCardPRO Hybrid eProduct

Here’s a little update on our latest Hybrid project, the eCardPRO Talking Business Card. In an era where just about everyone is carrying around a smartphone or tablet device, and everyone else is on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc., we believe the eCardPRO will be the replacement for the traditional printed business card.  You know, the [...]

Welcoming Hybrid for Commercial Photo Success.

Speaking of welcoming, say hello to our newest vlogger, Mr. Joe Smithberger! – ed. As a starting point I am looking to duplicate and supplement the work I am doing now with Hybrid imaging tools. I already own a Canon DSLR outfit that is capable of amazing still and video images but I picked up [...]

Your Hybrid Sheroes Talk Video Techniques

We’ve all discovered the joy of adding movement to our products. Whether it’s storytelling with families, capturing sports, making weddings more magical or spicing up corporate photography, adding video is enhancing our creativity and adding so much to our client’s delight. AND there’s a learning curve here, a pretty hefty one. So a piece at [...]

Hybrid Photography Offers More Opportunities for Authenticity

I said in the Sheroe’s  Google Hangout of our favorite tools for video that mine was my brain.  What I meant is I think differently when I add video and audio to my sessions.  My main goal as a photographer has been to show people being real while keeping me in the equation, I am [...]

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