Disclaimer: I am by no means a professional photographer, nor do I offer my skills to clients as such.  I am working with a six year old Konicka Minolta DiMAGE A200 “SLR type” camera and the lens, while it’s range is pretty impressive, isn’t removable leaving me rather limited.  However, when you don’t have a $1000/ $2000 to spend on a new camera, you have to make the most of what you’ve got right?

So I went back to basics and starting reading through my manual for the camera as well as purchasing the kindle version (no I don’t have an kindle either, but I do have the kindle reader software installed on my computer) of Mamarazzi, which I’m still only halfway through.  But both of these resources have taught me quite a bit about my camera.  Things that I never really bothered to learn when I first received it.

As I said before, I do not consider myself anywhere near professional in this area.  But I do believe this is an instance where my hobby can benefit my business greatly.  Not only am I able to take better pictures of my products for online store purchases.  But the photo editing skills I have learned in photoshop will also greatly benefit my clients. Through online blogs and tutorials, I have advanced my skin editing techniques and well as my knowledge of actions and photo filters.  As with anything, I will be forever educating myself in this area. But even in a small amount of time I have seen a huge improvement in my images using these new techniques.

Do you have a favorite place online for tutorials?  Or are you a photographer that wants to let me know whats up? I’d love to hear from you!