Mark Laurie
MPA, SPA, Fswpp
Free
Photography Studio Mentor, Speaker, Writer. Expert
Mark Laurie Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Photography marketing, lighting, sales, posing, niche creation
- Best Sellers
- Free Spirit, Expressive Spirit, Inner Spirit,
- Career Focus
- Trainer, Speaker, Writer and Female Portrait Niche Photography
- Affiliation
- Professional Photographers of Canada, Professional Photographers of America, Socieity of Wedding & Portrait Photographers
A public biography is not available yet.
Articles by this expert
SelfGrowth articles and saved writing connected to this expert.
Article
The Next Big Wave in Photography
“May you live in interesting times.” is considered more of a curse than a proverb. Whatever, we are in it, “interesting times” that is. You gotta love this heady adrenalin rush of change and opportunity. It’s like a freight train screaming down the track. The trick ...
Recently added
Article
Pricing Digital Painting Art
As much fun as I’m having learning Corel Painter X, there is a small mercenary voice that keeps asking, “So how do you approach making money with this product?” I’ve found I’m not the only photographer knee deep it wet pixels asking this. So a side trip of the art ...
Recently added
Article
Tips to Photographing Flowers
This is a great month to capture colorful flowers. Here are some quick tips to remember when you do. Camera tricks: - Use a shallow depth of field (get your f-stop or aperture set to the lowest number you can.) This gives you a sea of color while making one flower pop out. - Try a slow shutter speed, 1/30th, 15th or even 3 seconds, on a windy or breezy day. This creates a wonderfully pastel emotional image. - Get close in, macro if you can. You will see unique detail rarely seen that will delight the viewer, especially if you print it very large.r
Recently added
Article
Tricks To Photographing Christmas Lights
Christmas lights, with all those incredible glowing decorations, just beg to be photographed, but usually they come out as colored pinpricks or a jagged blur of out-of-focus chunks of light. There are some easy things to fix all that. The first thing you need is something to steady your camera on. A tripod is best, or gorilla pod. You can use a small beanbag or, in a pinch, set the camera on something solid. You will be working with longer exposures than you can hold without blurring.
Recently added
Contacting Mark Laurie
Mark Laurie
Inner Spirit Photography
MarkLaurie.com
403-252-2662