Simi Valley Wedding Photography – The photographer often makes it into much of the video footage during a wedding, however its not often that I end up seeing any of that footage. When I shot Sam & Kelsey’s wedding in Simi Valley there was a videographer there, Jacob Lewis, who was shooting with a Canon [...]
I have created a new way to interact with people online using our iPhones. I have been an iPhone user since its inception and have always thought about how fun it would be to have an app to share my work with my friends and clients. Now that has became a reality in the Jerad [...]
I am less than two weeks away from becoming a father for the first time. This is a role I have always wanted to be in, however could not have imagined actually being there. I was just chatting on Facebook with a friend of mine who was commenting on how he can not believe I [...]
I had the opportunity to do some work for the SHAPE Ministry at my Church. The SHAPE Ministry helps people find their unique place in the Church body where they can most effectively serve Christ. What was so amazing about this experience was that I got to listen to 65 people explain why they love [...]
Modesto was lucky enough to get yet another Amgen Tour finish spot. I attended last year with a good friend of mine Shawn Stutz. Both of us ride together on occasion, however he has much more experience riding then I do. After not seeing any decent photo coverage of last years event in Modesto, I [...]
I shot a wedding a few weeks ago that I knew would be a great test of the new Content Aware Fill feature in Photoshop CS5. This was a backyard wedding in the middle of town with power lines everywhere. It would have taken an hour to edit this photo in Photoshop CS4 or earlier [...]
The barrier to entry is so much lower to get into photography these days. Even when I got into photography I was able to at a much lower price than if it was 10 years earlier. To be honest, if professional digital cameras had still cost over ten thousand dollars then I would not have [...]
I like hard rock and metal music, it’s not a secret. My youngest brother is really into it so I often go to shows with him. It’s one of the things we have in common, so it makes it fun and of course a chance to hang with my brother. When I go to smaller [...]
Today over 1000 people from around the Modesto area descended upon different communities with one mission. To love people. Some were serving food, others were cleaning parks and helping with Habitat for Humanity. It was great to see so many people looking past their differences to serve those in our own town regardless of where [...]
MoPhotoWalk was a hit! I am truly blessed to be a part of such an amazing community. On August 20th, 2009, myself along with 62 other photographers bombarded downtown Modesto with one goals: To learn from each other while sharing our passion for photography. That goal was accomplished. Another passion I had which also drove [...]
I am excited to announce something I have wanted to organize for quite some time now. A Photo Walk and Photoshop training in Modesto. The Photo Walk will take place in Downtown Modesto on the third Thursday of August (Aug. 20th) which just happens to be the night of the monthly Art Walk in Downtown [...]
Over the last few years I have given my time as a professional photographer to a few charitable organizations such as the American Cancer Society and to churches in my area. Though I have enjoyed that I have wanted to make a difference in the lives of someone. In times like this it is important [...]
For the past five or so months I have had the same website up with for the most part the same images. I always battle with the need to have a super flashy website, it must be the web designer in me. I have found myself updating my blog much more often with photos and [...]
So what really goes into getting ready for a wedding. Mostly just packing my tools and making sure everything is clean and charged up. I always bring extra batteries, cables, strobes, and camera bodies. You have to make sure you cover all of your bases in case something breaks down or worse, gets stolen. The [...]
Learn how to save a batch of images at the same time. This is useful if you have multiple images open, are finished editing them and want to save them all at once to a single folder on your computer.
Adobe Camera Raw can be used to create cool B&W images.
Adobe Camera RAW can be used to give your images a really cool effect. In this tutorial I use my 300 Look Preset and make adjustments to the Camera RAW settings to get a really sharp surreal look.
I often get asked how to open up JPG files in Adobe Camera Raw. Here is how you can set ACR to open JPG and TIFF files by default.
I have gone back and forth as to if I should have music on my photography portfolio. I tend to think that it sets the mood of the website and makes the pictures more emotional but at the same time it could just be annoying. I am a website designer and I am always telling [...]
Drove up to the east bay yesterday and picked up a Canon 5D MKII. This is one hard camera to come by right now. I pre-ordered one on Amazon.com back in early Sept. and it still had not shipped. I can’t wait to spend some time these next few days playing with video. Some of [...]
I have often been asked how to create a before and after effect in Photoshop. There are easy ways to do it but it can also be hard if you are unsure about the commands. This video will outline the easiest way I have found to create a side by side comparison of two images.
Creating [...]
With out my fabulous clients I would not have experienced exponential growth both in my business and my personal life in 2008. My business as well as me myself have grown so much this year, more then any year thus far. Since I began Photography Professionally I have had nothing short of perfect clients that [...]
When I heard that Flip was releasing a new version and that it was going to shoot in HD I had to check it out. I had been wanting a Flip for a while. I guess I just want to be able to record more of my thoughts or things that are going on around [...]
It is a pain to change your last name to your new married name. My wife had a lot of appointments to make and running around to do. I just came across an online service that will do all of the legwork for you, for $24.99. Have NameBirdie change your Social Security Card, Driver’s License, [...]
I have been wanting to start this blog for a while and just have not had the time. That is why I am doing this now at 11:30 at night. I will be adding some of my favorite photos from weddings and events I have shot this year but I promise that I will try [...]
The movie 300 inspired me in many ways, but besides the extra visits to the gym I thought it would be cool to have some fun in Photoshop and see if we could do a 300 look the easy way.
Tutorial: Jerad’s 300 Look in Photoshop from Jerad Hill on Vimeo.
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