Adding Butterfly Overlays to your Photographs

Here is a quick clip from the Sweet Summer Video Tutorial showing you how to add Butterfly Overlays into you images.

In this video the Butterfly Collection One and Two are being used.  Found here

How To Apply Glitter Dust Overlays to your Images

One of the most highly requested tutorials we have is our Glitter Dust Overlay Tutorial.

We Love this Tutorial as well so I
thought I would update it with the new:

Celebration Glitter Dust Overlays

This collection really ranks high on on my favorite overlays we have available.

For a higher quality please view from webpage.

Find more information and tutorials at our main site www.photographersunleashed.com

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Here is a little history on how Glitter Dust Overlays came to be.

Two Years ago while chatting with friends in one of the groups I belong to someone said they hated the mess of using Real Glitter in sessions. That is when a Light-bulb went off over my head and I said I can make an overlay for that.

 A few weeks later I introduced "Glitter Dust Overlays" That was two years ago!!! I cannot believe how fast time has gone by and the amazing impact they have had with everyone.

 I adore seeing how many of my fans launched "Glitter Mini Sessions" after Michelle Voight Photography shared how she used the overlays to do an entire mini marathon with them!!! It was literally a Glitter Explosion!!!  After the first release we updated the original set twice and then came out with three additional sets to work on just about any of your photos! I just cannot stop. 

I  LOVE GLITTER! 

 I am so excited to be releasing the newest member of the Glitter Dust Overlay Family:

 {{ CELEBRATION }} 

This Collection brings an amazing amount of color to your Glitter Dust! It may just be my favorite Glitter Dust Collection yet!

The Butterfly Chase

What a wonderful journey it has been creating the series "The Butterfly Chase"

With nearly 12 complete images all composites to depict wild animals and butterflies. It was truly a remarkable series to work on.  I may have to continue this series in the future.

 I really encourage every single one of you to find something that makes you happy and work on it. Don't give up.  There were several times during this series that  I wanted to quit but I did not. 

Here are 3 of my favorites from the series.   The others I will be keeping a secret until this winter when I release all 12 at the same time to the public. 

I had such an amazing time creating this series and so many wonderful people asked me about my process and how I created the pieces that I created a video tutorial on the Butterfly Chase: Bear in the woods.     It is shortened down compared to the original creation but it still shows you nearly every single step I took to create it. 

Below is a Speed Edit to show you what you will learn from the video, or for those who just really love watching speed editing. I know I do. 

For more information about the tutorials or videos you can find us on Facebook or in our Etsy Shop.

Dark Charlotte

 What brought on the creation of Dark Charlotte?

I knew right away that I really wanted to do an entire scene of webs and have my model intertwined within the webbing.  

Here are some behind the scene looks at the webbing.

That webbing was a challenge. Most of all because of how unprepared I was for creating the depth of field I wanted to achieve with it.

I had to create multiple levels of webbing from the back to the front and leave room in the middle for the models.  As you can see from the images above I was attaching webbing with anything I could prop up to pull it apart. My lighting, the backdrop support, even on the floor I had it pulled apart and weighted down with stacks of books.  Thank goodness this shoot was for fun.

To make matters worse when we started shooting I was down to one flash. So I bounced the flash off the wall and just hoped for the best!

Did I mention it was 3 am by this point!

We did get some great shots. I would have been far happier if I would have had a hair light but all in all I love the images.

Here is an image we shot Straight out of camera and then edited. I love the look we have achieved and really look forward to spending some more time editing this session.

I created a Full Length Video Tutorial that you can get here.

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and that's a Wrap - Photography Resources

I get asked nearly the same question every day.

Where do you get your packaging?
Where do you get your photo boxes?
Where do you get your Usb's?

So I have finally taken the time to blog about those resources.

Please keep in mind that sometimes you may have to order from several companies to complete your overall look in packaging.

In the future I will link some additional blogs about creative packaging but for now I am going to stick to the basics.


My first resource when I started out was really simple. I used Nashville Wraps for almost all of my packaging, they had these great envelope sleeves and I would just slide all my portraits 8x10 and smaller into the 11x14 size bag.  I had smaller bags as well for wallets and would just fold the bag onto itself and seal it with a custom sticker I had made.
 Plus they are Eco Friendly.


My Next resource I stumbled onto as I grew my business (and this one is a biggy because I know very few people are familiar with this company as they start out.)
But
MarathonPress.   This company really changed the way I went about marketing, branding, creating mini session mailers, and they also offer some packaging like Boxes and such. (there are other companies that I order boxes through now though.)  But the 4x6 Post Card Mailers came in SO handy when I was putting customers orders together and would just add a few upcoming mini marathon post cards in there as well.

Now the remaining resources are in no particular order.
I do not prefer or favor one over the other so check each one out and find out which one you prefer the most.

Tiny Prints* Lots of Business Stationary and Resources.  Don't forget to check out the Custom Embossers

Paper and More *

Tyndell Photographic Packaging

Tap Packaging   Photography Packaging Here.

Rice Studio Supply 

ClearBags  

ClearEnvelopes

WildCat Wholesale LLC 

ApexEnvelopes

Kraft and Jute

Paper Presentations 

DNLPhoto Packaging


Nations Photo Lab

The Paper Source

NPD Box Company 

WNP  Waste Not Paper 

Bags and Bows by Deluxe 

 Uline  Geared more towards actually mailing the products, mail sleeves, cardboard tubes etc.

USB Memory Direct 

Lazables   All things Laser Printing 

RubberStamps .net

CustomTape Create Custom Tape for when mailing your packages out. 

FlashBay

Pro Studio Supply










 

*   Items marked with Asterisk are Affiliated sites.  Please keep in mind that any Money Earned through Affiliate Links help go towards the funds in managing and upkeep for the blog. 

Please do your research before purchasing from any of the above sites. I have not ordered from every single one of those places. I am just listing them for you. We will not be held responsible or liable for any order issues or problems from any of the listings.

Selling your art and photography

With a dozen or more Print and Product companies for your photography and art out there it can seem like an impossible journey to navigate and to find the best one.

Some people want the best quality while other people are searching for the lowest price alone. There is no right or wrong way to go about searching for a third party fulfillment company. You basically just have to find one that best fits your specific needs.

Yes I am sorry to say there is just not a magical printing fairy out there that will help you through it.

But I can help point you in the right direction.... and occasionally I have sported some fancy wings.

In No particular order below is a list of  Printing Shops or Hosting Sites that takes a lot of the work out of it for you.   These places will allow you to post your photos and artwork and it will do the printing and shipping for you.

Cafepress *  Here is a coupon to save 20% off your purchase in July. JULY20

Redbubble.com
"Unlike many other sites, Redbubble gives you total control over what you sell your art for. Current Redbubble artists actually earn an average margin of 17% of the retail price, but whether it is 10% or 30%, you get to decide" -Redbubble.

Imagekind.com *

Easy to create a membership to start loading your images and artwork to be sold.


Cafepress.com 
We are all familiar I think with Cafepress, this shop; "The Shops service provides an online shop where you can, design, manage, and sell your own branded merchandise on your website. If you already have an audience, this is the pick for you!"  - cafepress

Society6.com

Zazzle.com

Storeenvy.com

500px









Saatchiart.com

Artflakes.com
This site is similar to Art.com but anyone can join. You set your prices and decide what you want to sell. You can find out more about how to register and get your work posted to their site here.

Art.com
This site is a members only site, you can find out more about becoming a member and having your art listed here.

FineArtAmerica.com
Anyone can become a member and start selling their work right away through them. You can find out more here.





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Creating Our Logo

Our Logo Design was challenging to say the least.

When we started the company we had a really bold design, with a Black Background and Rich Bright Colors. But it never really felt quite right.  It seems odd that a Design Company like our own would have so many struggles in this department but we like many of you just could not find anything that felt right.

With no time to really work on our own logo we decided to ask for help.

So I contacted Cheryl Logan with CLP Designs and we gave her a few keywords that we thought best represented the direction we wanted to go in with the Company and the Logo.

Airy, Light, Colorful, Whimsy  

This was a really difficult task for us because our Company Name just has such a BOLD Feel too it.
 But we love our Name and Motto and will not be changing that ever.  So we had to have something that represented us.


In no time at all. (It seemed like overnight actually)  Cheryl had a Design Board for us to look at.
I felt like they were perfect.

But after talking it over with her and some friends we decided to make some minor adjustments to the design and came to love this overall design below.

Keeping with the Same "Paint Splash" Theme as our Old Logo Design we felt like it helped Tie in the overall change to the new logo.

So basically we LOVE our new look and designs and what it means for our company.
With the new look we can move forward and have a coheisive feeling to the entire Shop and Site.
We hope you love the new design as much as we do.

Sweet Summers Photoshop Manipulation Tutorial

Have you ever wondered how photographers and artist create those amazing Photoshop Manipulations?

In this Tutorial I teach you everything from start to finish on creating this Beautiful Sweet Summer Manipulation.   Check out the Speed Editing Video Below for a look at the techniques you can learn.

Find out more about the Video Tutorials here.

 Sweet Summer Photoshop Manipulation by +Photographers Unleashed 

 

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Best Commercial Font Resources

It is important to have GREAT Font choices when running a business.  It is crucial to use Fonts specific for Commercial Use.

#RespectTheArtist  Don't use fonts that are for personal use only when dealing with your business.

Here is a list of my favorite vendors to get Commercial Font with.

Kimberly Geswein Font

Each Commercial Font License (for one font: $5) or the Option to Pay $5 at a time until you reach $299 for ALL fonts
or
Buy An All Fonts License (for all fonts: $299)

Watch her site because she has discounts from time to time on her All Font License.

Myfonts.com
Prices Vary
(*Very Popular Font:  Bombshell by Emily Lime, http://www.myfonts.com/foundry/Emily_Lime/ )




If you are a font Addict like me. 
Make sure to check out this resource as well.
It allows you to see ALL your fonts with a Certain word or phrase all at one time.

http://wordmark.it/

Official Site and Company

Hello All!


Thank You for being such wonderful fans of Photographers Unleashed.

www.photographersunleashed.com

This is the Official "blogger"  Blog Site of Photographers Unleashed but it may change in the future. We will be sure to update you and transfer all blog post if we move sites.

We are always proud to bring you the best Photographic and Artist Resources, Templates, Overlays, Actions, and Video Tutorials.  Constantly Striving to bring you the best and new items.

You can find our products in our Shop and on Etsy


Whether you are a Traditional Portrait Artist or a budding Fantasy Photo Manipulation Artist you have came to the right place!



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