Photoshop beginner: create an abstract background
Here’s a great tutorial for adding an abstract space background in Photoshop.
Abstract Space Background » Free Photoshop Tutorials | PhotoshopStar gives great instructions:
“Here is one more interesting tutorial how to create an abstract space background, for example, for games website.”
Make money with photography: your first client
When you set out to make money from your digital photography, sooner or later you’ll get a paying client. Oh happy day!
Then, once the euphoria wears off, you panic.
Relax. There’s some great ideas here. What To Do When You Get Your First Paying Photo Client – A 10-Step Checklist For New Pros « Photofocus tells you what to do, and suggests:
“Now that you have the administrative stuff out of the way, remember the human touch. Within 24 hours of the booking, send a hand-written thank you note or a pre-printed professional thank you card to the client, thanking them for the booking. Include your business card and sign it with a good old fashioned ink pen. Use that same pen to write out the client’s name on the envelope.”
Wonderful advice.
Take it, and before you know it, your first shoot will be over, and you’ll book the next, and the next, launching a fabulous career. 
Photoshop: text tutorial, add text to images
Are you new to using Adobe Photoshop? If you are, you may be annoyed at the lack of beginners’ tutorials online.
Photoshop can be overwhelming, even if you’ve used other image editors. Everything you want to do seems overwhelmingly complex. Over time, you’ll come to appreciate Photoshop’s power, but when you’re new, you just want get things done.
I went hunting for a simple tutorial on adding text to images. Should be easy to find, right? Not so. I found tutorials on adding flaming text, smoking text… almost nothing on adding simple text.
Finally I found one. The tutorial below will give you the general idea of how adding simple text works.
