Good luck with the promos! I don’t shoot promos as much as live stuff, but I love doing them. Just pay attention to your background, make sure you don’t cut off any hands or feet, and definitely go for those unique and crazy angles. I recently just climbed onto a ledge that was 30 ft. or so above the ground to get the angle I wanted, haha.

well i am relatively knew to flickr so please dont get freaked out by my my weirdness. Im actually really excited about your tutorial, Im a college student and my friend is hiring me to take photos of the bands she manages. So this tutorial made me understand so much how important editing and looking for others angles instead of just close tight ones >.<

Thanks Tasha! Im going to add you now!

my flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeeness/

Kelly – RAW is fantastic! Use it!

As for the borders – I duplicate the picture on to another layer. Then, in the background layer, I increase the canvas size. Once that’s done, on the duplicated layer, I add a one pixel black stroke. I then “placed” the logo image (file –> place) over both layers and move it to where I want it. Flatten the picture and you’re done. It’s a lot of steps to do per image, but make an action out of it!