Here’s the thing about photography: it’s a hassle. Carrying around all that equipment, finding locations, talking to so many people…it can be overwhelming and bit exhausting! Lately I have been on a mission to take more photos of life outside my paid shoots. I think it’s challenging to view the world from the camera’s perspective, […]

Since I am a self-taught photographer, much of what I know has come from hours of reading, hours out practicing, and lots of hours stumbling through trial and error in order to learn business practices, shooting and editing techniques, etc. Unfortunately, sometimes what takes the longest is sifting through all of the ‘meh’ articles and […]

Sure, you get family photos taken once a year to capture the different stages of your children’s’ lives…but you can’t force kids’ emotions and a photographer obviously isn’t around during daily life when they do the darnedest things.  Here is one easy step towards taking better photographs of your children, since you’re there to capture […]

UPDATE: I have now replaced my Canon 60D with the new Canon 5D Mark IV so the Canon 6D is now my backup camera. I have also replaced the SunPak OCF with the Yongnuo Speedlite YN600EX-RT and sold the lensbaby. I also got rid of the Intervalometer because the Canon 5D Mark IV has incredible […]

Conquer your fear of shooting in broad daylight by thinking through these things as you shoot. While harsh sunlight is not usually ideal for portraits, there are some tips and tricks to shooting mid-day that make it possible to still achieve beautiful images!

I was at a photography group meeting a few weeks ago and someone expressed interest in how I get people to respond to the camera…I was surprised (and encouraged) because I have never consciously thought about that before. I compiled a short list of tips and tricks that seem to work for me and wanted […]

    For the first time in my life I am the new girl. I lived in the same house in a small Colorado town until I moved off to college…and that experience didn’t even count because everyone is new together then! In an effort to branch out and meet some people, last week I […]

When I was first getting into the photography world, one of my biggest questions was how to achieve bokeh in my photos. Okay, rewind…what’s bokeh? Only the single greatest discovery ever!! Okay that’s an overstatement, but it’s absolutely one of my favorite things about photography 🙂 Bokeh comes from a Japanese word meaning “blur quality.”. […]

10 tips to help you improve your photography and help lay the foundation for growing your business!

The world is in a strange, limbo stage between the age of “say cheese” studio photography and what has become known as “shoot and share” photography. As I’m sure you know, the modernization of equipment has made creativity available to the general public as almost everyone now owns a camera of some sort. The classic, […]