High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Aperture Priority Mode | Landscape and Urban Photos That Really Pop!

Ever since I got into photography with my first DSLR 6 ½ years ago, I’ve been obsessed with images of people. I became pretty comfortable photographing people in different lighting situations, but I focused so much on them that I never learned how to take good landscape/urban photos until this year! It has been one of […]

READ THE POST

post filed in:

Photography + Business Education

Resources & Inspiration for the Modern Photographer

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 […]

READ THE POST

post filed in:

Photography + Business Education

Tip of the Day: One Step to Taking Better Photos of Your Kids (or fur-babies)

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 […]

READ THE POST

post filed in:

Photography + Business Education

BOKEH – For Beginners

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.”. […]

READ THE POST

post filed in:

Photography + Business Education

the list

Be the ultimate insider. Get updates on my latest shoots, tips for planning your dream photo session & where I'm headed next. My email subscribers always hear about big updates before anyone else!

JOIN THE FUN

education Community

Are you a creative entrepreneur? Come join my small but mighty education community, where we are learning and growing together! I'm an open book and love to share about all the photography & business stuff behind-the-scenes stuff here!

Let's Grow Together!

let's be friends

on instagram