If you have an Instagram account or have just tried to put together a wall gallery in your home, then you’ve probably wondered how you could make it look better.  How come some people’s IG feeds look so pulled together while others are a jumbled mess? How come when you step back and look at […]

Creating a Style and a Story

If you’re anything like me, then you know accessories make things more fun. Need to write down doctor’s appointments and parent/teacher conferences in a planner? Then obviously you need multi-colored markers and stickers to make it fun. Love your morning coffee?  Then you’ve gotta have a cute mug collection. (A perfect mug makes coffee taste […]

Fun Camera Accessories

When I talk to a new client, one of the first questions they usually have for me, is, “Do you have any ideas for a location?” and yep, I do. But first I have some questions for them…and for you too, if you’ve got a photo session on your mind. What kind of vibe are […]

Finding the Perfect Photo Session Location

On Thursday we celebrated our son’s 8th birthday. As we’ve added children to our family, 3 in all, these birthdays seem to sneak up on us even faster. When the actual day comes, I’m usually scurrying around running errands…picking up the cake, blowing up balloons,  counting up RSVPs and wrapping gifts. But at some point..usually […]

Birthday Photo Traditions

If you’re anything like me, you’re swimming in photos. Your phone’s camera roll goes back years, your computer has dozens for random folders, and you constantly get notifications that your space in the cloud is filling up fast. And although the photos run deep, so many of our walls are bare and we can’t find […]

5 Tips for Organizing Your Photos

If you’re anything like me, you’re swimming in photos. Your phone’s camera roll goes back years, your computer has dozens for random folders, and you constantly get notifications that your space in the cloud is filling up fast. And although the photos run deep, so many of our walls are bare and we can’t find […]

5 Tips for Organizing Your Photos

So if you’ve been reading your emails or following along on social media, then you may have noticed that I launched something big out into the world last week. I opened the doors to my first ever online course, Digital Camera Academy. And I’ll tell you, it wasn’t easy and it definitely felt scary.  It […]

Why I Launched Digital Camera Academy

So if you’ve been reading your emails or following along on social media, then you may have noticed that I launched something big out into the world last week. I opened the doors to my first ever online course, Digital Camera Academy. And I’ll tell you, it wasn’t easy and it definitely felt scary.  It […]

Why I Launched Digital Camera Academy

This month we’ve been talking a lot about cameras…why you should use yours, why you don’t actually need the best, most expensive one to take great photos. And today I’m gonna share my (probably) unpopular opinion with you….you should be shooting in manual mode. What!? Manual mode. Do you think I’m a photographer? Have you […]

Why You Should Shoot in Manual Mode

So all month we’ve been talking about your DSLR camera…why you should blow the dust off of it and use it in 2020, what really goes into creating images (hint: it’s not expensive camera equipment), and finally answered the question, “Why all the lenses?”. So to finish off the month, and put to rest any […]

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