For this week’s Friday Photo Tip, let’s talk about an easy way to take a photo from “meh” to “Wow!”. This technique adds framing, leading lines and is really simple…

We all love a good candid photo — a moment caught when the guard is down and there’s real emotion. It’s a smile that goes all the way to the eyes, or a belly laugh that just came naturally. BUT, we…

This week’s Friday Photo Tip is on making silhouettes - those lovely backlit photos where the subject is shown only as a dark shape with their outline as the focus…

To the windooooooww! Sorry, that one’s for my fellow geriatric millennials… Anywhooo, this week’s Friday photo tip has nothing to do with Lil Jon and everything to do with…

Alright, I’m going to let my crazy flag fly a bit here. Color matters to me A. LOT. Like, so much that I will suggest…

This week’s Friday photo tip is a simple one: be (a little) extra. When it comes to photos, I find that a little bit of drama…

When taking photographs it’s easy to capture your subject’s face, get the smile and move on. But today’s Friday Photo Tip is about going one step further and trying a different angle…

You only have white, black and gray with which to tell your story, so you need to make sure you are drawing the eye to your subject. Making your subject…

Most of my clients tend to be disappointed if their session day comes along and it’s cloudy. I get it, that golden back-lighting is gorgeous, but don’t discount the beauty of an overcast day…

We all do it — “Look at the camera!”, “Say cheese!”, “Look at Mommy and you can have a treat!” (I’m not the only one bribing my kids, right?) We LOVE photos of our…

This week’s Friday Photo Tip is about how to get a photo of your kids with more connection, more joy, real smiles, and that is just plain ‘ole less boring than standing together and smiling…

While this may seem like a minor thing to be worried about in your photos, paying attention to it can really improve the way the eye perceives an image. When you see a limb…

Alright, I’m going to let me freak flag fly a bit here. Color matters to me A. LOT. Like so much so that I will make my kids change clothes to go into the backyard if I know I’m going to be taking photos. I will choose…

Since we read left to right (at least in most languages) our eyes follow the same pattern when “reading” a photo. To make an image that is most interesting to read, place your subject…

This week’s photo tip is a really simple photo fix that is often overlooked. It can really make the difference between a photo that is polished and one that looks like a quick snapshot. The tip is this…

You only have white, black and gray with which to tell your story, so you need to make sure you are drawing the eye to your subject. Making your subject…

Most of my clients tend to be disappointed if their session day comes along and it’s cloudy. I get it, that golden back-lighting is gorgeous, but don’t discount the beauty of an overcast day…

When we see a face, we are naturally drawn to the eyes and this holds true in photographs as well. And of course there are artistic exceptions, but as a general rule, your photo will be more appealing and technically accurate if…