Stay tuned! We’ll announce the winner today with a special surprise!

Brian and I want to thank each of the nominees for the Chicago Running on Empty contest. We read every one of your stories, sometimes two or three times…struck by your strength to carry on. The heaviness you are carrying must leave you out of breath. And yet, you are still going. Still caring for […]

Hey there! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Just wanted to post a quick reminder that the Inspirational Object Photo Contest ends tonight at midnight PST. This means you have to email us your submissions to contest@fioria.us by tonight. For tips to shooting objects, check out this post. xoxo, Me Ra

Objects, or should we say Details, are important to being a Story Telling Photographer, today I’m giving you Seven Tips for Photographing Objects!  Whether you are capturing the objects in one’s home that describes who they are, or the details at a wedding, you are telling their story. I know this is not an easy task, […]

Give up a BIG congrats to Baxter, Lucy and their wonderful owner/camera lady, Beth Berry!!! Beth, you did a fantastic job with capturing Baxter and Lucy in the yellow chair! I’m a big fan of how you got out of the box, pulled a bright, yellow chair into the lawn and shot away. And even […]

Okay, let me start by saying this was the most fun contest ever! We are going to make the Pet Theme an annual event for sure! Your images were fantastic! Some of them had Brian and I laughing so hard. We got to meet a Lola, Strider, Daisy, a crazy kitten called Punk!, Maggie, George, […]