For the last few months, you’ve been outside photographing details of all the beautiful flowers in your garden to vibrant sunsets.  But as the temperature drops, and we find ourselves looking for a warm, little nook in the house, why not capture the cozy details inside too? Today’s photo exercise isn’t stressful or technical, just […]

Remember the SONY Photo Challenge/Contest I mentioned a couple weeks ago? It’s a contest around capturing the theme of the upcoming election.  You can be as exact or “out of the box” as you want. Well, we asked the kids what ideas come to mind for them.  As they brainstormed, we wrote all their ideas […]

With great excitement, I’d like to introduce you to photographer, teacher and mama Beryl Young!  Prepare to be inspired! __________________________ As a freshman in college, I had the experience of hatching, like the ugly duckling, from a timid, awkward, and quiet girl into a confident, extroverted, and beautiful young woman. I can vividly remember the […]

Meet the Seattle Fall CONFIDENCE Workshop, a beautiful group of women who flew in from all over the country!  On Day Two, we start the morning with unpacking metering so that we can be shooting in Manual Mode by the time the Family Shoot happens that same afternoon.  Women are always a bit nervous, especially […]

We leave DC today after a wonderful week of adventure with the kids and powerful workshop with the DC CONFIDENCE ladies.  Every time Brian and I walk in to the workshop room the morning of Day One, to meet all these beautiful women for the first time, I wonder what magic will happen.  What stories […]

Meet Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and SONY Artisan, Brian Smith! I know what you are thinking…”wait a minute…he’s not an Amazing Mom!”  🙂  Yep, your right.  But…Brian is freaking AMAZING!  And somehow, he has graciously made time in his busy schedule and accepted the invitation to be here today to talk about shooting celebrity portraits, […]