I don’t know how your house feels today, but my kids are FREAKING OUT about Halloween! They’ve tried their costumes on a dozen times, and I’ve had to bribe them NOT to wear them anymore so they will last for Halloween. I’m not sure if they’re more excited about trick or treating or decorating. Blaze […]

Are you ready for a new photo contest, OR WHAT!! We had this up for a couple hours today, but the blog crashed along with everything else, so here we go again! 🙂 Let’s get this Photo Contest Party started! It’s an all NEW Photo Contest! There is going to be TWO WAYS to win […]

A number of you posted some great questions regarding the Unexpected Image and the biggest theme I noticed in the main questions was explaining Depth of Field. In essence, many of you asked, “How could I use a 1.7 fstop and have the dog in focus and the couple so sharp?” Let’s give you a few good […]

We are back from an amazing trip with Sony at Photo Plus Expo. Brian posted some fun images on Saturday from the Sony World Photography Awards. One of my favorite highlights was when my publicist from Random House and Sony met and started forming what they are calling “Team Me Ra” :). Those two women […]

Yeah! The blog is back up and working again. Thanks for shooting us emails or pinging us on Facebook and letting us know things weren’t working right! This weekend I had a wonderful reminder in how much joy the unexpected image can bring. It started with flying to a place I’ve never been, Charlottesville, Virginia. […]

If you’ve attended our CONFIDENCE workshops, you’ve probably heard me talk about Carey Schumacher. Without question, she is not only an AMAZING mom, but an AMAZING photographer and AMAZING friend. Her business is designed in such a way that fits her lifestyle of being wife, mom, photographer, beautiful woman. Carey is bold and doesn’t let […]