Jen here with another First Year post…and this one is about the blanket fort I built for my baby. Some of my favorite photos of my middle sister and me are from our little tyke years. We were all smiles as we peeked out from our favorite hang out place: the fort we would often […]

Previously, we talked about how to choose your shutter speed for sports.  We learned about the three types of action: stop, blur and pan.  For each of these types of action shots I gave you some starting shutter speeds to work with, but there were still quite a few questions about shutter speed.  It’s tough, […]

Jen here with another First Year post…and we are heading to the beach to show off baby’s first Halloween costume! Unlike many other new moms I’ve talked to, I did NOT have Logan’s first Halloween outfit picked out and bought way ahead of time. No, Halloween sneaked up on me this year. So when I saw […]

I’m so excited to be back this week to talk with y’all more about light and how to shoot sports indoors! Can you believe how fast the season is going?!  Most of the country has completed their district cross country meets, and are getting ready for state meets.  In fact our state meet is tomorrow […]

Jen here with another First Year post…and this one is about how to capture baby shadows! Last week’s post was about Logan crawling, which has led her to some surprising and awesome new discoveries…like her shadow! Logan crawled into this big ray of sunlight that came pouring through our sliding glass door, and she turned […]

There are five types of light to look for when considering kids sports photography lighting.  I know, with sports it’s a tough proposition.  Noon day sun, stadium lights, gymnasium lights… Yuck!   I need to tell you all something you might not want to hear.  But, if you’ve been shooting sports for very long, I have […]