Summer is a GREAT time to pull out your camera and try some new Photo Tips and Photo Exercises, how about putting your hand to Shooting Silhouettes!  But be prepared to get comfortable with dark images rather than bright ones. If you love taking photos, you may have been told at some point to look […]

Nothing beats taking the kids camping! Yes, you have to take three showers to get the campfire smell out of your hair, and you freeze at night when the temperature drops, and you have nightmares about what things live in the bottom of the outhouse toilet–then your daughter drops her flashlight down there because she […]

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] Remember being a kid and watching a big, soapy bubble descend on you? The shifting colors of pink and blue would move around the bubble as it floated closer and closer to you. And you hoped, you prayed, that you would be the one to pop it before anyone else did. Bubble blowing […]

I’ve been looking at the dreamlike photography and images from our last night in Thailand. It was wonderful, vibrant and yet blurry. The kids and I were sitting on a bamboo mat watching the sunset together. Any minute Brian was going to return from his last scuba dive. I slowed my shutter speed down and […]

Meet Rosie! Our new Golden Retriever puppy. She is 8 weeks old and a sweetheart. How could that face ever exhaust anyone? 🙂 Little background on her and how we came to find her… Even though Brian and I didn’t grow up with dogs, we love Goldens. They are so sweet in personality and have […]

Try some of these Top 10 Tips to Shape Your Photography and you’ll see your family and blog photos shine even brighter! We’ll start with simple photo tips, get a little more technical, and then end easy. 🙂 1. Define Emotion When trying to decide if an image should be black and white vs color ask […]