What do Wii, Photography and Your Kids Have in Common?

The final countdown of the year is here.  Over the years, I’ve collected 10 Creative New Year’s exercises for the artist within.  If you’re like me, your creative spirit needs some replenishing. Queenstown, New Zealand What an intense year it’s been–full of high-highs and low-lows.  And yet somehow, we have not only endured but found […]

Finding the BEST light indoors makes for magical, sweet photos.  Got cabin fever?  Get your camera out because there are great photos ops everywhere. Whenever I go to a client’s house, I like to do a few things before we even start the shoot. One of these things is getting a casual tour of the […]

I’d like to share some tips and an 8 step exercise for shooting in low light using a beautiful wedding we shot in NY at the Sagamore. Set the Scene… There were two images I thought you might enjoy talking about. Both images were taken in extremely low lighting. Shades were drawn to the one- […]

Brian and I returned from shooting a wonderful wedding in Moses Lake, WA and I was inspired to give you an exercise to trust yourself in photography. We were flown into Spokane from Seattle (a whole 40 minute flight–I know. We are totally spoiled!). Then we drove about 90 minutes into complete farm country. You […]

Have you ever tried shooting an empty background in your photos?  Winter is a great time to try! Snow is so beautiful. Last night we went sledding with the kids after dark. It wasn’t planned that way, but that’s how long it took us to get them dressed and out the door. 🙂 Yep, it […]