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How To Use Your New Camera

February 25, 2023

You got a new camera…Now what? Get­ting a new cam­era is excit­ing, but it can also be over­whelm­ing. There are so many but­tons, dials and menus that you’re sure to get frus­trat­ed at some point. That’s okay! The best way to learn to use your new cam­era cor­rect­ly is by get­ting the cor­rect guid­ance and by …

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Filed Under: DSLR, Info, Technical

5 Easy Winter Camera Care Tips

October 27, 2022

The days are get­ting cool­er, crisper and short­er, cold weath­er is right around the cor­ner.  There are so many won­der­ful oppor­tu­ni­ties to take pho­tos in the cold win­ter months…winter sports, hol­i­days, snowy land­scapes, and amaz­ing light to work with.  Just like the sum­mer cam­era care is impor­tant, win­ter cam­era care is impor­tant as well. Cam­eras are …

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Filed Under: DSLR, Info

Easy Tips To Take Your Own Family Photos

July 26, 2022

Do you love fam­i­ly pho­tos but find that you are often behind the cam­era and not in the actu­al pic­ture? Are you ready to take your own fam­i­ly pho­tos? I know exact­ly how you feel. I try to get good fam­i­ly pho­tos every year. Some years I will splurge on a pho­tog­ra­ph­er to get a …

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Filed Under: DSLR, Info, Projects, Uncategorized

5 Easy Underwater Photography Tips

July 22, 2022

When you think of sum­mer, the chances are you will think of water. Sum­mer means water and whether you are swim­ming in it or float­ing on top of it, cap­tur­ing under­wa­ter pho­tog­ra­phy is a great way to cap­ture your sum­mer fun and mem­o­ries. If your plan­ning on play­ing in the water this sum­mer or capturing …

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Filed Under: DSLR, Info, Light, Technical, Uncategorized

How To Master Summer Light For Fantastic Summer Photos

July 17, 2022

Are you won­der­ing how to mas­ter sum­mer light to get great pho­tos? My mot­to is “shoot for the light and not the loca­tion.” I say it all of the time. I tell my clients when I am pho­tograph­ing their ses­sions and my stu­dents when I am teach­ing them to take bet­ter pho­tos…I even tell my …

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Filed Under: DSLR, Info, Light, Uncategorized

15 summer photography ideas

15 Fantastic Summer Photography Ideas

July 12, 2022

Are you run­ning out of things to pho­to­graph? Are you look­ing for sum­mer pho­tog­ra­phy ideas? Some­thing to push your pho­tog­ra­phy and get your cam­era in your hands every day! I teach my stu­dents all of the time that skills are like a mus­cle. You have to work those mus­cles, or they become a bit weak. A …

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6 hot weather camera care tips

6 Hot Weather Camera Care Tips

July 7, 2022

Sum­mer is in full swing. Long, hot days spent at the beach, pool, and lake, tak­ing your cam­era every­where, and cap­tur­ing all of those sum­mer mem­o­ries. These 6 hot weath­er cam­era care tips are going to help you pro­tect those mem­o­ries, and pro­tect your cam­era dur­ing the long, hot sum­mer days.  Hot Weath­er Cam­era Care Tips You …

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5 Simple Tips For Composing Your Photographs

5 Simple Tips For Composing Your Photographs

May 16, 2022

Good com­po­si­tion can take a pho­to from look­ing like a snap­shot to a pro­fes­­sion­al-look­ing pho­to, that’s why I am shar­ing 5 tips for com­pos­ing your pho­tographs. Under­stand­ing aper­ture, shut­ter speed and ISO is an impor­tant part of your pho­togr­pahy jour­ney, but so is com­pos­ing your pho­tographs. Pho­tos that use com­po­si­tion rules are more engag­ing. They …

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Filed Under: DSLR, Info, Projects, Technical

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Beginners Guide To Understanding Manual Mode

May 15, 2022

Why is under­stand­ing man­u­al mode impor­tant in your pho­tog­ra­phy? Under­stand­ing man­u­al mode will imme­di­ate­ly help you become more cre­ative in your pho­tog­ra­phy. When your cam­era is in Auto mode, AV mode or any mode oth­er than man­u­al, it decides how your pho­tographs will turn out, but when you are under­stand­ing man­u­al mode and choos­ing your …

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Watch Reviews Of Dena’s Photography Class

May 3, 2022

Are you ready to catch the reviews of Dena’s pho­tog­ra­phy class?  If you are inter­est­ed in learn­ing to under­stand your cam­era and its set­tings and take bet­ter pho­tos and have heard all about The Begin­ners Pho­tog­ra­phy Essen­tials Class, make sure to watch the reviews of the pho­tog­ra­phy class, then join the thou­sands of oth­er stu­dents and …

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I am a nat­ur­al light, lifestyle pho­tog­ra­ph­er with over 20 years of expe­ri­ence. I will teach you exact­ly what you need to do to start tak­ing amaz­ing photos!

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Beginner’s Photography Essentials

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Do you want to trans­form your pho­tos from snap­shots to beau­ti­ful pho­tos? You have the fan­cy cam­era all ready to go… you start­ed to take a pic­ture and then got stuck try­ing to fig­ure out the settings…The truth is that mas­ter­ing your cam­er­a’s set­tings and cap­tur­ing amaz­ing pho­tos feels com­pli­cat­ed! But it does­n’t have to be so hard…

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