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10 Tips to Take Better Family Vacation Photos

Sum­mer­time means fam­i­ly vaca­tion time. And fam­i­ly vaca­tion means fam­i­ly pho­tos! Cre­at­ing mem­o­ries is mag­i­cal, and cap­tur­ing them so that the entire fam­i­ly can always look back on those mem­o­ries is so impor­tant. To help you cap­ture those mem­o­ries, I’ve put togeth­er 10 tips to help you take bet­ter fam­i­ly vaca­tion pho­tos this year. It does­n’t …

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How I Learned to Take Better Photos With The Photography Essentials Program!

I love to see the Ah-Ha moments in stu­dents when they start to see that they can take bet­ter pho­tos. You know, those moments when it just “clicks” …when it all starts to come togeth­er for a stu­dent, and I can see it in their pho­tos. Gone are the days of out-of-focus snapshots…they are now …

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What is White Balance?

Do you ever wonder…what is white bal­ance? And how do I set it? We’ve talked all about get­ting tack-sharp pho­tos, and how to choose your aper­ture, but what about white bal­ance? We have a fan­tas­tic group over at the Learn Pho­tog­ra­phy with Dena Face­book group, and one mem­ber who is always there to help is …

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3 Photography Hacks That Will Help You Take Better Pictures

Ask any­one in my fam­i­ly… I am not a patient per­son. I am always look­ing for life hacks (includ­ing pho­tog­ra­phy hacks!). I think that most of us want to see quick results when try­ing new things, and I am cer­tain­ly no dif­fer­ent. I want things done yes­ter­day, if not before. Today, I am going to give …

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You Got a New Camera, Now What? 5 Easy Steps to Mastering Your New Camera

You were so excit­ed when you opened the box to your new cam­era. You care­ful­ly laid out all of the includ­ed acces­sories, got it all charged up, ready to take pho­tos, and then got so stuck try­ing to fig­ure what to do next! I’ve put togeth­er some next steps for what you need to do now that …

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6 Holiday Photography Tips to Capture Memories This Holiday Season

This week we are talk­ing all things Christ­mas! Christ­mas is my favorite hol­i­day! I love the way my house twin­kles with the lights and can­dles, the mem­o­ries being made, and the tra­di­tions of the dec­o­ra­tions that I put up. Today I was tak­ing some fun fes­tive pho­tos and thought, why not share these hol­i­day photography …

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5 Helpful Tips to Taking Tack Sharp Photos

“How do I get tack sharp pho­tos?” This is the num­ber one ques­tion I get asked in my Face­book Group and as a pho­tog­ra­phy teacher. I find that tak­ing tack sharp pho­tos is the one thing most begin­ning pho­tog­ra­phers strug­gle with! Are you strug­gling with the same thing? You aren’t alone…it’s chal­leng­ing to achieve perfect, …

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