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5 Easy Steps to Organize Your Photos

I am all about orga­ni­za­tion, espe­cial­ly at this time of year, and today I am shar­ing my 5 steps to orga­nize your pho­tos! Every spring, I tack­le some orga­ni­za­tion­al projects, and last year, one of my big spring clean­ing projects was orga­niz­ing my pho­tos. You’ve got the cam­era and equip­ment, you’ve used the hacks to …

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 …

How to Embrace Winter Light in Photography

Hap­py Decem­ber! The hol­i­day spir­it is in the air. The low, warm win­ter light is here. Hope­ful­ly, your fam­i­ly will all be home togeth­er, and you will be tak­ing a ton of pho­tos to remem­ber this hol­i­day sea­son.  Decem­ber brings the smell of fires burn­ing in the fire­place, chest­nuts roast­ing on an open fire (I …

What to Wear for Memorable Holiday Photos | 10 Tips

You prob­a­bly read that title and thought, is she seri­ous? “What to wear for Hol­i­day pho­tos? It’s not even Hal­loween.” Yes, I said it, and to be hon­est, it is time to start think­ing about what you will wear for those hol­i­day pho­tos you will make into your 2020 Hol­i­day cards! My busiest time of the …

20 Inspiring Fall Photoshoot Ideas

Ask, and you shall receive! Fall is the per­fect time to take pho­tos. The light is excel­lent, the leaves are beau­ti­ful, and you get to wear cute scarves, gloves, and mit­tens. I have had so many mes­sages ask­ing for fall pho­to­shoot ideas and sug­ges­tions, so here you go! And you don’t just get 5 or …

7 Halloween Photo Ideas: Photograph the Spirit of Halloween

. Wow, where has the year gone? It’s Octo­ber, which means Hal­loween is right around the cor­ner! Fall is one of my favorite times of the year: crisp cool days, the fall col­ors, and my favorite hol­i­day… Hal­loween! Hal­loween is an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty to have fun with your pho­tog­ra­phy, and these 7 Hal­loween pho­to ideas …

12 Memorable Back to School Photo Ideas for 2020

Can you believe that the school year is about to begin again? It will more than like­ly be a bit dif­fer­ent this year, but whether your child is remote learn­ing or attend­ing class in per­son, you still want to cap­ture that first day, back to school pho­to, and you want to get the best pho­to by …

5 Photography Projects: How to Improve Your Photos

I love a good project. Some­thing to push me a lit­tle, some­thing to get me to do what I tell my stu­dents to do… and have my cam­era in my hands every day! Skills are like a mus­cle. You have to work those mus­cles, or they become a bit week. A pho­tog­ra­phy project helps you …