Author Archives: Lisa Deering

About Lisa Deering

Hi, I’m Lisa. I am a wife to an awesome man. I am a mother to two rambunctious boys. I'm lucky to call the panhandle of Florida home, with sandy white beaches and turquoise water oh so close. I love sunshine, chocolate, and wine... oh and of course photography. I have had a photography business, Lisa J Photography, for seven years focusing on family and children. You can see more of Lisa’s work on her Website or Facebook.

I remember being so excited to take photos and get them back from the drugstore to put them in the album as a kid. I always enjoyed looking back at them every time we put a new set of photos in. I really wanted my children to have something to have and hold and reflect …

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Business

Preserving Your Images: How to Make a Photo Book

Many times I take a photo, edit it, and it just isn’t giving me a wow factor. I can tell it looks promising but it just needs something MORE. Let’s look at these four examples and see why the black and white conversion made them stronger, more interesting photos. In this first image, the girl is …

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Photography Fundamentals

Adding Mood and Interest to Photos with Black and White Conversion

Nothing feels better than being organized! When you have a place for everything, and put things where they belong it frees up your mind to focus on other things. At least, this is my philosophy when it comes to organizing my photos. You won’t believe how much organizing your Lightroom catalogue will improve your workflow! …

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Business

5 Easy Steps for Organizing Your Lightroom Catalogue

Have you always admired those neat shots that usually appear at the holidays that give the pretty out of focus lights, referred to as BOKEH, fun shapes? If you have, I have a great, EASY tutorial for you that will send you on your way experimenting in no time! If you’ve wondered how to create shaped …

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Photography Fundamentals

How to Create Shaped Bokeh: a Festive Guide for Photographers

Look at those windows right!? I know, I’m not going to lie – this is what sold us on this house last year. These are gorgeous windows and provide wonderful light! However, I quickly noticed after we moved and settled in, that because of the location of the house, the size of the rooms, and …

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Photography Fundamentals

Making the Best of What You Have – One Window 10 Ways!!!

Some may call it trendy, some call it their style. I find that using the matte effect is lovely, and I incorporate at least a touch of it in many of my images. It’s a great way to add style, and dimension and even evoke emotion into some images. If you’ve wondered how to create …

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Lightroom

Matte Effect Made Easy: How to Create a Matte Effect in Lightroom

I believe photographer self-doubt can cripple many of us. It’s always there, in the back of our minds. Am I good enough? Should I really call myself a photographer? Will anyone even hire me? Should I even charge for my work? Will this session go ok? Will I be able to handle the lighting, the …

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Inspiration & Motivation

5 Tips to Overcome Photographer Self Doubt

This is my son. It was taken… a year or two ago? That’s right, off the top of my head I can’t tell. He still has his baby front teeth here, that helps narrow it a bit. It was taken in the fall… I can tell because I think this was Las Vegas and it’s …

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Portraits

The Photo Project: Digging Deeper When A Portrait Doesn’t Say Enough

Culling a session can be one of the toughest things to master.  It’s always so hard after a session; you get home, unload the card, and marvel at all the gems you have. And, if you are like many photographers you have taken WAY too many photos. There are 200 shots that you need to …

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Lightroom

Choosing Images for a Client Gallery in Lightroom

Everyone loves to head to the beach on vacation or summer break, but it’s often thought of as a difficult event to photograph. It doesn’t have to be. With these photography tips for the beach and lake, you can feel comfortable and confident about bringing out the “big camera” and making it worthwhile! Protect your …

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Landscape

5 Sunny Day Photography Tips for the Beach or Lake

A client questionnaire is a valuable tool to not only establish a good client relationship, but lead a great photography session. It reminds people you are not just a person with a camera, you are a business, have goals, and care about their needs/wants. Using a client questionnaire has helped me to get to know …

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Business

Your Blueprint for a Successful Photography Session: Using a Client Questionnaire

I really used to struggle when it came to taking pictures of my kiddos in their everyday environments when they were just playing or just hanging out being themselves. I had spent so much time learning, honing my craft, to take these perfect, clean, dreamy portraits. I had really lost my way about doing what …

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Photography Fundamentals

7 Tips for Elevating Your Everyday Images