How to Photograph Christmas Morning With You in the Frame!

How to Photograph Christmas Morning With You in the Frame!

Because my heart for photography started with my desire to document everyday memories, it’s no surprise that I LOVE taking Christmas morning photos! But since we have had kids, I have found myself more and more aware of the fact that, most of the time, I am not in the frame with my family. For…

Telling a Better Story through Lifestyle Photography

Telling a Better Story through Lifestyle Photography

There is a lot of buzz in the photography world about how to capture genuine smiles and expressions from your clients. Capturing authentic connection is one of the things that can separate a good photo from a great one, and is something I plan to write about soon. But today I want to tell you…

Natural Light Photography Tips for In-Home Sessions!

Natural Light Photography Tips for In-Home Sessions!

Want to know how to pick the perfect spot to take a great picture in your home ?  Every home is a little different but one thing you can always count on, is that every house has windows! And natural window light is our friend! So the first thing I would look for is a…

Tips for Taking Better Holiday Photos!

Tips for Taking Better Holiday Photos!

The Daunting Christmas Card! Should you take your own photos or hire a professional? Christmas Season is just around the corner and that always brings up the option to send out Christmas Cards – which can be a total chore if you do not know how to get a decent photo of your family. If…

8 Tips for Photographing Kids

8 Tips for Photographing Kids

Photographing children can be hilarious and meaningful. Other times it can be like trying to bottle feed an angry octopus. It takes patience, skill and a bit of creativity. Here are some tips and tricks to capturing the moment….as quickly as possible. Have Everyone Prepared Before the Shoot Plan out the areas in which you…

Night Photography Tips!

Night Photography Tips!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or on one other than the third from the sun, you’ve probably noticed an influx of night time / astronomy shots on social media this week. This weekend awed night watchers and photographers with a stunning view of a “super moon eclipse”, which only happens about 5 times…

The Basics of Aperture Size

The Basics of Aperture Size

There are many functions that modern cameras have.  But some of the old ideas that modern cameras can’t do away with are your aperture, your shutter speed and your ISO (i.e. sensitivity of the film to light or in digital cameras your sensor’s sensitivity to light). These all have very important relationships between each other…

The Magic of Slow Shutter Speed

The Magic of Slow Shutter Speed

We often spend so much time making sure that the speed of our shutter is fast enough to avoid camera shake or motion blur from movement, that it might sound odd to talk about improving your photos by slowing down your shutter. But that’s exactly what we’re going to do. “The water was blurred out…

Improve your Photography by Practicing in Your Own House!

Improve your Photography by Practicing in Your Own House!

Artist In Your Own Home: Improve your Photography by Practicing in Your Own House! Have you ever felt constricted in your ability to learn and grow in your photography because you don’t have access to high-end workshops or expensive photography classes? Maybe your time is limited, and you want to increase your skill set, but…

3 Ways to Get More Personal & Better Portraits

3 Ways to Get More Personal & Better Portraits

Do you want to get a little closer to a subject that you think would make a really good portrait?  And then, that little voice creeped in, giving you doubts.  Maybe it said, “You don’t know this person and what if they get angry?” Or maybe that voice said, “You don’t know their culture and…

Chasing the Summer: Getting and Selling the Coastal Shot!

Chasing the Summer: Getting and Selling the Coastal Shot!

Capturing memorable coastal photographs, those that can evoke emotion in the viewer, are a combination of good planning, good composition, a great eye, and the always welcome touch of good luck! Most of my work is shot on Cape Cod where I am very familiar with the towns, beaches, and photo opportunities that the Cape…

14 Essential Lessons That Will Change Your Life Today!

14 Essential Lessons That Will Change Your Life Today!

In life you really have no idea where you might end up.  It’s much the same in business too. Never in a million years would I have expected to have been on a plane to Nashville to collaborate with some of my biggest idols in the photography community.  As you can imagine, when I got…

Artificial Lighting Tips from a Natural Light Lover!

Artificial Lighting Tips from a Natural Light Lover!

I am a natural light lover! Window light. Morning light. Golden hour light. I love it all. For the longest time artificial light scared me! But now what scares me even more is terrible light. Have you wanted to start using artificial lighting but had no idea how to use it, let alone make it…

ISO Setting Like a Pro!

ISO Setting Like a Pro!

You’ve seen the ISO button, but do you know what it does? ISO can be thought of as the control you have over the level of how sensitive your camera’s sensor is to light. That said – the more light you have, less sensitive your camera’s sensor needs to be (lower ISO).  Conversely, when shooting…

The Power of Personality & Why You Need Some!

The Power of Personality & Why You Need Some!

How is it even possible to survive as a photographer these days? We are all among a massive sea of photographers, all vying for the same customers.  Despite photography being so subjective, and in many ways an “art”, the commoditization of the “art” is continuing at an alarming pace. Whose to blame for this? Technology. …it…

The 11 Best Off Camera Flash Tutorials on the Web!

The 11 Best Off Camera Flash Tutorials on the Web!

For many photographers, the thought of learning how to use flash scares the be-jeezus out of themselves.  It’s no mystery that in photography, one of the most important concepts to learn, if not “thee” most important concept is: lighting. “flash is truly a necessary tool in your toolbox” Lighting is so important but yet so many…