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What lens filters do you need and why? We’ll give you the basics! Have you ever heard a photographer talk about using a lens filter but didn’t really understand what that meant? You’re not alone! Lens filters are simple in design but can have many different functions. They are also incredibly useful …

Understanding Lens Filters

Get ready for the coming decade with these ideas on planners for photographers! I scheduled two clients for the same mini-session spot. They both showed up, families in tow, ready to go. But I’d messed up big time. That mortifying moment (and a few near misses) is why I’m such a nerd …

The Best Planners for Photographers in 2020

Understanding the zone system in photography makes you a better, more consistent photographer. Have you ever photographed a session and felt like you rocked it, only to pull those images up in post-production have your exposure completely out of whack? Have you ever photographed a white dress only to see it looks …

What is the Zone System in Photography? Do I need to learn it?

Nail exposure and white balance with the inexpensive, practically primitive, gray card Do you struggle setting white balance during sessions? How about nailing exposure with or without a flash? If I told you that I could solve both your problems for less than $25, would you believe me? It’s true. With the …

What’s a gray card and why should you get one?

Use these lists for photographers to keep track of tasks and implement new ideas!! Are you a list person? I most definitely am. I use lists to keep track of small tasks, big goals, places to check out and blogs to write. As I get older, I find that lists help me …

10 Lists for Photographers to stay organized, spark creativity and get motivated

How to Care for your Camera and show some love to your other photography gear Fall is an absolute madhouse for our family. I’m usually running around the county taking pictures. My daughter is busy with school and soccer, and my husband is smack in the middle of his busy season, too. …

How to Care for Your Camera and Other Gear

We give you the lowdown on buying used photography equipment! Just about every photographer I know has a wish list that’s at least a dozen items deep. But let’s face it…lenses, camera bodies and other camera accessories are expensive. To save money and expand their kit more quickly, some photographers turn to …

Buying used photography equipment: Save money without getting scammed

Thinking about a mega zoom? Here’s a Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 lens review If you’re a wildlife photographer, nature photographer or sports photographer, sometimes you want to fill the frame with your subject. Problem is, you can’t always get closer to your subject. That’s where a super-telephoto lens or a mega zoom like …

The Nikon 200-500 mm f/5.6 lens: A budget wildlife/sports lens?

Online galleries, file-sharing sites or digital files via a device? We’ve some ideas on the best way to deliver digital images to your clients. Establishing a photography business requires about two-thousand decisions right off the bat. Nikon or Canon? Lifestyle or traditional? Wide-angle or telephoto? Digitals or prints? Even if you decide …

What’s the best way to deliver digital images to clients?

Explore new partnerships and expand your client base when you collaborate with vendors Photography can be a lonely business if you let it. Or, you can step out of your comfort zone and seek out other business owners or creative types and work together for the benefit of all. There are hundreds …

How to Collaborate with Vendors: The Photographer’s Guide to Building Win-Win Relationships

Don’t panic. Your images probably aren’t really gone, they are just missing from Lightroom. It’s happened to just about all of us at one point. We open Lightroom, start scrolling through our images and we get it. The dreaded punctuation of despair. That little symbol in the upper right-hand corner of our …

Finding and Relinking Missing Lightroom Photos: Crisis Averted

10 ways to keep your sanity this fall and survive the photography busy season Fall. It means beautiful leaves, long-sleeve shirts, football, maybe a pot of chili simmering on the stove. Unless you’re a photographer. Then it means chaos. Lots of sessions. Lots of editing. Little sleep. Coffee. More editing. Even more …

10 Ways to Survive the Photography Busy Season

Lightroom Classic vs. Lightroom CC. What’s the difference and which one do I want for my photo editing needs? Learning photography can be confusing. So can learning editing. And now to further muddy the waters, Adobe offers two versions of its photo editing program, Lightroom. And in a fun twist, what used …

Lightroom Classic vs. Lightroom CC: Which version is your champion?

Battery grips. Filters. Memory cards. Sort out what’s necessary and what’s nice to have when it comes to camera accessories To be a professional photographer, you only really need a camera, lens and a memory card or some film. That’s it. The rest of the equipment out there simply makes life easier, …

Do I need a battery grip? And other questions on camera accessories

Fight the frizz with these ideas on how to edit flyaway hair in Photoshop One thing we don’t have a shortage of here in Wyoming is wind. We joke that our windsocks should be made out of tow chains so they’d last longer. We also have a pretty dry climate. So rowdy …

Edit Flyaway hair in Photoshop: 5 Methods to achieve sleek and smooth

Hand strap, cross-body strap or harness? Here’s what you need to know before choosing a camera strap! I never really gave much thought to my camera strap. I left the default yellow and black strap on my Nikon for years. But after really getting bit by the photography bug, I decided a …

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