There is a lot of love floating around in February. As you find yourself drowning in Valentines and candy hearts, here are a few tips for capturing love between people, that are useful all throughout the year. Capturing Love: Siblings Shared Activities: Sometimes, during the day to day, it can be a little difficult to see […]
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As we are poised at the beginning of February, a month traditionally dedicated (at least partially) to romance and warm emotions, I thought it appropriate to spend some time examining reasons why I love photography, and why you may, as well. It can be tedious down in the trenches, as you are working through learning the
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Don’t. It’s that simple. While you may capture an image that is beautiful, you will always know that it is a copy of someone else’s work. Each time you share that image, you’ll have a guilty feeling in the pit of your stomach because the image isn’t really yours; its conception belongs to someone else. Instead
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Towards the end of the month, the momentum of a New Year starts to wane, ideas for creative photographs are harder to come by and the motivation to pick up your camera is fleeting. In short, the winter slump hits in full force. While it is completely fine to take a break from photography, if
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How is 2016 going for you? We’re almost 2 weeks in, now. Still going strong on those bright, shiny resolutions? Or beginning to lose some steam? Personally, I had a slow start to the year. We were away from our house, visiting family, for 2 weeks over Christmas break, and despite my best intentions
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What a versatile tool a little SB-600 speedlight is. Controlling shadows is a work in progress, but I have really enjoyed the ability to place a light at will, wherever in the environment that I might want, since beginning to experiment with flash photography. To create these images, I simply placed the flash, balancing on
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Recently, I read Peter Hurley’s book, The Headshot: The Secrets to Creating Amazing Headshot Portraits. While I liked the portrait I had been using as my headshot, it didn’t communicate the aspects of my personality that I most wanted to present to the online world. So, I set out to create a new headshot that
