A rainy photoshoot might not be your first choice, but sometimes it’s the only choice. (Like when your photographer has traveled from Vancouver, BC to Greensboro, NC for a ten day holiday and scheduling simply doesn’t allow for re-dos.) And sometimes your photographer (*cough, cough* – me) refuses to believe the forecast (isn’t it always/typically…
Not too many years ago, my photo selection process started with carefully choosing when to press the shutter release button; film wasn’t cheap, processing was an additional cost, and every photo mattered. Every photo matter as I came to the end of the film, packaged the roll, checked and double checked that my…
If a photo is worth a thousand words and if sharing is caring, then sharing photos is the ultimate gift. I can’t tell you the number of times I have listened to someone tell me “I’ll send you these photos!” and they never do or (conversely)”My iPhone was full of [unshared] photos and now they’re…
How on earth do you decide what lens to purchase? The glass you put on your camera will make or break your photos, so this is almost a more important decision than which camera to buy. First: the sooner you can get out of stock lenses, the better. The easiest, cheapest, and most versatile lens (hands down,…
My nieces and nephews (and their parents) have a unique advantage: ample camera practice before family portrait season even rolls around. Me? I have eleven (local) built-in models who are (slowly!) learning to ask for a photo (and then begging to see all the images). When nephew Isaiah had a birthday bonfire in the rain, what else was…
For a photographer, nothing beats seeing my work in print. Whether it’s 4 x 6 prints, collaged on a graduation announcement, decorating tables at a wedding reception, or compiled into a photo album, it’s all thrilling. Especially in a digital age, where so many of the photos we take today are going to be lost…
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