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  1. Get skills- Creative live is an excellent resource to learn from the experts on any kind of photo knowledge (and it’s free!) Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera was my favorite resource for understanding the fundamentals of manual exposure and The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes walked me through working […]

I’ve never been good at self-promotion, who amongst us is right?? So how do we push ourselves in a fruitful direction? Here’s a few areas I want to improve on, we’re going to tackle these separately over the coming week: -Post-consultation sales meeting, albums and canvas art -First Contact Email/Phone response -Pre-consultation, managing Clients Expectations […]

                                                                She’s a beauty to be sure!

So this wedding was chosen for publication for the 2nd time! Dang, Jennifer you did something right! Check out the featured hotness: Thank you Northwest Wedding Blog for highlighting this stunning day.    

It’s night. Here I am,  in bed with that gnawing fear creeping up from my toes. “Crap, here we go again…I have a shoot tomorrow and all I want to do is hide!” The feeling reaches my stomach producing a cacophony of nervous butterflies so loud I’m sure it’s audible. “Will I have enough ideas? […]

So you’re stuck in a rut, not sure how to spread your wings and procure new clients. Have you tried sending thank you gifts? What is more memorable than sending a sweet thank you to the people that refer you? There is an old proverb that says, ” A mans gift makes room for him”. […]

I do have to admit. I have a celebrity crush. (Dear Husby, don’t be jealous, he’s far too old anyhow 😉 The man is practically a food God. If you know anything about the food network and the secret delectable goodness of Kitchen Nightmares you’ll know who I’m referring to. Oh yes, that notorious British […]

Sometimes my tongue gets tripped up all over my words and I can’t get them in the right order. This is guaranteed to happen when I am 1) Extremely excited and 2) Extremely concentrated. Explanations and directions that should pour forth like an copious river of fluid thought get stuck in the dam of my […]

It was the 16th of June, this day 365 days ago, Wifey first said- I Do. And rumor has it, she has loved every minute of every day since. Yes, there are ups and downs, conflicts and resolutions, disses and kisses, hurts and forgiveness. But from all appearances, it is well worth the ride. In […]

It’s an art to make young guys feel comfortable when 1) They don’t like cameras 2) They have to get their photos done for the senior year-book 3) Your a female photographer Thankfully, I’ve grown up with brothers so I know just the trick to making them comfortable 😀 Dan really rocked this shoot, starting […]