Great tips for making the most of autumn afternoon sun.

Buying your first camera or looking to upgrade? Read this before falling into some common traps.

See the before and after as well as a video tutorial of my Portrait Vintage Lightroom preset. If you use this preset, leave a link to an example or post a pic in the comments…I would love to see how you put it to use! Download it here! DOWNLOAD PRESET HERE

Every once in a while we have all had the experience of being smacked in the face (proverbially or otherwise) with a bit of advice that is both very obvious and extremely practical. I, too, recently experienced this phenomenon in my own life. While I have heard/read a variety of photographers who have advocated something [...]

As summer is approaching, many of you will be taking outdoor photos of friends and family, capturing memories for years to come. Here is a video by photographer John Freeman divulging some very practical tips for both SLR and compact digital photographers on utilizing natural sunlight for outdoor portraiture, no flash or Strobism required.

Some great tips from Paul Zii (discovered via Lifehacker) to help maintain or reinvigorate one’s creativity.

There are often times when you need to place a light or other piece of equipment in a location that just does not facilitate a light stand or tradition mounting apparatus. Enter the invention of the ever-so-versatile super clamp. This device allows you to mount anything from lights to cameras in a variety of locations, [...]

I bet many of you have heard a quote along this line before, usually followed by “Target only charges (insanely low amount) for a portrait.” I tell those clients to go to Target to have their portraits taken and come back to me when they aren’t happy with them. Other people ask, why I charge [...]