HELP! My Photos Look so Yellow! (How to set a custom white balance on your camera)
Did you know that your camera "Auto" white balance sometimes makes your photos look yellowish? Here is a little video about how to set...
How To Capture Fast Moving Subjects (Including Children!)
So let's talk about taking pictures of children outside running around. They are crazy fast! You turn your back for one second and boom,...
What a Makes a Good Instagram Photo?
I loved the response that I got from "How to take better iphone photos." If you didn't read my previous blog post, then you can read it...
How to take better iphone photos!
So I usually post about how to take great pictures with a DSLR. But let's be honest. Most people don't own one. Most people just have...
How To Photography: DIY $6 In- Home Photobooth
I get a lot of questions like "How do I do a simple in-home photo booth?" or "Can you do a photobooth for my event?" After watching this...
What I Learned About Photography From 10 Minutes Outside in the Snow
So we live in Southern Virginia, where when it does snow, it's only like for 6 inches or less. So of course the kids are excited about...
How To Find Extraordinary Light in Everyday Moments In Your Home
You might be thinking to yourself when you see another person's photos, "There is NO WAY I can get photos like that, my house is SO...
How to Tell a Story with Candid Photos
My parents were over this weekend. I didn't take many pictures total. But it was raining/snowing/sleeting outside! One thing I always...
How to Take GREAT vacation photos!
Every year, my family takes a vacation. We've done Floriday, Disney World, Staycations, Amusement parks... all sorts of different...
What First Camera Should You Buy?
I get a lot of questions like "Will you talk about what camera to buy?" or "What should be my first lens?" Or "How do you use a flash?" I...
How to take pictures of your kids in the Snow
So it FINALLY snowed here in Virginia, after a really warm and WIERD December. A week a go it was 75 degrees! So for those that don't...
How to take your camera EVERYWHERE!
So I talk all the time about taking your camera everywhere! But how? The phone is oh-so convienent to carry in your bag. And the DSLR...
New Year's Resolution: Organizing your Photos and Printing them!
At the end of the year, do you have thousands of photos on your harddrive that you haven't printed out or backed up? I know my new year's...
How to shoot great Christmas tree photos without flash!
So, you have a brand new DSLR that you got for early Christmas right? or maybe you have one laying around the house. Breaking it out...