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Find the beauty in what’s in front of you Life is a series of moments. Most of those moments are mundane. Things like getting the kids out of bed for school, going to work, making dinner, and walking the dog. But what if you slowed time down to look at those “real”...

I conduct my “Stretching Your Frame of Mind” workshops all over the planet. I also teach two online classes with the BPSOP, and it’s this school that I’m writing about today. In my part I four week class, I show people how to incorporate the basic elements of Visual...

Make your images come alive Everyone knows you can photograph a wedding in a series of beautiful images. But you can also photograph everyday “real life” moments in a series — a story — that you’ll cherish for a lifetime. This is what the genre of lifestyle...

Of all the genres in photography, I personally think that street shooting offers the hardest challenge…why? Because “like a box of chocolates you never know what you’re going to get”….while walking down the street. Landscape, portraiture, food, are three areas that...

If you live somewhere where it is quite cold now and you keep saying to yourself, that this is not a good moment to photograph flowers (or flora in general), then don't... We have one creative photography tip to keep you busy during the holidays. How?   Have you...

This post is one in a series on how to create a compelling series of images that convey a sense of place and tell a story.   CASE STUDY: TIME FOR BREAKFAST Next time you’re taking photos, rather than trying to capture everything in a single image, take several...

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESETS AND PROFILES IN LIGHTROOM? Part of using Lightroom is taking advantage of the auto features. Some of these features come with the program, others you can set up yourself or purchase from a third party.  In my Lightroom class, we...

W. Eugene Smith is probably one of if not my favorite photographer. Since the beginning of my career as an advertising, corporate, and editorial photographer, I shot mostly black and white. His images made a profound impact on the way I was starting to see, and I...