by Kimberly Hill, CPP | Bliss® | Mouse Tales® Travel
A pile of receipts. An accordion file folder. A calculator. iCal. Mileage book. Sound familiar?
No, it’s not tax time, it’s time to invoice my commercial client for this month’s expenses. You see, I’m in the midst of a long-term project photographing hotels and each month while [...]

by Marianne Drenthe | www.marmaladephotography.com
Rachel Devine.  Quite honestly her name may as well be “Superwoman”.  Rachel is a very talented children’s portrait and commercial photographer, if you haven’t heard of her work – www.racheldevine.com – than you may as well be  living under a rock.    She has done commercial work for a number of [...]

All artists, designers and photographers have an occasional “artist block” when coming up with fresh new designs.  Often times, a color combination begins a whole design concept. As a photographer, its always pleasing to match tones and color pallets to your client’s clothing and coloring, however, sometimes the most unique images stem from color themes [...]

Why do some photographer’s have a negative connotation associated with the word “props”? For me, instead of thinking of them as a crutch, I use them to add support to a backdrop and build a scene. I like to give my subjects something to do, and I feel like the right props can help them [...]

When I first rented the location I found for my studio, the space I envisioned for myself was styled like a sleek, spare bedroom — fashioned like the rooms that spoke to me from my favorite interior design magazines. I began collecting photographs of interiors that I loved. All of them had contrasting elements that [...]

by Marianne Drenthe | www.marmaladephotography.com

Surviving in a world rife with photographers and other artists has it’s down moments.  Those moments when you cannot help but compare yourself to someone else artistically, success-wise or just in general.  Sometimes we forget that where we may be in our artistic journey may be a far cry from [...]

We’ve outdone ourselves here with our newest venture on the Portrait Allure site!  We’re going to pose one question to TWO different photographers for our new SHE SAID/SHE SAID feature.  We think it’s a great way to showcase a couple of new personalities and their own points of view on photography, business, artistry, style, life, [...]

What’s in your mailbox?   No, not your email mailbox, the *real* mailbox.  The one that either hangs on the wall outside your front door, or perhaps sits on a post at the end of your driveway.  The one with real paper  inside.  What’s in there?    I’ll tell you what’s generally in mine – [...]

Cooped up in the house for the second day this week, I’m personally rather tired of the white stuff circling the house. I’ve had to reschedule several sessions thanks to the snow so don’t blame me if my thoughts drift away from our weekly blizzard to the warm lull of spring.
I spend a lot of [...]

by Meggan Jacks
Whenever I am working on a collage design, whether it be a wall collage for a client or a marketing piece for my studio, the intro lines to the Brady Bunch television show always start buzzing through my head.
Here’s the story… of a lovely lady…
For most of us those lines conjure up visions [...]