By Janine Memon-Dietz/Saving Grace Photography
When I first joined the ranks of professional photographer, shooting a maternity session scared me the most. Children to me are natural posers. They react quickly -  they physically respond with emotion making it easier to capture a variety of different poses. Pregnant women come in all sizes and photographing them [...]

by Kimberly Hill, CPP | Bliss® | Mouse Tales® Travel
For years you heard it from the speaking platform, read it in all the magazines, and discussed it on the forums:  a real professional photographer specializes. Enter our current economic challenges and suddenly the message changes: if they want it photographed, I’ll do it. Or maybe, [...]

by Meggan Jacks | The Collage Connection
If you haven’t already noticed, the use of textures in digital imagery is all the rage.  While my style of portrait work is more clean and simple, I do love to use textures in the background of collages and albums. I am always on the look out for new [...]

By Melissa Kahn | Priceless Reflections by Melissa
What does it take to make a move halfway across the country and build a thriving portrait business while raising 4 kids with an airline pilot husband? Networking and lots of it! Keeping in touch with people who’ve touched my life in some way, be it business or [...]

by Marianne Drenthe | www.marmaladephotography.com
Like you (probably) I am always on the lookout for fun, functional and cute alternatives to the usual camera carrying, luggage carrying, all purpose hauling fair.  This post is dedicated to all things storing & hauling related.
We’ll start with cute gear hauling.  This adorable and fun patent bowler camera bag is [...]

Even though I strive to get my captures perfect right out of the camera, personally I don’t think it’s possible to produce a beautiful print without some Photoshop work. Just like the program itself, we all know the possibilities of what can be done to an image are seemingly endless. Then the question arises, how [...]

by Michelle Parsley  |  Kindle the Heart® Fine Art Photography
One very important thing to consider when creating your brand are the fonts.  Oftentimes, the fonts you choose will make the first impression on your clients.  What are your fonts saying about you?
I consulted with the fabulous Eva Talley of Luxecetera, Inc. and she makes the [...]

By Lisa Dillon | Lisa Dillon Photography
One of the most common questions you get as a photographer is “what should we wear?” Something about planning outfits for portraits strikes terror into the heart of just about everyone—even other photographers! The thing is—it’s not that hard. Think texture, think low-contrast and think head-to-toe. Most of my [...]

Meggan Jacks | The Collage Connection
I thought I’d share one of my favorite marketing pieces – a wide-format 5×7 card with gobs of mod, rounded corner squares. I used it in 2008 as an End of Year “Thank you” to all of my newborn clients and have used variations of it for other projects since [...]

by Carrie Steffe | www.emaphotography.com
In my first of my series of bébé love (baby products,  cool baby finds and just all things related to babies!)   I had to write about my biggest love- baby hats!    Cute knit baby hats as you see plays a huge roll in my style of photography.   My [...]