Category Archives: Free Tips: Photography

Posing Tips {How to Shoot a Great Portrait}

“The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives her to keep on looking.” ~ Brooks Atkinson ~ 1951, Once Around the Sun When my photographer friend and professional peer, Heather McLaughlin, suggested we take studio portraits of one another I jumped at...

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Lessons Learned {Feature on hmm… Blog}

It’s a good day when … Both ESPN.com and top Commercial Portrait photographer, Heather McLaughlin, feature photography by yours truly! Helps to validate my raccoon eyes from many long nights up working. THANK YOU! Go check it out and share some Comment Love. Read the full post here: Commercial Photographer, Heather McLaughlin, Asks “Lessons I’ve Learned” Check...

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Lessons in Retouching {The Legacy Boutique}

Picture this… I’m sitting at my 30″ monitor, retouching and designing what feels like an endless train of client orders, and my eyes start to get verrrrry tired and blurry. (How that’s even possible with a screen the size of a WALL, I don’t even know). So I reluctantly put on my glasses (one more...

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TOP Photography tips {Q&A: Heather McLaughlin}

Take it from Commercial Portrait photographer Heather McLaughlin … I confess: photographers aren’t always my favorite people. I know, I know. That sounds sacrilegious. But I can explain. Like with any highly over-saturated profession or artist circle or peer group in general, there can be that small percentage who spoil the pot. You know the ones....

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Top Wedding Photo Tips {Q&A}

Spotlight Q&A for Top Wedding Photo Tips on A Platinum Touch Event blog!!! Thanks to my new coordinator friend, Nikola of A Platinum Touch Event, who is hosting a killer OPEN HOUSE now on Saturday July 17th (info below), I got to share my Top Tips for getting Great Wedding Coverage, Finished Heirloom Art, and Innovative Money-Saving Ideas on her...

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My little bag of tricks…

For all you photogs, here is the short list of what I couldn’t live without: Canon 5D Mark II – (21.1 MP, excellent in low light, HD video) Canon 5D (use this as my second body) 70-200mm f/2.8 85mm f/1.8 50mm f/1.4 24-70mm f/2.8 580 EX II (with my Gary Fong dome) 2 Prophoto Monolights...

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25 Random Things {Meet Karen Christensen}

“Sinking into Who I Am and What I Stand For, has anchored me to a Life I Love. Gratitude will never be a big enough word.” Karen Christensen – Photographer, Women’s Advocate, Globe Trotter, Cat Lover, Socially Driven Entrepreneur 1. I am so blessed to have found a balance between my photography studio that I...

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