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This blog features post six days a week. We focus on helping family portrait photographers with motivation, technique, interviews every Friday, stories from our studio, how to's, business advice, etc. If you are interested in family portrait photogra
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One word parents should never say
I learned from a fellow children’s portrait photographer one thing recently and that is this very simple thing. He never uses the word “picture” around his children clients. There is some very good and powerful logic behind this. I ...
Spotlight interview with Lindsay Silsby from Pied Piper Photography
I remember stumbling upon Pied Piper’s flickr photostream and thinking to myself how cute her portraits were. I also remember thinking that her use of textures in layers were wonderful and that it was very fitting for her portraiture. You see m...
Ask the Peterson’s - Are portrait chains a good place to get some real photography experience?
Today, we will take a break from our current series on photographing seniors to tackle a question from one of our readers. Recently, we received a great question from James. I think this is a question that some of our readers may wonder about, so I d...
Spotlight interview with Amber Hughes
The market is flooded with wedding photographers. As you’ve probably noticed if you are involved with that market or have tried your hand at it. It is a fun and exciting genre to be involved in, however, to be a master of this area or to truly ...
Dead Puppies
Dead puppies… now that sounds morbid, doesn’t it? Believe it or not, my customers think it’s pretty funny. They think it’s funnier than saying “cheese”. I do too, but that is, in context, which I will explain in just a sec...
Finding your passion in photography
How do you find your passion in photography? You ask many photographers and they say their passion is photography. However, if you ask those photographers what their passion beyond that is, many do no know or they can’t really put their finger ...
Be a clown
I find the best way for most children to respond to me in a positive way in front of the camera is to act as silly as possible. Essentially, I must let go of any pride and make a complete fool of myself… much like a clown. For some reason kids ...
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - #2 - Great Expression
Today on our series, “Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait”, we are discussing point #2, Great Expression. As you probably know, we are featuring this series every Wednesday. With that, let’s get started! For most ph...
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait
By request, (by Georgia) we have a fairly lengthy fifteen part article article series on senior portraiture. It will explain how to keep the portrait simple yet powerful. The series will be spread out over fifteen different weekly posts. We will p...
Ask the Peterson’s - Should I add my logo to my portraits?
Recently, we received an email from Irene asking about putting her logo on portraits that she creates for friends and family. I thought it was a fantastic question and probably something that many people wonder about. So, I thought this would make a ...
Spotlight Interview with Nicole Mlakar-Livingston from Nicole Mlakar Photography
Here on Pieces of the Picture, we focus on family based and centered portrait photography. Aren’t pets part of the family landscape. Chances are you now have a pet and if not most certainly you’ve had one throughout your lifetime. Today...
Pomeranian Power!
Have you ever met a Pomeranian? They are cute little hairy dogs that have small faces. They are usually half the size of what they look like because their hair is so fluffy that if you were to shave it off or even just wet them down, they would shrin...
Need Some Inspiration? Check out Jan Von Holleben’s “Dreams of Flying”
The other day I “stumbled upon” a great set of photos called “Dreams of Flying“. The photographer, Jan Von Holleben, has done something unique. He has 30 photos of people, mostly children, in action. They are lying on the grou...
The emotional power of music
Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.- William Congreve Don’t let the title fool you. Yes, this is photography related. In fact, it is very much photography related. My thought for today’s ...
Give it away
In my days as a preteen, I remember swimming around in the pond at our city park. The town was Golden Meadow, LA and I had a friend Issac who I distinctly remember playing a song over and over from his portable radio fully equipped with a cassette pl...
