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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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So you’re thinking about going into business for yourself?
I am just going to throw a list of stuff together that you should do if you are considering going into a photography business for yourself. A condensed list of things you ought to do if you are considering being an independent portrait photographer. ...
Wedding advice from the pros
Recently, I ran across a flickr thread about how to get natural expressions from your subjects and I found it so helpful that I thought I would post it here. It is short, sweet and to the point, however it is so chalk full of great advice that I thin...
Spotlight interview with Gavin Seim from The Pro Photo Show
Sometimes I feel that to find the right person to interview can be quite the task. Sometimes I feel that there are so many people out there that I want to talk to. Today, we are so unbelievably fortunate to be speaking with not only a really great ph...
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 ...
Spotlight interview with Teddy Madison from Exodus Photography
Recently while on flickr, I noticed a shot of young child called “$ on my chest“. I instantly fav’d it. It was so creative and cool. Something fresh that you don’t see everyday. What I mean is that it was something that I don&...
Ten ways you should prepare for a wedding
This post will deal with ten ways that you as a photographer should prepare for a big photographic event such as a wedding or other important event in which you want to be totally prepared. Once you have been shooting these events with some regularit...
Spotlight interview with Danny Iskandar
Today we are interviewing Danny Iskandar from Fishers, IN. He is an internationally recognized wedding photojournalist. His work is amazing and awe-inspiring. What I noticed most about his wedding work and possibly even more from his engagement work ...
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 ...
Ask The Peterson’s - Question about photographing overweight subjects
Recently we received a question about photographing overeweight people. It was a fantastic question that deserves an answer and makes a great post. Thanks Tim for the great question. I thought it would make a good question for “Tuesday’s...
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 ...
Quick tip for easy variation on the same pose
My common way of photographing subjects, especially groups is straight on or slightly above their eye level. And unless there is a reason to, I normally never shoot up at them. There is times when shooting up at my subjects is appropriate and has an ...
