3 Tips to Get Your Kids to Smile at the Camera

One of the biggest stressors of having photos made is hoping that your kids act good. Am I right, or am I right? It doesn’t matter if you are hiring someone to do the photos or if you taking them yourself (and if you are, you are my kind of mama… but make sure you […]

There are lots of options when it comes to picking a location for your family photos. If you are going to go through all the effort to have the photos made, picking out what your family should wear, and preparing your kids for the session, you want to also make sure to get the location […]

If you’ve ever had family photos made, then you know that picking out what everyone should wear is a chore. I honestly feel this is why some people choose to not get family photos made. The more people, the harder it becomes… and I can remember when it was just me and my husband, and […]

If you know me, you know I love, love, love printing photos. I make albums, I frame this and have them all over our walls, and I also print photos… just to have them printed. The most commonly asked question when it comes to printed photos (right behind where do I choose to print my […]

Let’s talk about printing photos. Are we still doing that? Is there any real reason to print photos in this day in age? Yes, we are, and yes, there is! However, no one has really given us any guidance on how to print photos in a digital world much less how to choose the photo […]

Let’s talk about the best place to order prints from. I get asked all the time where I choose to print from…  and this causes me quite the issue. You see, I order from a professional photography lab that isn’t open to the public. You have to be a pro photographer to order from them… […]

Photos have always been woven into my boy’s birthday parties. This might just be me, but all big celebrations deserve updated photos (just like when I was a girl, I thought I had to get a new dress for every single holiday or event. Wait… that’s still the case but I digress.) And what’s the […]

If you know me, you know I am a Photoshop fan and not a Lightroom fan! This is a very unpopular opinion and you can read why I choose Photoshop over Lightroom here.  Listen, as far as editing goes, Photoshop can do everything Lightroom can do… plus so much more! But I know what you […]

Pop quiz! Where do you put the subject in the frame when you take its photo? Ok. There is no right or wrong answer here. But really… where do you put the subject? Most people go for the middle. Like, every single photo that was ever taken of me as a child… I was positioned directly in […]

It always happens. You are taking photos of two or more people and you get the perfect smile of one of your kids in one photo… and the perfect smile of the other kid in another photo. Getting both to give you a great smile at the exact same time can be a challenge some […]