3 Tips to Get Your Kids to Smile at the Camera

Have you ever wanted to compare your child’s photos from last Christmas to this Christmas and realized that you had to dig through thousands of photos to find the one photo you are wanting? You see all these people posting their kid’s first-day-of-school last year compared to this year and you know that looking for […]

Images too bright or too dark? I get it! I’ve been there and no matter what I changed my shutter speed and aperture too, my images still look terrible. If you need to learn more about aperture or shutter speed, I have a post on them too!  In today’s post, ISO Explained | Stop Getting […]

Aperture is one of the components of the Exposure Triangle (the other two being shutter speed and ISO which I’ve also discussed.) Now only does the aperture control how bright a photo is (the exposure) but it also controls how blurry (or not) the background of the photos is.  In this post, Aperture Explained | […]

My most asked question of all time: can I fix a blurry photo? No. There is no Photoshop or Lightroom trick to fix a blurred image. It’s seriously just trash. If you are tired of getting blurry photos, stick around! In today’s post, Fixing Blurry Photos | Shutter Speed Explained,  I am going to be […]

Have you ever wondered exactly what the exposure triangle is and how it works? Are you ready to start shooting in full manual mode? Well, my friend, you’ve come to the right place. In today’s post, Exposure Triangle Explained WITHOUT Confusion, I’m going to break it down. Full disclosure: learning to use a camera isn’t […]

If I have confessed it once, I’ve confessed it a million times: I take more photos of my sons with my phone then I do my “fancy camera.” I think any professional photographer would admit the same. It’s always on my phone! However, I have been extremely “underwhelmed” with the quality of my cell phone […]

The first thought that goes through our mind when we moms see a positive pregnancy test is, “OMG, I’m having a baby.”The second thought is always, “OMG, I need to get prepared!” And with that, it’s off to the races (or to Target… same thing.) This is exactly why I am sharing my Newborn Must-Haves […]

Oh, the hospital bag. This is my second time to pack my bags for a baby hospital stay. The first time I did absolutely no planning. I packed like I would a weekend trip… and let’s just say I’m thankful there were people to run to the store for me. Because I’m having my baby […]

First off, is there such thing as a mom who isn’t busy? Didn’t think so. Like dirty dishes and dusting, laundry is a never-ending chore. But, if we let dusting go for a couple weeks (cough… months) it doesn’t affect our day-to-day lives.  The dust-bunnies pretty much keep to themselves. Laundry, however, is a different […]

Raise your hand if making your kid’s lunch is a dreaded chore… Can I just be honest and say that I hope my son likes the food at the cafeteria when he goes to school? I liked it! I hope he does, too. I realized that this was a huge pain-point in my day when […]