My little secret: The go-to bouquet shot I pride myself as a photojournalist and on approaching every wedding uniquely. For the most part, I do. But every now and then, I find myself pulling an old favorite out of my quiver of ideas and employing the “Go-To” shot. One of these go-to shots happens to [...]

I am a world class procrastinator, but I love being self-employed. So, I trick myself into getting things done. Here are some of my strategies: 1) I recommend the productivity method Getting Things Done by David Allen. The basic premise is to collect all of your to-dos and put them in a big inbox and [...]

This month we turn to a year long project by Brad Smith, a Rhode Island photographer who recently completed a photo-a-day project. We asked him to talk a bit about the process. In his own words: I originally started it after seeing others who had completed similar projects before me and I saw how much [...]

Happy Winter! I hope everyone is enjoying their snow days!!, in this installment of our ever-popular assignment series, we bring you the phrase “In Yo Face!” Your assignment is to illustrate the phrase “In Yo Face!”. This might be a photojournalistic exercise or an artistic construction. We leave it up to you to define the [...]

Framing the subject is one of my favorite photographic devices. Not only does it provide visual  layers in the image and make for a more interesting composition, it also is an opportunity to add more information to the image. As a photojournalist, I often stack information in a photo to tell as much of the [...]

Go stuff yourself until you can’t move! We want to thank each and everyone one of you for reading our blog and making this our best year ever! We love you!!! psst… we’d love to hear what you are thankful for this year, in your business or personal life!

Just in time for Thanksgiving and right after the World Series, in this installment of our ever-popular assignment series, we bring you the phrase “Foul/Fowl” Your assignment is to illustrate either or both of the concepts “Foul/Fowl”. This might be a photojournalistic exercise or an artistic construction. We leave it up to you to define [...]

This is the time of year when we wedding photographers are as busy as we are ever going to be, shooting weddings back to back to back, fielding inquiries, designing wedding albums and figuring out Christmas deadlines. The more organized you can be before you head out to double headers or even triple headers the [...]

by Andree Kehn Once upon a time, in what feels like another lifetime, my house burned to the ground. I had my camera and a half a bag of clean laundry in my car, but other than that I lost everything. My college portfolio, the actual film-negatives from my sister’s wedding, all the photos I [...]

Petra Hall can do it faster. :)