Today is only the 9th day of the New Year, but I must admit 2012 feels different than what I expected. The last couple years, I’ve been gung-ho on making new resolutions. The motivation behind making new resolutions feels like a loud energy. In the past, the new SOAR! year would start to build with [...]
Photography Exercise for the New Year: Starting From Where You Are
As a thank you to the military for all they give, especially the sacrifice to be away from home this time of year, I twittered a call out last week for military families to be my models on Seattle’s morning show, New Day. My hope was to bring a little more awareness to these special [...]
Photo Recipe for Capturing Wild, Texan Boys and a Family Holiday Photo
60 of the BEST Photo Tips! Yes, SIXTY!
Wow! On Friday, I posted the following question on FB for the Daily December contest; Tell us your BEST photo tip that you will use to get those great December photos! As of last night, there were SIXTY Photo Tips in the comments! The photo tips are all across the board from newbies to pros; [...]
Photo Recipe for a Pregnancy Shoot in Central Park, NYC (11 poses to try!)
Yesterday’s Cyber Monday Workshop Sale was a TOTAL BLAST! Thanks to all the women who spread the news, invited a girlfriend and got signed up! The energy online was FANTASTIC, happy tears from so many and new friendships made every hour! I had my own happy tears as I saw names sign up who I [...]
“10 Things Every Creative Must Learn” by Chase Jarvis
If you haven’t heard of Chase Jarvis, you want to check out his site and ALL the awesome education he offers at creativeLIVE! Last week, he did a great blog post called “10 Things Every Creative Person (that’s YOU) Must Learn!” I can’t think of a better way to start the week than to start [...]
Part 2: Twenty Photo Ideas for Family Portraits! Day Two of Seattle!
Meet the Seattle Fall CONFIDENCE Workshop, a beautiful group of women who flew in from all over the country! On Day Two, we start the morning with unpacking metering so that we can be shooting in Manual Mode by the time the Family Shoot happens that same afternoon. Women are always a bit nervous, especially [...]
Part 1: Twenty-Two Baby Photo Ideas from Seattle CONFIDENCE!
We leave DC today after a wonderful week of adventure with the kids and powerful workshop with the DC CONFIDENCE ladies. Every time Brian and I walk in to the workshop room the morning of Day One, to meet all these beautiful women for the first time, I wonder what magic will happen. What stories [...]
Vintage Couch, Mama’s Felt Hat, a Toddler and 11 Photos I LOVE!
She Loves the Way He Makes Her Laugh: Photo Assignment for SOAR!
This month the SOAR! Recipients are assigned Engagement Shoots! So get ready! Tomorrow through Thursday, you can visit the SOAR! blog to see their photo results from doing an Engagement Shoot or even staging one for practice! The purpose of the shoot is to capture a couple and show their engagement with each other. Charisse [...]









