by Tracey Clark, guest photographer and founder of Shutter Sisters The more I open my eyes to the visual language of the world, the more I discover. More peace, more compassion, more kindness, more togetherness, more beauty, more love. I have considered myself “a photographer” (both in hobby and in career) for nearly 20 years. […]

Summer is a GREAT time to pull out your camera and try some new Photo Tips and Photo Exercises, how about putting your hand to Shooting Silhouettes!  But be prepared to get comfortable with dark images rather than bright ones. If you love taking photos, you may have been told at some point to look […]

Here are some fresh QUICK PHOTO TIPS for family portraits from our Seattle CONFIDENCE workshop! I like to start by having the family sit on the steps together.  I get the family-group type shots, and then I can start to pull them out individually. Having said that, there is no bullet proof order for working […]

Are you ready for Part 2?!!  Happy Monday Friends! Let’s start the week off with one of my favorite populations to photograph!  High School Seniors!  But let’s start from the beginning of Day 2 of the CONFIDENCE Photography Workshop! We started the day with demystifying the whole concept of metering.  For some reason, the photography […]

Today is the second Monday of the month which means there is a NEW Photography Exercise at the SOAR! blog this morning!  Yeah!! I’m teaching on the concept of Less is More, and how to apply this to our images.  I’m not talking about cropping your images on the computer.  That works in the beginning, […]

Kari of MamaBloo has a new Photo Tale for April!  I don’t know about you, but I LOVE her Photo Tales!  Today, she’s talking about the realities of lighting in her home.  I couldn’t help but think that the timing of this Photo Tale was great with two earlier posts I wrote this month on […]