I’m not sure what got in to me, but I didn’t want to have the perfect model this year at Photo Plus Expo in NY.  I wanted to try babies, and then I wanted to try a two-and-a-half year old, and if the attempts utterly failed, I figured it would still be real. AND, we [...]

It’s that time of year again!  Photo Plus Expo’s crazy, intense, inspiring energy is escalating!  Next week is starts.  I swear, I think I rest up for this week all year!  With three talks a day at the SONY booth and a two hour presentation on Social Media “working for you”, dinner mtgs, an exciting [...]

Meet Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and SONY Artisan, Brian Smith! I know what you are thinking…”wait a minute…he’s not an Amazing Mom!”    Yep, your right.  But…Brian is freaking AMAZING!  And somehow, he has graciously made time in his busy schedule and accepted the invitation to be here today to talk about shooting celebrity portraits, [...]

WPPI 2011, Shift in the Industry, Women, SOAR! and SONY!

I had an unexpected gift two nights ago at #WPPI.  Nigel Barker, a celebrity photographer and judge for America’s Next Top Model was here, in Vegas, to do the SONY sponsored keynote and a Runway Show for over 4,000 photographers. I’m also so excited to say that it’s official!  Nigel is the latest member to [...]

2010 Camera Buying Guide for 2011 Adventures!

Photo Plus Expo in NY this year was buzzing for three days with excitement and inspiration as 40K people came through!  It is such a honor to be a part of this event, especially when I get to share how awesome Sony has been and is! I did nine talks (phew!) for the Sony booth, [...]

Just when I thought October couldn’t get any crazier!…As you know, we got a last minute call to come tape another show with the Nate Berkus Show last week.  It was a whirlwind, but it went AWESOME!  We are so excited for you to see it!  As soon as I know the air date, I [...]

In case you saw the Balancing Act this morning, but missed last week’s Behind the Scenes blog post, I thought I would run the post again! Remember to take advantage of the BIG Mother’s Day discount on all our DVDs and 101 Kits.  We’ve had lots of happy customers this week which means lots of [...]

On Sunday, I got to experience Digital Days for the first time.  It’s a weekend photography conference for a 100 plus people.  You get to come one day or both.  The cost is only $159 (for both days–even less if you attend one day).  I had no idea what to expect. Brian and I got [...]