With great excitement, I’d like to introduce you to photographer, teacher and mama Beryl Young! Prepare to be inspired! __________________________ As a freshman in college, I had the experience of hatching, like the ugly duckling, from a timid, awkward, and quiet girl into a confident, extroverted, and beautiful young woman. I can vividly remember the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Why do I love shooting in parking lots over parks? I know not everyone can come to a CONFIDENCE Workshop (although I hope you ALL can at some point! ). So how about if I show you why I love shooting in parking lots! Last weekend, we had our Sacramento CONFIDENCE Workshop (with the most [...]
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, [...]
A few weeks ago, I participated in the craziest thing I’ve ever done online—a TWITTER PARTY! It was insane, like one of our SOARORITY forum Ask & Learn nights but on CRACK! But it was sooo much fun! For those of you who joined in, we had over 11 million impressions–ELEVEN MILLION PLUS! Craziness! The [...]
The second Monday of the month is here! This means a new SOAR! Photography Exercise! The assignment was to do a Senior Portrait Session with Textures in mind. I asked the ladies to go out into their local area and find places that have diverse textures for a possible photo shoot. We did this exercise last year, [...]
Yes, Brian and I finally entered the 21st century and got iPhones. As a photographer, I almost feel embarrassed on how long it has taken us to get one. I feel like I have to justify myself and tell all my photo friends that AT&T didn’t have coverage in our home so we had no [...]
For the last two months, I’ve had the honor of being the Photo Judge for a wonderful website called Our365. Our365 has two different platforms. First, one in every four women who have a baby in the hospital have Our365 photographers take their baby’s first hospital photo (Remember that sweet hospital photo of your little [...]
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Making your dreams a reality is hard work. What’s the secret? Well…not sure if there is a “single” secret, but while I was at WPPI this year Dane Sanders from Fast Track Photographer asked if I could do an interview with him on the topic. What a honor. Today at [...]
4 Spots Left! Register Today for Our First ONLINE COURSE!A couple hundred of you voted for our first Summer Enrichment Online Course to be “How to Capture Magical Light”. We’ve only got 4 Full Registration spots and 6 Shadow spots left! If you know this is for you, CLICK HERE NOW to register! Magical Light…the kind of light that [...]
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