Someone in the comments yesterday said, “How is this (asking us what our questions are) going to help you with your feeling overwhelmed?” Great question! Answer is… When we’ve been on the road a lot with shoots and speaking, I know that when I come home I need to reconnect myself to the things I […]

Objects, or should we say Details, are important to being a Story Telling Photographer, today I’m giving you Seven Tips for Photographing Objects!  Whether you are capturing the objects in one’s home that describes who they are, or the details at a wedding, you are telling their story. I know this is not an easy task, […]

As photographers, we have an incredible opportunity to capture the nuances of who people are. We have the power to shed light on their inner beauty–to take people from feeling invisible to feeling known. I can’t think of a better example than the work Carrie Hasson recently did. Carrie attended our Sonoma workshop this last […]

Before I share my exercise for photographing the little things, I’d like to share a story.  As many of you know, I’ve had the pleasure and honor of being a part of 8 women in what we call the Next Octave. All eight women are fascinating, beautiful, and rich with wisdom. Together we are on […]

I received an email yesterday from my business coach, Karen Buckley. The email seemed to flow well with yesterday’s post and all your wonderful, vulnerable, beautiful comments. Karen and Fay Freed are going to offer a Free Teleconference Call to women on August 13th from 4-5pm PST. To listen in on a conference call with […]

Brian and I returned from shooting a wonderful wedding in Moses Lake, WA and I was inspired to give you an exercise to trust yourself in photography. We were flown into Spokane from Seattle (a whole 40 minute flight–I know. We are totally spoiled!). Then we drove about 90 minutes into complete farm country. You […]