3 Tips for Finding Best Light for Photo Shoots

  When clients tell me they want to go to a special location for their photo shoot, I always try my best to accommodate their wishes.  I'll let you into a little secret...the location matters very little for great photos. The absolute best factor for photos is good light. Some of my favorite shots have been taken in parking lots, alleyways and plain business doorways. Here are my 3 tips for finding the best light for photo shoots - Time of day   You may have heard of the "Golden Hour". This is roughly an hour before sunset or and hour after sunrise. Sunset tends to have a little more warmth than sunrise and I've only had a couple people willing to be photographed first thing in the [...]

How do I get my husband to let me take family photos?

Here’s a scene that plays out frequently with my portrait clients – a family shows up to have their family portraits taken, the kids are fussy, the husband grumbly, and the wife running around trying to make everyone happy because she just wants ONE good photo of her family, dammit! You can picture it, right? Maybe it’s a scene out of your own family storybook. If you're reading this, and this is your family, I wanted to write a little something for those moms who wonder "how do I get my husband to let me take family photos?....without complaint?" Now, I don’t want to pick on husbands here. I’m sure there are exceptions to this where it’s the husband has organized a family photo and the wife is [...]

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