Amy over at Shooting the Kids wrote a great post debating the benefits of having portrait studio-style shots of your kids. Apparently, people have strong feelings about this! Who knew? I really liked her pros and cons approach, and think the shots of her daughter, Sophia, are darling.
I haven’t had any portrait [...]

Our friends over at Photojojo have come up with some tricks and treats for taking ghoulishly great Halloween photos. (Sorry about all the goofy Halloween-speak. I just really love this time of year!)
It’s a great read, and I would totally suggest it for some helpful tips on photographing jack-o-lanterns (with links to great pumpkin carving [...]

CREATIVE CROPPING
Taking pictures at the zoo can be a challenge because you never know what the animals will be up to. Many animals sleep during the day, and unless you catch them at a feeding time, you are likely to take home a lot of sleepy pictures.
One way to make your zoo photos [...]

The short answer–yes.

But since this is a blog about photographing your children on your own with what you already have (for me, my trusty point-and-shoot Canon PowerShot SD110), I feel I have to justify why I would advocate lugging your kids down to the neighborhood photography studio for some professional portraits. (Read: the long answer.)
From [...]

So I’m on vacation this week in beautiful New Hampshire.  The leaves are a rainbow of fall colors in the already beautiful countryside.  New Hampshire weather, while not the best for laying at the beach, is very interesting, photography-wise.  And what do I do?  I leave the camera at home.
We made this decision because we [...]

While finishing up the packing-up of our current house this week, my wife and I noticed that the spiders were out in force. With Halloween fast approaching, I thought you guys might need a refresher on what makes for a good spider and associated web.

My friend, Galit, called me the other day asking my advice about what camera her mom should buy. They were at a BJ’s Warehouse or CostCo or someplace like that and wanted my opinion on what kind of features she should get. Her mom wanted a point-and-shoot camera for candids and family shots [...]

Today’s inspiration is to remind you that beautiful photographs are everywhere, even in your water bottle.