There’s something almost magical about a wet dog nose. The touch of it — even just looking at it — can make the worst day better. This particular wet nose happens to belong to my favorite non-human and my 9-month-old daughter’s best friend, Sarah Dog.
Today’s color — black — was a little easier for [...]

Only the second day of my week of color, and I’m already slacking. Well, not necessarily slacking, but just not super pleased with my picture (hence, the added vignette border to try to make it a little more interesting).
Today was brown. And although there are so many cool things that are brown in my [...]

I joined a color challenge for this week, and I’m bound and determined to finish at least one challenge I start on this blog! (The 30 days of photos and the numbers challenge were not my best examples of diligence and perseverance.) But I decided this challenge was more my speed since it’s only [...]

So Stephanie over at little birds has started up a color challenge for this week, and I’ve decided to join in. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about starting a color challenge, and whether or not this will quench my thirst for color, or just give me some practice for a bigger (maybe month-long?) [...]

Trying to find a fun do-it-yourself project for the holiday weekend? Look no further — I found a great homemade blocks project on Photojoto that promises a “stunning gift from your photos in 15 minutes or less.” All you need to do is scrounge up some photos of your family members (or pets, or whatever!) [...]

A helpful and fun site for anyone with babies, Rookie Moms, gives some great tips on photographing your little ones.
In this post, Heather at Rookie Moms gives new parents creative ideas about what to photograph when you’re running out of ideas. Sometimes it’s easy to get in a rut of shooting the same poses [...]

If you’re getting married anytime soon and you live in either Los Angeles or the San Francisco area, then you’ve probably already heard of Jules Bianchi, one of the area’s most talented wedding photographers. I might be a little biased, as she was our wedding photographer almost five years ago, back when she was still [...]

We at Shooting the Kids are always excited to find people out there promoting teaching kids about photography early. After my recent post about setting kids up on Flickr and showing off their photos, I came across a post on the new parent tips and ideas blog, Kiddley, about almost the same thing.
The author let [...]