Looking for decorations for your kids’ rooms? Try hanging up photographs of pages from their favorite books. Unlike just framing cut-out pages from a book, taking pictures allows you to focus on part of an image and blow it up to whatever size you like (and you don’t wreck the book!). [...]

Chloe had her first ever trip down the slide today. Fear mingled with excitement and trepidation was the name of the game. And you can see it in her face! (It’s definitely worth it to click on this picture and see the larger version!) I held onto Chloe with my [...]

I took this shot during the ice storm last week. I liked the original picture, but it looked flat and kind of boring (see below). So I used Photoshop to bring in a contrast of color temperatures to the image. I think it makes the icy tree look even colder by having [...]

I took these shots of my husband, Shayne, on Christmas day. I’m very pleased with how they turned out. It made me think about what it takes to make a great portrait of someone. Here are the three ingredients I think most important to a great portrait:

I found a great article on Wiki-How about how to build a panoramic tripod head. It seems pretty simple for those with basic carpentry skills. It might be a bit beyond my abilities, but maybe Shayne could tackle it…? A panoramic tripod head will let you take even panoramic shots to [...]

After a long hiatus, I have returned to the blogisphere! I needed a break and life has been lively and busy these many weeks. I’ve also been in a picture-taking slump, and hadn’t found much inspiration for shooting or writing.
Shayne has been travelling for most of the month, which is always challenging [...]

Want to inject some fun into your candid shots? Simply tilt the camera! Just angle the camera, take the shot, and it will instantly look like you and your friends are having a party. I find that angling the camera also puts your photo subjects more at ease. The formality [...]

Last weekend, we took Chloe to a pumpkin patch at Cal Poly University in Pomona, California. I wanted to take some shots of her interacting with the pumpkins and get an autumn flavor.
There are two key elements to getting this wide angle look. One is using foreground elements and the other is [...]