A great product shot can range from the simple to the complicated, but the key to it all is to make the product look its very best so people will buy it. Here are some easy things to think about when approaching a product shot…

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’m feeling a little abstract this month (read: out of it). That seems to be coming out in my photography. This is a large mosaic candle vase that sits in front of the large front windows. The afternoon sun was backlighting the vase, making a cool lighting effect. I shot [...]

This is my favorite object in the whole house. I loooove my TiVO.
I made this shot using my Nikon D70s, a 50mm F/1.8 fixed lens and two diopter filters (+4 and +2). That’s how I got the super shallow depth of field. I played with the image a little in Photoshop, [...]

I might stick to my new 50mm lens for the whole month of February. I’m reconnecting with all my filters that finally fit on one of my digital camera lenses! I looooooooove my filters. Anything accessory-ish like that is totally fun for me. I have lens shades, 20 or so filters, [...]

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:

Shayne got me an awesome new lens for Christmas. It’s a Nikon 50mm f/1.8 autofocus lens. I love it! I wanted this lens because the lenses I have for my digital camera are not very fast. The light in my livingroom, where I take most of my pictures of Chloe, is [...]

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 [...]