I know I’m a little late in the game for this Father’s Day gift idea, but I’m sure you will understand that I had to keep this on the down-low until my husband got his framed photo last weekend (click photo to enlarge). But don’t worry, there are plenty of other special occasions where a [...]

I love Flickr for the inspiration I receive when browsing through some of the millions of photos hosted there. Many times, I come across photographers that are so creative that I have to add them to my contacts list so I can be inspired by their new photos that pop up every time I [...]

Since I’m quickly approaching that time of year when I will be serving cake and ice cream to the multitudes for my daughter’s first birthday, I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across a great post about photographing kids’ birthday parties over at Digital Photography School.
I am well aware that parties can be chaotic at times, [...]

They won’t be this small forever. So get that camera out and start snapping photos of all their little cute parts — chubby toes, dirty fingernails, hair bows askew. Each little detail makes up the whole of the child you love. And however much we try to memorize each little arm roll, they grow [...]

I am not an amazing photographer by any means, but I have learned some cool tricks along the way to make many of my photos much more interesting and much less full of distracting clutter. Photoshop has become one of my great friends in photography. And yes, I know in the age of digital [...]

Amy at happythings has gone and inspired me again with amazing color and some fun tricks with Photoshop. When I saw the photos she had doctored in Photoshop, I just had to try this myself. And let me just say, this is so easy and so addicting — choosing (and limiting) which photos to [...]

Since we’ve been on the topic of color printers lately, I thought I’d share with you how I used mine to create a fun calendar gift for Chris’ birthday recently. I’ve mentioned before that I’m a huge fan of FD’s Flickr toys. I’ve created a mosaic of the daughter’s first four months of life, an [...]