I am really fortunate to work at an art college because it means I am surrounded by amazing talent and creativity all the time. Recently a couple of faculty members at the college published a book geared towards children about photographing letter shapes formed entirely by nature, untouched by human hands. Authors Krystina Castella and [...]

Just a quick tip about photographing kids for today: whenever you have the chance, take pictures of your baby or toddler on kid-sized furniture. Don’t get me wrong, I love the token shots of the baby enveloped by an overly-stuffed enormous couch or recliner, but there is something just so cute about a photograph [...]

When we bought our (horrible) Ericsson mobile phones, I was really excited about the possibility of using the built-in 33mm camera. I had already seen Amy’s brother’s photos on his blog and thought, “It’s like abstract expressionism with mobile phone!” So when I got my phone, I took a bunch of pointless shots, [...]

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I love color. And I love photo challenges. But a challenge that last a whole year and includes a whole crayon box of colors? That’s a little overwhelming! Amy over at happythings is putting us all to the test, and has created this challenge so that we can all “revel in [...]

I stumbled across this amazing organization that puts cameras into the hands of marginalized kids in communities around the world, from Calcutta to Cairo. Kids with Cameras believes in the power of art to transform lives. New York based photographer Zana Briski created the organization following her work on the documentary Born into Brothels, which [...]

Just in time for the holiday, I’ve found some great resources for capturing those memories of your 4th of July fireworks display. I’ve been reading all over the place lately about how to take great photographs with your Digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) cameras — explaining how to manually set everything on your camera [...]

Your kids are utterly adorable and perfect in every way, right? Of course they are in your dream world. But in the real world, they aren’t always the angels we want people to think they are. Admit it — your kid can even throw a pretty annoyingly-timed tantrum from time to time. OK, fine. [...]

I have such a small fun camera (a Canon PowerShot SD110) that it’s so easy for me to lug it around — I just toss it into my purse. But unfortunately, I’ve been a slacker about that recently. As I walked out the door for work this morning, my camera sat untouched on the coffee [...]