When I first started taking pictures nearly nine years ago, I would just take the picture and hardly ever pay attention to what was happening in the background. Anyone else find themselves guilty of this or was this just me? I would focus on the couple or what was happening in the foreground and completely […]

Last week, I saw a new story from the Today Show and the Rossen Reports on the wedding industry and how much more we charge. He compared a birthday party pricing to a wedding and called the price difference the “wedding mark up.” As I watched this video, I sat there shaking my head at […]

Do you like it when someone doesn’t know your name and someone calls you “hey you” or “guy on the end with the red hair?” Yeah, probably not. As a wedding photographer, I meet a new group of people every time I shoot a wedding: a new set of parents, new set of bridesmaids, new […]

If you have followed me for some time, up until a year and a half ago, you know that my blogging was intermittent and not consistent. Part of this was because I was working full-time as a school teacher and didn’t have the time to blog as often as I wanted to. The other part […]

I have done over a dozen bridal shows over the past seven years. I have done varied ways to follow up with the brides after these shows. I have emailed the brides who have stopped by my booth. I have sent hand written postcards to brides who met at my booth. I have called brides […]

With wedding season coming back in full swing in just a few months (or even earlier for some of you!), I would love to share with you what’s in my camera bag and what other items I bring with me to my weddings. Leaving something at home is the worst feeling ever, so creating a […]

Most of us as photographers don’t have many weddings in December or January, so we find ourselves looking for different blog posts to keep our blog running during our “slow season” aka off-season. December is a great time to prep and prepare blog posts for the end of the year and early part of the […]

Now to clarify, I’m saying, “I love MOO.” Not, “I love YOU.” And to go even further, I’m talking about the business card company, MOO, not the sound a cow makes! I discovered MOO last year when some people in a group recommended them for business cards. I decided to try them out and instantly […]

As a photographer, it is my job to create a picture that speaks to my clients and the people who view my work. The work I create should evoke emotion and make my clients happy. I am to see the venues and create a picture in my head and produce that on camera. Every photographer wants to […]

For years on social media, the only real place you could find a picture of my face for my business was on my “about me” section of my website. I went to a workshop from Katelyn James last December and one thing she told us is that your face should be all over the place! […]