Even if you’re lucky enough to have perfectly behaved kids that clean up after themselves, get dressed, and don’t completely wreck your home on a daily basis, life is still busy. While the idea of setting up a portrait session may be a task that sounds beyond your grasp, you can (really!) take amazing portraits […]

5 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR CHILD PHOTOGRAPHERS- New Year’s resolutions aren’t all about weight loss or healthy eating – they’re about overall self-improvement. If you have found that your children’s photos are somewhat…lacking…how about making a commitment this year to improve your kid’s photography in 2017? It’s not that hard and can be a lot […]

As a parent, you likely struggle to get consistently great images of your kids. Totally acceptable, it’s not like you don’t have other things to worry about, right? However, if you could just take five minutes to improve your images, would you? All you need to do is read through these five key points and […]

Many people love the appeal of the journalistic style of street photography, yet are reluctant to explore this creative avenue – primarily since it usually requires the need to photograph strangers. Combining street photography with your kids as part of the canvas is a great way to delve into street photography, and eventually, you can […]

Have you ever considered where your child is looking when you take a portrait photo? Doing so, and consciously changing your shot depending on the type of effect you are looking for can drastically change the mood and appeal of your photos. Here are a few types of kid’s portrait poses you’ll encounter and how […]

Tips for Photographing Baby’s Firsts Your baby’s “firsts” is one of the primary reasons why parents ensure they have a camera handy. However, without the proper skills and practice, your children’s photos will be relegated to the snapshot pile. We can help you with that. Tip #1: Always be Ready With all the madness going […]

While many of us are tempted to stay indoors and mourn the loss of summer, autumn really does provide amazing opportunities for beautiful kid’s portraits – if you undertake a few suggestions to ensure that your photos turn out perfectly. Tip 1: Watch for Timing One major roadblock in ensuring you have lovely fall colors […]

Every new photographer believes that with camera in hand, their ready to take fantastic children’s portraits. Most end up making the same mistakes and look back later with regret with the time they lost struggling with common problems. Let us help by pointing out some of the common mistakes made with children’s portraits and provide […]

Graduating from photographing individual children to groups, particularly photographing younger siblings, can pose a real challenge to even the most experienced photographer. Besides taking a deep breath and counting to ten, here are a few tips to get some good poses with younger siblings. Start with Proximity In order to take photos of siblings, you […]

Exposure can be confusing – even to us photographers that have been around for a while. If you are trusting your camera in automatic modes while taking kid’s photos, you are letting it set the combination of elements (aperture, shutter speed, and ISO) to create what it thinks is the “correct” exposure, but does that […]