portrait photographer

Behind The Lens: Indoor Arena Camera Settings

Behind The Lens: Indoor Arena Camera Settings

It is not every day that I offer technical details on how I achieve a photograph. Mostly because I do not think of myself as a technically perfect photographer and my goal is always to get the shot over getting it 100% in camera.

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Kitty Cuddles

Kitty Cuddles

We have had a house cat for years he just isn’t a particularly affectionate or cuddly cat. I can count on one hand the number of times he has sat on my lap let alone been affectionate. However things are changing in the last few weeks.

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Do Things Because You Enjoy Them

Do Things Because You Enjoy Them

Almost all photographers come to photography because they love it but somewhere along the line it becomes work and the joy can fade. It becomes a job to figure out how to make our initial passion thrive so we keep the joy even when it becomes our job.

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Easy Steps to Building a Photography Business

Easy Steps to Building a Photography Business

Photography starts out for many as a passion, something they love that draws others attention who then ask them to take photos of them or their family and helps start planting the seeds of becoming a professional photographer. Starting a photography business can be a daunting task but there are tools and methods that can help make that process easier for you.

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Test Album: Equine Photography

Test Album: Equine Photography

One of the cool parts of being a photographer is being approached by new printers and getting to test them out to see how they will gel with your photography business. Making print album for clients is one of the more fun creative print methods I offer and I have used two of the same printers for years, however they are much pricier than this new printer who reached out to me.

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Wedding Day Photography Gear

Wedding Day Photography Gear

As a professional equine photographer my gear is less expansive on an event day than my gear choices for shooting a wedding. A lot boils down to just how vastly these two events differ and how my proceeds time wise. Weddings move at a different pace and have a lot more to be covered than most equine events that tend to have slow periods— tractor man I am looking at you.

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