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My Top Two Photography Pet Peeves

My Top Two Photography Pet Peeves

I love seeing new photographers emerge into the competitive atmosphere to take their chance and try to make it. I love meeting them, learning their dreams and goals. I love helping them and offering guidance if they seek it. Giving back and keeping the field alive is rewarding and I had helping hands when I was getting started as well who stressed the importance of passing it forward.

So my number one Pet Peeve is…..

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Preparing for Summer Sessions

Preparing for Summer Sessions

This summer is already shaping up to have several horse shows, potential travel to Tennessee (for fun), and maybe Virginia/D.C. For both photography and maybe a mini vacation.

With that being said I am scheduling out my year fairly quickly in advance.

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Take Photos on Your iPhone like a Pro

Take Photos on Your iPhone like a Pro

As a photographer we are expected and usually visualized as carting around a large body, bag with lens, among the tripods and flashes that help make the magic. However there is a subset that uses smaller technology or those like me who when out and about on a regular non-working day use smaller devices for fun and ease…

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Terrible Excuses for Stealing

Terrible Excuses for Stealing

There are never any excuses for stealing from anyone. That is a long story short. There should never be excuses to give to photographers when you are caught violating our copyrights. Watermark, no watermarks, online, or sent to you. If you do not have the proper license, if you have not paid for it, then you do not have any rights to use it.

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Happy Halloween 2023

Happy Halloween 2023

To get in the spirit I did an impromptu iPhone photoshoot toward the end of September to make a dark portrait. As you know I rarely feature myself in photographs but I loved this shot along with one other which doesn’t actually fit this theme.

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Lessons: Business Owner Edition

Lessons: Business Owner Edition

I never set out to own, operate, and run a photography business. I never really set out to be a photographer. Yet that is what has happened in life. I have loved the journey even though there have been many, not very fun moments. Even though I had no idea how to start a business let alone make it successful in the beginning.

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