I don’t know how your house feels today, but my kids are FREAKING OUT about Halloween! They’ve tried their costumes on a dozen times, and I’ve had to bribe them NOT to wear them anymore so they will last for Halloween. I’m not sure if they’re more excited about trick or treating or decorating. Blaze [...]
Spooky Photo Tips for Halloween!
TWO NEW PHOTO CONTESTS START TODAY! This means TWO WAYS to WIN!!!
Are you ready for a new photo contest, OR WHAT!! We had this up for a couple hours today, but the blog crashed along with everything else, so here we go again!
Let’s get this Photo Contest Party started! It’s an all NEW Photo Contest! There is going to be TWO WAYS to win [...]
Photo Tips on Depth of Field: Answering Your “Unexpected Image” Questions!
Last week a number of you posted some great questions regarding the Unexpected Image. The biggest theme I noticed in the main questions from Kelly, Carrie and Alejandra was understanding Depth of Field. In essence, many of you asked, “How could I use a 1.7 fstop and have the dog in focus and the couple [...]
The Pink Ribbon: Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
We are back from an amazing trip with Sony at Photo Plus Expo. Brian posted some fun images on Saturday from the Sony World Photography Awards. One of my favorite highlights was when my publicist from Random House and Sony met and started forming what they are calling “Team Me Ra” . Those two [...]
The Unexpected Image!
Yeah! The blog is back up and working again. Thanks for shooting us emails or pinging us on Facebook and letting us know things weren’t working right!
This weekend I had a wonderful reminder in how much joy the unexpected image can bring.
It started with flying to a place I’ve never been, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Anne, one of [...]
Featuring an Amazing Mom! Meet San Diego, Portrait Photographer, Carey Schumacher of Barefoot Memories!
If you’ve attended our CONFIDENCE workshops, you’ve probably heard me talk about Carey Schumacher. Without question, she is not only an AMAZING mom, but an AMAZING photographer and AMAZING friend. Her business is designed in such a way that fits her lifestyle of being wife, mom, photographer, beautiful woman.
Carey is bold and doesn’t let the [...]
Featuring an Amazing Mom! Meet Atlanta, Georgia, Wedding & Portrait Photographer, Lora Ayers!
Can I just say that I feel incredibly blessed this week with work! I get to laugh with all of you and your husbands on Tuesday, read sweet emails from you yesterday about your excitement for the Seattle CONFIDENCE Wkshp (we SOLD OUT by the end of the day!), and then feature an amazing mom [...]
Me Ra’s Six Time Saving Steps to Post Processing an Image!
Meet little Chloe. She is a doll! Would it help if you saw the Before and After of an image I process? If yes, keep going. I’ll walk you through what I do. As Tracey said, it will be “Me Ra-ease” , so you can try this too!
This is obviously the AFTER image (after [...]
Featuring an Amazing Mom! Meet Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Portrait Photographer, Tracie Stier-Johnson!
Today’s blog is becoming one of my favorite kinds of posts to do! I’m featuring another Amazing Mom who is going to inspire you and probably make you cry at the same time. But before we get started, one quick item. It’s GOOD NEWS!
In case you didn’t hear, we are going to extend the Early [...]
The 2009: Top 10 Reasons to Take the Kids (and a Dog) Camping!
Yes, you have to take three showers to get the campfire smell out of your hair, and you freeze at night when the temperature drops, and you have nightmares about what things live in the bottom of the outhouse toilet–then your daughter drops her flashlight down there because she needs to know. Yes, all these [...]







