You may not like me when I say it, but there is no way around it. One of the main ingredients to a Successful Business is Exercise! Have you made a New Year’s Resolution to be in better shape? It’s never to late! I’m not talking about Barbie Doll shape or those Size 6’s that [...]
A Main Ingredient to Successful Business!
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 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. [...]
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 [...]
Feeding Your Creative Self!
I am so proud of myself! I had to share. This post wasn’t in this week’s plan, but I am on cloud 9! Here’s the deal. I had my first painting class last night. I got on my blue Townie bike with my bubble gum pink fenders and white basket, and went up the road [...]
3D Glasses w/Flash and a NEW 3rd Sony Camera Winner!
The NEW 3rd Winner for the Sony Camera/Women’s World magazine drawing is….(drum roll) Alex Steele!! Alex was the 33rd entry out of almost 10K entries! Isn’t that crazy! It also looks like Alex entered by way of our blog! Pays off to read our blog! Congratulations to Alex!! Alex, if you read this blog today, [...]
Photo Tip: Break Out the Bubbles & Experiment with Freezing the Moment and Composition!
Remember being a kid and watching a big, soapy bubble descend on you? The shifting colors of pink and blue would move around the bubble as it floated closer and closer to you. And you hoped, you prayed, that you would be the one to pop it before anyone else did. Bubble blowing brings the [...]
Photo Tips: Finding the BEST Light in Your Setting!
Last week, I had the honor of doing a baby shoot with Tony and Stacy. Brian and I have a lot of great history with Tony and Stacy. Theirs was the second wedding we ever photographed. We were just starting out with wedding photography, and they gave us a chance. For that, Brian and I [...]
When Community Makes All the Difference!
I have to tell you a great story. Back in early May, Brian and I were at the Sagamore in NY shooting Shachar and Jason’s wedding. One morning I woke up with a crazy Brown Recluse Spider bite. Over the next two weeks, the bite got worse and worse. (sorry Jeramy, not showing any photos [...]
Headed to Pictage Headquarters Today!
This morning we packed the kids up, kissed Prince Phillip–the cat and Rosie–our Golden Retriever, gave the house sitters the keys, and headed to the airport. We are en route to begin a two week journey with the kids. Part of the trip is for business and part for pleasure, and a BIG part is [...]









