Christmas morning can be so busy, so chaotic, and so much fun! You want to capture good memories of that time, but you end up with a bunch of blurry or blown out snapshots. Help is here! Today, I want to share with you tips to photograph Christmas morning. Photograph Christmas Morning Like A Pro 1. Prepare To Photograph Christmas Morning On a morning before Christmas, make sure you observe where you are going to take your Christmas morning photos. What is the light like? Is there clutter? ...
How To Set Your White Balance
Have you ever taken a photo inside and wondered why everyone is orange? Or perhaps you took a photo in the shade and your child was a strange shade of blue? Today we are going to talk about how to set your White Balance. White Balance White balance is how your camera interprets the color of light in a scene. Each light source has it’s own individual color. When we take a photo, our cameras usually try to neutralize these different colors to give you the most natural looking photo it can. ...
How To Take Your Snapchat To The Next Level
Confession: I downloaded and erased Snapchat 6 times before I finally took the time to understand it and start using it. Because #1: I don’t “do “ video. And Because #2, I just didn’t understand it. Filters? Snaps? WHY? LOL! It took a very persistent friend and THIS post explaining snapchat to get me started, and now, I LOVE SNAPCHAT! But once you’ve got the basics on how to snap and how to have fun, I know most bloggers turn to the question of: how can I use this for my blog? How can I get ...
7 Tips For Awesome Product Photography For Your Blog
I know as bloggers, we all work hard to make sure we get our photos just right for our blog posts. Most of us don’t have professional studios and have to work with what we have! As a Photography blogger, I get asked a lot of questions about product photography. I’ve learned a few photography tips and tricks that have helped my product photography improve over the years. I thought hard on what I wanted to share with you about product photography and today I am here to give you 7 tips for awesome ...
How To Achieve A Beautiful Bokeh Effect On Your Pictures
A lot of photographers spend a lot of time trying to get that creamy pretty background in their photos. They are trying to get the Bokeh effect. So what exactly IS Bokeh? Bokeh comes from the Japanese word Boke which means “blur” or “haze”. Simply put, Bokeh is the blurred quality or effect seen in the out of focus part of a photograph. Like this. The actual shape of bokeh is dependent upon the shape of the aperture blades inside your lens. If the aperture blades inside your lens ...
30 Days Of Photography Prompts For April
Ahh, spring has sprung! Spring is the perfect time of year to get your photography back on track. One of the best ways to improve your photography skills is to shoot everyday. For some of us, taking on a Project 365 (shooting a photo everyday for a year) is a bit much. But starting with shooting every day for 30 days is an easy way to take on and complete a photography project AND improve your photography at the same time. So this April, I am sharing 30 photography prompts to carry you through ...