Stand in one spot
Who wants to work on finding more things to photograph and how can standing in one spot help? Stop! Don't move. This is one of the exercises I like to have people do when I'm out in the field teaching as well. It's always fun to see what each individual person sees...
What’s in a name?
This is a fun one to think about this week as you're out with your phone or camera. Long or short name, it's fun to look. Finding letters for your name This is an exercise that will get you to see more of what is around you. You'll look further into what you see and...
Photofocus news and community
Most of you know that I've been writing articles for Photofocus.com for the last three years or so. I've thoroughly enjoyed it and never thought of myself as a writer or author but I'm finally starting to feel more comfortable with those titles. Photofocus is a great...
Monday Motivations
Happy Monday & Happy New Year! It's the first week of 2021 and as promised in my January Newsletter I've declared for myself and for you that 2021 is the year for: What this will be every week If you need any of the above, I'm your girl. I will be posting weekly...
2020: An unusual year in review
As we come to the end of this unusual year I thought it would be interesting and a good exercise to do a bit of a review of 2020. READ MORE
You got your very first camera; what do you need to learn?
Welcome to the world of photography, and congratulations on your first camera! Here are a few tips to help you get started. I know the first thing many will tell you to do is to read the manual. Well, I’m not going to do that because I have to admit, I’ve never read...
Three Tips on Writing as a Photographer
These days, we all write whether we want to or not. As photographers who put our work out there into the world, we are expected to include some text with our images. READ MORE
Talking About Exciting News – Presentation & Workshop
It's gonna be a busy week but I wanted to take a moment to share with you just in case you're interested in tuning in. Presentations, workshops and webinars. Oh my! I never really planned on being a presenter (or talking so much) but I suppose because I'm someone who...
Gift guides galore!
All the gift guides from Photofocus in one place. I thought I'd share this here in case you're looking for ides to give the photographer in your life. Maybe you are the photographer and need help explaining what it is you want so that people actually get you the right...
Limit yourself to learn photography
A little over a year ago I wrote an article about limiting yourself in order to learn. Now is the perfect time to revisit this concept as many of us aren’t able to travel to our usual epic locations, new spots or old favorites to take photos. Having to limit our...