Choosing Posed or Candid Images?

Candid looks are becoming much more popular than the posed more formal images,even wedding photographers and portrait studios are doing more of a candid style.   People are much more relaxed when they are not being posed  so you get more natural expressions.  Many people like posed images because they can have more of an . . . →Read More:Choosing Posed or Candid Images?

Taking images of newborn babies

I love babies and this year we have had 2 new babies come into our extended family,my youngest sister and my daughter both had a baby.   I now have 6 grandchildren.   It is so strange how a baby can make you feel old and young at the same time.

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Weekly iheart faces challenge- best face photo

This week’s iheart faces photo challenge is your best face photo of 2011.   My first thought was one using one of my beautiful grandkids,then I thought I should use one of my beautiful daughter who just got married this year.   While I was looking at the wedding photos I found the perfect photo to . . . →Read More:Weekly iheart faces challenge- best face photo

Photo Challenge:Black

This week the photo challenge at iheart faces is black,not black and white images,just black and it must include a face.   I had recently taken this photo of my granddaughter using a tire as a frame so it is perfect for the challenge.   It is so interesting to look at all the other . . . →Read More:Photo Challenge:Black

Let them be little

This week’s iHeart photo challenge is “Let them be Little”.

Kids are one of my favorite subjects and this title describes how I like to photograph kids by letting them play,in other words letting them be little and be kids.  This photo is my niece and grandson and is not posed,I just caught . . . →Read More:Let them be little

This weeks iHeart Photo Challenge

This weeks photo challenge subject is Let’s hear it for the Boys.   I have  2 sons,and 3 grandsons so boys are my photo subject most of the time.   In some ways I find them easier to photograph than girls,they are not as critical of their photos and more relaxed,but they are also . . . →Read More:This weeks iHeart Photo Challenge

Motherhood

This weeks iHeart Faces  photo contest is Motherhood,I have a great mom and am also the mother of 4,so I really relate to this topic.

 

This photo shows the love of a woman for a baby,which is a great sign of motherhood,but this photo is not of a mother . . . →Read More:Motherhood

Anything but a face,photo challenge

This weeks photo challenge from ihearfaces This week’s topic is “anything but a face”. Not all photos need a face to tell a story. The photo that I choose is one of my Grandson trying to take off his dress shirt,he didn’t want to wear his shirt to take a picture and he turned . . . →Read More:Anything but a face,photo challenge

I heart faces photo challenge-red

I recently joined this new website iheartfaces.  It is a photography website and community and they have a weekly photo challenge.   This weeks challenge was the color red. This is one of my beautiful daughters having fun in my home studio,letting me get some lighting practice.

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Portraiture and lighting

What is the best light for portraits? Do you need to have expensive studio lights to be able to take good portraits? Actually the most flattering light is natural light. You can use natural light indoors,using the light from a window,or you can take your portraits outdoors. When taking portraits outdoors there are . . . →Read More:Portraiture and lighting