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. . . . →Read More:I heart faces photo challenge-red 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 This is a video of me trying to take photos in my home studio of my almost 2 year old grandson,he is non-stop and will not sit and pose nicely for gramma anymore and yet I was still able to get some cute pictures. If you are trying to take photos of a . . . →Read More:9 Tips for taking better Toddler Pictures If you are in some kind of a service business changes are you need to have a business card or website etc. with your work images. When was the last time you changed your image or are you still using the one you started with ten years ago? In the business world,where image is . . . →Read More:Work Images You Can Be Proud Of Child photography is something you love or you hate. I personally love it. You need to be very calm and relaxed to enjoy taking photos of children. As I have said in a prior post it is easiest to take photos of kids while they are playing,but there are still times that you want . . . →Read More:Images of Children:29 Easy Poses I photographed a wedding and did some studio photos and both times I felt a little overwhelmed with posing people. “What is the “best”pose? Standing? Sitting? Both?”There is no right answer to any of these questions. Photography is art and there are many styles,figuring out your own right style is the tricky . . . →Read More:How to Pose for Pictures Babies change so quickly it almost seems like they do it over night,and the new parents are usually so exhausted they don’t think about taking photos of their cute little one. Most portrait studios have a schedule of baby photos that they recommend- newborn,3 months,6 months,9 months and one year. They . . . →Read More:Baby Images:Capture the little things Usually your favorite photos of your children are the ones you took of them while they were just being kids and not the perfect image taken at the photo studio. These are the images of real life that you connect with that cause you to remember the moments. With 4 children and now 5 grandchildren, . . . →Read More:Images of Children- Capture Real Life | This is where I get my photos developed   This is a great course |