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Photography Starter Guide and Checklist booklet surrounded by photography tips, sample images, and learning worksheets

Want to learn photography but have no clue where to begin and what to learn next??!

Steal my Photography Learning Blueprint and get the clarity, checklist and step by step game plan to help you get photos you love - quickly!

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Complementary Colors in Photography: How to Make Your Photos Pop!

Learn how to use complementary colors in photography, understand the color wheel, and balance contrasting colors to give your photos more punch.

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5 Easy Prompt Ideas for Natural and Authentic Child Photos

Want gorgeous, natural photos of your kids — without asking them to “say cheese” or forcing them into stiff, awkward poses? The secret is giving them something to DO!

In this post, you’ll find simple prompts and ideas you can use to encourage genuine smiles, natural expressions and those lovely little moments that capture their personality exactly as they are.

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Why Your Photos Are Always Too Dark (And How to Fix It)

Ever taken a photo that looked perfectly fine through the viewfinder, only to realise afterwards that it’s way too dark? It’s one of the most common photography frustrations — but thankfully, it’s usually pretty easy to fix!

In this post, we’ll look at why your photos are coming out too dark, and the simple changes you can make to get brighter, beautifully exposed images straight out of camera.

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How To Critique Your Own Photos: A Step By Step Guide

I’m going to give you a step by step guide to critiquing your own photos, so you can start to look at your own images objectively, see what you did right, and what you could do next time to improve your photos!

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Lensbaby SOL45 Tutorial: How to Create Dreamy Creative Photos!

We’re breaking down exactly what the Lensbaby SOL45 is, who it’s for (hint: anyone craving a little creative magic), and what makes it so different from your everyday lenses. Plus, you’ll get a step-by-step tutorial so you can actually use it without wanting to chuck it across the yard, and some example photos too.

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35mm vs 50mm for Child, Family & Lifestyle Photography

We’re covering everything you need to confidently decide which lens is your lens soulmate — the 35mm lens or the 50mm lens — including pros, cons, photo examples, and one very nerdy-but-helpful rule of thumb you’ll actually want to use.

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10 Things You Wish You Knew About Shooting In Manual Mode

It's been quite a few years now since I made the switch from Aperture Priority Mode to shooting in Manual Mode, and it was one of the BEST things I ever did to improve my photography skills.

It was like a whole new world opened up to me, and I started TRULY understanding exposure, and in turn, getting the images that I wanted.

Of course, there was a lot to learn, and there are some things I wish I had known before I started!

So, here are 10 things about shooting in Manual Mode that you might just wish you knew…

4 Reasons You Should Be Editing Your Photos (and how to do it)

If there is one thing that comes up again and again when we talk about photography, it's EDITING - the steps you take AFTER you have pressed the shutter and uploaded your images. It's a whole other world of things to learn and master and as such it can be quite overwhelming for new photographers.

Because it's yet another thing you need to add to your "to learn" list, it can be tempting not to bother doing it, or slap a action / preset on and call it a day. However, editing your images is an important part of the photography process and one that I believe you should at least start to learn as soon as possible.

In this post I'm going to share exactly WHY you should edit your images, what programs you can use, and the order in which you should learn everything in.

Ooooh, that sounds like a lot to get through! Best get started then :)

11 Things All New Photographers Should Know

I’ve made more mistakes that I can count over my 11 years in photography, and I definitely took longer to get where I wanted to be because of them!

I’m going to hazard a guess that actually, you’re a lot like me back then - you want to get great photos, and you want them NOW.

101 Things to Photograph (with examples & exercises!)

Today, I’m sharing 101 things to photograph when you feel you’ve got absolutely nothing in front of you you can take a picture of!

This post was inspired by one of my Auto to Awesome students, who wrote to me saying she didn’t feel she had anything “good” around her to take photos of.

And she’s most definitely not alone - we’ve ALL had that feeling like there is absolutely nothing around us to photograph (or that we’ve just photographed it all already) so we need to get ourselves off to an exciting location, or visit a new place just in order to find something.

The truth is, there is always something to photograph, both at home, or in your local area. It doesn’t matter where you live, what your house is like, or whether you live in a built up location like a city or near a park; there WILL be countless things worth taking a photo of….you just have to open your eyes to them!

Example Photos With Camera Settings (& Why I chose them!)

Have you ever looked at photos from other photographers and wished that they would share their camera settings as well?

I know that I certainly did!

Which is why today I'm going to share with you some example, photos, along with the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO settings that I use, but most importantly, why I chose them.

8 Child Photography Poses For Stunning Kid Photography!

Want some child photography poses that are quick, easy and downright cute? Then I have 8 pose ideas for you, along with example photos for each one, that are tried and tested and will give you great photos of kids.

You can use these poses on your OWN kids, or if you’re business, you can use these for ideas during a paid kids photoshoot too.

You can also vary these standard poses greatly, so you’ll never run out of ideas again!

As usual, we have two ways to enjoy this - either watch the video below, or scroll down to read the blog post and see all the child photography poses in action!