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A Step By Step Guide To Indoor Portrait Photography
In this guide to indoor portrait photography, I’m going to teach you exactly how to take portrait photos indoors, so you can get beautiful, natural images of people in your home, or other indoor location!
RAW in Photography: What, Why and How to Shoot in RAW
Unlock the full potential of your camera with this beginner's guide to RAW in photography. Learn how shooting in RAW format can enhance your images and give you more control over the final result.
8 Family Photo Poses You Can Try Today!
Today I’m going to share with you some family photo poses and ideas that you can use in your next family pictures - whether you’re photographing your own family, or someone else’s!
Ultimate Guide to Lifestyle Newborn Photography
Today, I’m sharing a complete guide to lifestyle newborn photography, so you have all the information you need to take beautiful, natural and creative photos of newborns - whether that be your own or someone else’s!
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.
Best Camera Settings For Family Photos
Wondering what the best camera settings for family photos are? Then you’re in the perfect place!
In this video, I walk you through which aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings will give you the best results in your family portraits, along with some bonus tips and tricks to help you take them to the next level.
As always, use these suggested settings as a starting point to get you going, and then tweak as need be!
3 Quick & Easy Photography Challenges For When You're In a Creative Slump
Today, we’re talking about 3 different photography challenges you can do that are perfect for times when you feel like you’re in a creative slump, or just need a little kick up the backside to pick up your camera again!
Top Photography Tutorials From Live Snap Love in 2021
2021 may be slowly drawing to a close, but the good news is, I’m already fired up for 2022!
But heck, this year ain’t finished yet, so in case you want to make the most of your downtime over the holidays, I’ve compiled a list of the top 10 photography tutorials on Live Snap Love from 2021 that you can binge watch / read….
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!
4 Resources To Help You Learn Manual Mode!
If you've been here a while you'll know that I consider learning manual mode a must in photography (even if you don't go on to use it all the time!) so I wanted to create a little “round-up” post for you with some of our top resources for shooting in Manual Mode - that way, you have zero excuses for not making the switch 😉
I know that it can seem daunting to take control of the camera yourself, but I pinky promise it’s worth the learning curve - and it’s not just me, so many of our Auto to Awesome have said the same thing!
So if you’re interested in learning more about shooting in manual mode, and taking your first steps, dive into these resources below…
Best Camera for Photography Beginners
If you’re just get started with photography, then you’re probably wondering what the best camera for beginners is! So right now, you’re probably looking at what camera you should choose, and what will be the best one for you as a new photographer.
So that’s what I’m going to look at today with you, so that you can narrow down the options, and ideally, pick your first camera so that you can get started on this exciting new journey sooner rather than later!
How to Create Ghostly Photos for Halloween
For this Halloween, I’m going to be trying something a bit different from my normal photos of documenting the “holiday”, or capturing the costumes, and try out taking “ghostly” photos!
I figured you guys might want to give this a try too, so I thought I’d share a quick tutorial on how to do this, along with some tips and tricks I’ve picked up for getting these right.
I’m not going to lie, this will take some experimentation before you get the right settings for the results you want, even with me giving you step by step instructions and suggestions for your settings!
But, if like me, you like trying to experiment, you’ll love this :)
8 Types of Portrait Photography
Today, we’re going to look at the different types of portrait photography you can do!
Whether you primarily capture your own children, are looking to start your own family photography business, or even want to specialise in photographing weddings or newborns: if you shoot people, then you’ll fit somewhere within these portrait photography types.
How to Gain Self-Confidence in Photography
Today, I want to talk about self confidence in photography, and how to build yours up, so you can share your work, start your own business, or just feel happier about the work you’re producing!
Anyone who does creative work like photography will ALWAYS have days when your self confidence in down in the dumps.
Our inner critic LOVES to imagine what others will think or say, and if we listen to it, we can stifle our creativity and stop ourselves from moving forward.
Since this is something I have (lots of!) personal experience with, I wanted to share a few little mindset tricks that serves me well.
Aperture Examples: How to Use Aperture in Photography For Different Looks
This week, I’m going to share some aperture examples with you, so you can see exactly how you can use your aperture in photography to create different “looks” in your photos.
Although there are three different elements that control exposure (aperture, shutter speed and ISO) this is a big one to master, simply because it gives you so much creative control!
You can completely change the look of your image just by the aperture you choose, which is why it’s important to understand what it is, what it does, and how you can control it.