You know the feeling. You've just taken a bunch of shots and excitedly uploaded them to the computer, but looking at them on the screen you feel a bit deflated.  You know that something isn't quite right, but you can't quite put your finger on what's missing - and you have no idea what to do about it! We've all been there (and still can be!) 

When you feel your images are a bit "meh", the chances are you are missing a key component from them. Getting great, artistic, professional looking images is a puzzle -  there are lots of different ingredients and factors that go into any one image, and the more of these factors that are right, the more "wow" your image is! Simple maths 😀

Incorporating movement in photography is a great way to add a little something extra to your images and take them to the next level, so that’s what we’re going to dive into in this blog post!

Movement can give you photos a more dynamic look, help us see things photographically that we couldn’t with the naked eye, or just allow us to unleash our inner artist.

It’s also just damned fun to experiment with, so today, I’m going to share with you 5 different ways you can use movement in your photos, with some tips and example photos to get you started with each one.

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!

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.

Today, I’m answering all your questions about switching from a DSLR to a mirrorless camera!

I switched cameras earlier this year from the Canon 5Dmk3, a DSLR camera, to the mirrorless Canon R6, and I’ve been loving having a new camera to play with.

I’ve had SO many questions about switching from a DSLR to a mirrorless camera in general, things like whether it was worth making the switch from a DSLR to a mirrorless camera, whether I had any problems with accessories or lenses, what was the most challenging thing to learn and so on, so today, I wanted to answer some of the most common ones I’ve received about changing over!

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!

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!

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.

Join me as I go through a complete lightroom workflow for beginners, from import to export, step by step!

Not sure what you should be doing in Lightroom Classic, or what a Lightroom workflow even is?! Then this is going to be perfect for you 👌🏻 I’m going to walk you through a typical lightroom workflow, from start to finish, so you can see how you can use Lightroom Classic to organise your photos, edit them to polished perfection, and shave hours of your post production workflow.

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!

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!

I recently switched to the Canon R6 from my trusty Canon 5Dmk3, and today, I'm taking you behind the scenes of my thought process and going through the key differences between these two cameras, and ultimately why I switched.

Ready to grow your prime lens collection but not sure what lens to buy next? Or which prime lenses work together? What your "holy trinity" of lenses should be?!

This is probably one of my most asked questions, both from my Auto to Awesome students and from blog readers, because it can be really difficult to know the right way to grow your prime lens collection, and which lens is going to make you the biggest difference to your photos.

I know that I definitely didn’t go about adding to my lens line up in the right way, and i wasted a lot of money that could have been better spent elsewhere - and as always, I want YOU to avoid the mistakes that I made.

So in this video, I walk through the questions to ask yourself when choosing your next lens, some ideas for recommended lenses for child and family photography, and the order in which to purchase any lenses to add to your collection.

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….

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!