Tag: tips

How to photograph children // part 1 – smiles

How to photograph childrenpart 1 – Smiles Before I begin, let me preface this article by stating two things: – I haven’t practiced a lot of what I’ll describe in a long time – life got busy, and I’ve been guilty of dropping documenting daily life while I developed other things. Now that I think […]

My best posing tips for photographing people

My best posing tip for portrait and family sessions I’m glad you found your way to my humble little corner of the internet looking to learn something about how to pose people or how to pose yourself during a portrait session or a family session. I’m writing this article to start a series on the […]

Forget Portra, Kodak Ultramax400 is the real MVP in the fall

Forget professional film stocks Kodak Ultramax400 is the real MVP in the fall This past Friday I photographed a family in the glow of golden hour on a beautiful mid-autumn Wisconsin day. The shadows were long, and the temperatures mild, and the two kids extra adorable. So yes, this is a post about my love […]

How to photograph the iconic while also avoiding the cliché

How to photograph the iconic AND NOT FALL INTO the cliché CLICHÉS… A QUICK EXAMINATION Before I write anything more, let me say that there’s an irony to calling a photograph cliché. The word, in French, actually does mean photograph, in certain circumstances, so in a way all photographs are clichés, and if you think about […]

Five tips to keep you shooting film in 2023 without going broke

Five tips to keep you shooting film in 2023 without going broke Like any film shooter, I’m feeling the sting of repeated film price increases. The recent hikes of Kodak and Cinestill film hurt, and they hurt bad. But I’m going to keep shooting film.  It’s not that I’m a masochist, but the medium is […]