Photography Branding You’ve filled out all the forms, gotten all your legal ducks in a row and have been working hard on building up a rockin’ portfolio. Now you’re looking around and thinking “what’s the next step...

I adore the gorgeous rich colors of Fall Photography. Unfortunately there's only a very short time of year when those colors are in full effect (hello Fall mini sessions)! Thankfully, there are some great Lightroom p...

Family Photo Poses When you have the honor of shooting a family photo session (and I wholeheartedly feel it is an honor) it is CRITICAL to remember one very important word, "CONNECTION". This special group of people ...

How to Remove Stray Hairs & Fix Flyaway Hair in Lightroom Using the clone tool in Lightroom generally works the best for flyaway hairs. In fact, when I am trying to remove something from the background, the Light...

4 Easy Tips for Family Photo Shoot Success Family sessions can be very nerve wracking for photographers - especially in the busy Fall season (Fall Photography mini-sessions anyone?). I love family photo shoots! They...

30+ Captivating Silhouette Images We are so excited to share these incredible silhouette photos with you. These were our favorites and they absolutely took our breath away! To everyone who participated this week, tha...

How to Take Fall Color Photos Without a doubt, my favorite time of year to shoot is in the early Fall. It's the perfect time for family sessions and mini-sessions, too.  I love capturing all the beautiful colors in t...

Photoshop has long been the tool of choice for large cloning jobs. However, in recent years, Lightroom has really made HUGE improvements to it's cloning and healing tools in Lightroom. Now, I do almost ALL my cloning...

As much as I love Lightroom and photography, I don’t want to spend endless hours editing there. I am a busy mom and my time is valuable. Today I want to share with you 5 awesome tips I have discovered for super fast ...

Silhouette Photography is an excellent way to add drama, mood and mystery to a photo. The dark mysterious shape/outline of a subject in front of a lighter background will convey a sense of unknown that can easily dr...

What are the Best Lightroom Preset Collections for Newborn Editing One question we see come up all the time in our groups and forum is the question of what preset collections are best for those who photography newbor...

Colors, Temperatures, & Tints! These are all things that make up "White Balance". It can all get so confusing and can sometimes take what should normally be a fun activity and turn it into a frustrating one. This...

What is White Balance? One of the BEST ways to save time in post-processing is to get your white balance right in-camera! Now, if you are wondering what white balance is, or if you are familiar with the term, but are...

How to Use Lightroom Brushes to Edit Newborns Recently I had the privilege of photographing my grand-nephew (I prefer saying it that way over "great-nephew" because it makes me feel too old), and editing the images w...

How to Rename Files in Lightroom In most programs there is more than one way to do something. And that is definitely true for renaming your files in Lightroom. Today I am going to share with you the three ways to ren...

What is Clipping in Photography? Clipping happens when you have areas with no information in your photo. When an area has no information, it is either pure white (clipped highlights) or pure black (clipped shadows). ...

Manual Mode Cheat Sheet We asked what cheat sheet our Pretty Presets community wanted and one of the top requests was a cheat sheet for Manual Mode! So we put one together just for you! Personally, I love having thes...

30+ Cute Cat Photos to Melt Your Heart After having a week of adorable dog photos we decided to do a photo challenge for our feline friends! You will love these cute and cuddly cats and see why we couldn't resist sha...

Have you been wanting to learn how to use your camera in manual mode?   If you answered "Yes", that was a great decision!  To become a better photographer you NEED to learn how to do this!   To help our awesome Prett...

Practicing Your Way to Manual Mode Perfection - Welcome to Day 7 of Mastering Manual Mode! To be completely honest, this is the most unglamorous part of teaching people to shoot in manual mode. No one wants to hear t...

Perfect Camera Exposure (Putting it All Together) - Welcome to Day 6 of Mastering Manual Mode! In today's post, I will show you how to put everything you have learned so far, together to help achieve better photos! T...