Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on Spotify Creative Rising Episode 202 [TRAINING] If you're frustrated with your wedding days always running late, which means you're not getting enough time for photos and your couple feels rushed all day long, then it's...
I get it - mastering the settings on your camera during a shoot is already enough to make a photographer go crazy. But then add in the element of posing a couple, and keeping your head on straight can be downright HARD. Jeff and I have taught a lot of...
Oh the hand trick!! Our easiest tool we’ve ever used - it’s laughable how easy it makes it to find great natural light at any shoot! I’ve mentioned the hand trick in this blog post here, but I’ve decided to expand on it more since that article has been so...
Jeff and I are a married photography team, and we’ve developed an interesting approach to how we split up the responsibilities of shooting a wedding as husband and wife photographers. In fact, I believe it’s incredibly different than most married teams out...
It's a challenge that I love... I'll walk into a reception just before guests are allowed in, the staff is hurriedly setting out glasses, the coordinator is lighting candles, and I have T-minus-five-minutes to capture it all... Call me crazy, but I get a rush...
I don't have amazing skin. AT ALL. In fact, I didn't get acne until AFTER high school. I turned 18, went to my first semester of college, and my face turned into a 15 year old's acne nightmare. So as a adult-acne survivor, I LOVE seeing my not-so-perfect skin...
There’s nothing better than a stress-free wedding day when everything runs on time, people are ready to take pictures when you need them, and you have creative freedom to do your job well. Can I get a ‘fo-sho’ from my wedding peeps out there? And you...
When it comes to lighting, wedding days are totally against us as wedding photographers, especially if you do a LOT of First Looks, like Jeff and I do. Because we're shooting First Looks before the ceremony, we're also shooting the wedding party and family...
A while back, I wrote a post about how to bring out authentic emotion in your couples. In that post, I introduced the concept of Emotional Grounding, the idea of slowing down your couples to help them remember the moment. It’s something Jeff and I have...
In a recent post, we talked about how to find your style as it relates to photography and the discussion was really centered around just getting out there and shooting a whole lot. One of the ways to do this is to be a second shooter for other photographers during...
We’ve all been there before – something runs late on the wedding day, and suddenly that cushy hour of photo time that was on your schedule evaporates into 15 minutes of chaos with a 24 person bridal party and a list of family portraits a mile long. Perfect… The...
What I love the most about writing this blog for photographers is that Jeff and I get to say we've been there. Any frustration, roadblock, and disappointment you could throw at us, we probably have a story of our own to tell. If you've walked around all day at a...
