Setting a Goal
A while ago I ran across this quote by Zig Ziglar and oh my goodness, did it ever speak to me! “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” Zig Ziglar That’s…
It’s Not about the Likes
The other day I read an interesting caption on Instagram. This person wrote about how they had nothing new to share. Even though their brain was full of ideas, they didn’t know whether to capture…
Why use a Printed Background?
Why use a printed background? Well, in a nutshell, a printed background is one of the easiest and most convenient ways to add personality and style to your photography. If you’re not into hauling around…
A Few of my “Must Have” Photography Props
I thought I’d share a few of my favourite photography props when setting up still life images. Props are what are used to support and add meaning to the main subject in a photo, although…
Moody Marble Lightroom Edits
Our Moody Marble vinyl background is a greyish white background laced with varying shades of grey veins. Veining, or the long, meandering lines of colour that run throughout natural stone, is one of the most…
Flea Market Fun
What could be more fun than a day spent foraging for vintage treasures at “an old school flea market” where the slogan reads it’s like your weird great-aunt’s attic threw up in the Big Surf…
For the Love of Still Life Photography
My first love is still life photography, no question about that! But, for the last few months I’ve been reinventing and redesigning my site to better reflect why I do what I do. When I…
Languishing .. it’s a thing ..
Languishing .. it’s a thing .. and I’m doing it. I read an interesting article in The New York Times written by Adam Grant. Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist at Wharton, the author of…