The Power of Professional Photography

Leslie Campos, Guest Contributor Cover Image: Pexels In today’s world, where anyone with a smartphone can take a picture and share it with the world, it’s tempting to think that professional photography is unnecessary. However, there are many benefits to hiring a professional photographer for important events, business needs, or family occasions. In this Candid Life…

Photography: House for Sale

With my recent house move I learned a lot about new strategies and tips from moving efficiently, to more focused house hunting; one thing that seems to be trending that I found interesting was the prevalent use of staging to make the house visits more visually appealing and give a visual image of what could…

Nurturing Photography in Kids

It is often said ‘start ‘em young’ but you don’t want to go too hard-core early getting them into a hobby and have them backlash against something that can bring a lifetime of joy.  That’s certainly how I feel about introducing them into photography, I would rather indirectly have them casually experiment and organically ease…

Urban Angles

Making buildings interesting through photography or conveying a certain emotion for a public space will need some strategic thinking.

Capturing a Party’s Essence

Focus less on typical professional photos and aim for capturing moods, emotions and essence during special gatherings through unique ways.

Winter Shot Ideas

Some ideas for those cold winter days that offer amazing scenery. So don’t be lazy, grab your camera and go for it!

Stand-alone vs. Phone Camera

Phone cameras are typically snubbed by photographers.  And with good reason!  They don’t have half the technical quality and variations that you can get with DSLR and most professional cameras.  But as they improve die hard photographers continue to be on the defensive on why phone cameras are relegated only to amateurs.  For the time…

Are Studio/Professional Photos Necessary?

OK, so I’ve written my fair share of blogs advocating for the casual and less rigid photography format.  I believe in one case I actually wrote we are more than “shiny happy people holding hands” to quote a great R.E.M. song.  However in recent times and as life milestones begin to pile up – the…

Posting Your Kids Pix Online

So this is actually quite a controversial topic, and is not a recent phenomenon as surprising as that may sound.  Certainly with the prevalence of social media and photo sharing sites this has become a bigger issue, but since the advent of picture taking parents feel it is their right to take whatever picture of…

Delete That Picture!

Thanks to the digital age, we are no longer constrained by hard copy photos, paying for photos that didn’t come out right, and changing film roles after every 24 or 36 pictures.  But what we are guilty of is taking too many redundant pictures; I am the first to admit that I do this.  Taking…