Author: Crystal James

Imagine your winning image in New York's famous Times Square, friends and clients calling to congratulate you, hundreds of media outlets singing your praises.  You have just become the 2014 NAPCP Photographer of the Year!   As if that weren't enough, you are then showered with...

With the Image Competition in full swing, we asked our judges to share some of their expertise with our members for submitting the very best images.  Here is some excellent advice from Tim Walden: When evaluating photography I like to compare it to standing on two...

As NAPCP continues to grow, one of our most important goals is to celebrate the success of our members.  The International Image Competition (going on now) is one of the many ways we do this, and this year there is even MORE to get excited...

Happy Monday! We recently did our annual member survey and had such a fabulous response! We may be a little biased, but we're pretty sure we have the best members in the world. The feedback we received will be invaluable as we move forward and grow. Here...

I am so excited to introduce my long time friend and colleague, Lisa Phillipson, as NAPCP's new Social Media Maven. This is a volunteer position with great responsibility, and Lisa is up for the challenge. She has already been hard at work behind...

Becoming a mother was a life changing experience for me.  Not just the obvious things changed (like never getting to sleep in EVER again, wearing spit-up as an accessory, and learning how to be a short-order cook), but so many other things...

It is always such a joy to photograph a newborn baby, the teeny-tiny fingers and toes, the sweet little sounds they make, and the new baby smell.  But, it's even MORE wonderful to photograph the newborn baby when his...

There are so many milestones in a child's life that should be captured, and since this is the holiday season, let's not forget a picture with Santa!  For some (namely the 1-3 year olds) this can be a horrifying experience, but as we all know,...

Custom Photography is such a wonderful way to capture your little one's milestones, but doing a portrait session every month might be a little overboard right?  Enter PickySticky! This is a fun and creative way to capture the many changes in your baby every month.  Just...

...because it is an investment in YOU!  These will be images that you (and future generations) will treasure for many years to come.  Images that will evoke emotions and memories of a time long since past - but preserved forever. You have done your research, spent...