Author: Erin McManness

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope all of our members and readers have a wonderful, memorable holiday with your families and friends. Thank you to all who submitted photos with the #NAPCPThankful hashtag - we are thankful for YOU! Here are some of our favorites: Milk and Honey...

We are so excited for Thanksgiving here at NAPCP, and we are so thankful for our incredible members and readers! We've put together a few Thanksgiving Traditions, DIYs, and ideas for your holiday today! And did you check out our Thanksgiving Placecard Free Printable? We love...

    Our NAPCP Retreat to Whistler, British Columbia is now only 2 months away! Have you registered yet? Join us for an snow-filled retreat of learning from one another! In preparing for our trip, here is an adorable Birch Ornament DIY from Design Mom! Not only will these get you...

An Atmospheric Greenhouse Maternity and Toddler Session: 1. Inspiration: The Secret Garden, Sally Mann, my client's encouragement to "be creative", and memories of photographing my best friend at this location when I was in high school. 2. Favorite Element: The misted lens (probably not healthy for it,...

The winter months always hold the promise of family get-togethers and sharing warm memories over meals. Today we're excited to share a simple, beautiful DIY project and FREE Thanksgiving Placecard Printable!   First, download and print out the cards. Using a bonefolder (or the back of a pen...

Inspiration: I love to work with a client's vision and this year was no exception for this fun family session. It is always lots of fun working with my sister-in-law. She loves to come up with a fun things for her family to do and is always so comfortable...

What's in Her Bag: 1. Camera: Nikon D610 with vertical grip stickers 2. Elizabeth has lots of lenses for different shots - we love it! 3. The 3 Cats Photo Mascot is adorable. So many cute options here if you work with little ones. 4. We love how prepared...

Tintype photographs were an extremely popular form of early photography. A tintype photograph is made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of iron, which is then coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the tool for the photographic emulsion. It was used frequently in...

1. Inspiration I photographed this family twice - maternity and newborn. They have all four kids including the newborn baby. The 'Family' was for sure the inspiration. It was to welcome one more member to this family and it was about the excitement of waiting for...

We absolutely loved all of the entries for this year's NAPCP Halloween Round Up! It looks like everyone had a wonderful Halloween! We are so excited to announce the 4 winners: 3 will receive a Cute Kid Shirt, courtesy of HashtagCuteKid; and one lucky Mom...