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...
Ahhhh vacation. Bonding, relaxation, adventure and 1,413 images to prove it. Ok, maybe only 867 if you aren’t obsessed with catching every. single. moment. {guilty as charged}. And don’t forget the 212 pictures on your mobile device. For many people, capturing these images is...
1 - Everyone gets to be in the photos! It’s so important for kids to not just have photos of themselves as they grow up, but also images together with you, the parents. Memories of all the fun you had together as a family, and how...
With Independence Day coming on Friday, there are so many opportunities to show American pride and - as photographers - to capture those beautiful patriotic moments. While the flag is used in hundreds of ways today, we did a little research on how to show...
Joyce told us that she gets lots of questions from her clients on how to take better pictures of their children in between professional photography sessions. She wrote this great article to help the parents with DSLR cameras learn more about how to get better...
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...
Your photographer has delivered the disc with copies of images you have already ordered for your wall gallery! You are so excited to print them for Grandma, your bestie and to send out in your kiddo’s first birthday invitation. You hustle down to your local lab...
Point-and-shoot: it’s typically not a positive term in photography. When hearing it, I’m reminded of all the frustrating shortcomings of my first digital camera in 2002. I think about the many missed moments as I waited for the camera to take the photo; the flash...
You have just received the email from your family photographer that your image gallery is ready to view! So you hit the link, open up the gallery, excited to see all of the beautiful pictures of your children and family. But then you see a...