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My tried and true tips for helping your clients feel comfortable in front of the camera so you can capture natural and fun photos!

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How to Help your Clients Feel Comfortable In Front of Your Camera

I’m sharing two of my favorite colorful photoshoot locations in San Francisco! Get the inside scoop on the best photography backdrops and ideal times to visit, and grab my full San Francisco Location Guide for 25 more great and unique locations for photography!

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Top Colorful Photoshoot Locations in San Francisco, California

Learn about my 4 favorite Lightroom and Photoshop editing tools and how to use them to improve your own photography and editing!

Photographers

4 of the Best Lightroom & Photoshop Editing Tools

I’m sharing two of my favorite photoshoot locations in the East San Francisco Bay Area (in Oakland and Berkeley)! Get the inside scoop on the best photography backdrops and ideal times to visit! Grab my East Bay Location Guide for 25 more great locations for photography in the San Francisco Bay Area!

Photographers

Best Photoshoot Locations in the San Francisco Bay Area – East Bay

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for a photography professional or hobbyist? Check out my Gift Guide for Photographers, where I include ideas for photography gear, workshops and classes to give to the photographer in your life!

Photographers

Gift Guide for Photographers and Enthusiasts

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Photography location scouting tips, tricks and resources! I’ll walk you through how to scout for photoshoot locations, how to share location information with your clients through a location guide, and some ways to use Google Image search and Google Maps to plan your location scouting effectively. I’ll also share some tips on how to use photography location scouting apps like Sun Seeker and Lumos to plan out lighting for the day of your shoot. Free location guide included!

Photographers

A Complete Guide to Location Scouting for Photographers (part 2)

Learn the fundamentals of location scouting for outdoor photography. Whether you’re a brand, lifestyle, family, or wedding photographer, I’m sharing location scouting tips to help you get the best shots, angles and lighting in your photoshoots! I’ll discuss backdrops, settings, architecture and what to look for (and when to look for it) in each location.

Photographers

A Complete Guide to Location Scouting for Photographers (part 1)

Unsure when and how to outsource tasks in your creative business? I’m sharing outsourcing business tips AND a peek at how I outsource tasks in my own photography business! I’ll discuss how to choose the tasks and projects you’d like to outsource, whether you should raise your prices, and when you shouldn’t outsource as well.

Brands, Photographers

Introducing Outsourcing to Your Creative Business

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Learn how to network with fellow creative entrepreneurs and business owners to build a supportive community! In this blog, I discuss the merits of seeking and building community as a creative entrepreneur, while also sharing tips on how to find community through Facebook groups, social media, in-person meetups and more.

Brands, Photographers

Seeking and Building Community as a Creative Entrepreneur

Running a creative business is preeetty much a recipe for comparisonitis. Unfortunately, social media can be a black hole of comparison. Those endless hours of scrolling have the power to make you (the business owner) feel like you have to do what every other business owner is doing! Whether it’s launching a new service, creating […]

Brands, Photographers

How to Find Joy as a Creative Business Owner

Running a creative business is preeetty much a recipe for comparisonitis. Unfortunately, social media can be a black hole of comparison. Those endless hours of scrolling have the power to make you (the business owner) feel like you have to do what every other business owner is doing! Whether it’s launching a new service, creating […]

Brands, Photographers

How to Find Joy as a Creative Business Owner

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