How to Shoot in Manual Mode So you’ve bought your first DSLR and it’s not living up to your expectations. You’re taking hundreds of shots… just to fluke a few keepers. Is this where you’re at? When I bought my first DSLR, I thought there was something wrong with it. It simply didn’t live up […]

Welcome to our weekly highlights reel of Featured Artists! Each week we showcase a collection of our favourite images taken by the talented Click Love Grow Students and Grads from our Online Photography Courses & Workshops. Congrats to our featured artists this week: Ali Vrbas, Bec Nave, Connie Rac, Emma Davis, Kate McKenna, Kellsie Read, […]

As photographers, we spend a lot of time learning technical skills – things like exposure, composition, and mastering our gear. These foundational skills are essential, but what happens when we’ve got them under our belt and we want to step into something more? Something deeper? That’s where the question of whether we can call ourselves […]

Your baby’s first year will go super fast! Moreover, it’s a year filled with more baby milestones, special moments, and details that change in a heartbeat than any other year in life.  When it’s happening, you assume it will all be imprinted on your memory forever. However, that year tends to be a bit of […]

If you love dark & moody style images, you might be surprised to know it’s not about editing (although that’s part of it). But it starts with exposure – low key photography is the first step to a dark & moody style, and in this tutorial we’re showing you how to master it so you […]

A Complete Guide to Birth Photography Birth photography… As a mama, it makes perfect sense to me to photograph one of the most important days of my life. If I could only go back in time to do it!  Sadly, baby birth photos were barely a photography genre back when I gave birth to my […]

Posing people together – whether it’s families, kids or couples – can be one of the most challenging aspects of portrait photography. In my experience, most subjects awkwardly await direction when what I want is for them to interact naturally so I can capture their love and connection. However, this also applies to family, friends […]

How To Use a Macro Lens To Photograph a Newborn Baby That’s right…macro photography is not all about bugs and flowers! Using a macro lens allows you to focus much closer than regular lenses, which is why it can be used for any very tiny subject. Think about it…is there anything smaller than the eyelashes […]

Sunset photos that convey the true beauty of the scene can be challenging. More often that not, the reality of the photo looks nothing like what we’re seeing with the naked eye, especially the glorious colour. But with just a handful of tips, you can take gorgeous sunset photos that are a true representation of […]

It’s a common misconception that when you want to start taking more dramatic portraits, you need to invest in and learn how to use studio lights or off camera flash. While they do obviously have their place, we will show you how to level up your natural light portrait skills without the use of expensive […]