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 […]

It’s graduation time in our June Enthusiast Photography Course, so this week’s highlights reel is a gorgeous collection of images from some of our graduating students! It’s hard to believe but each set of images were taken just 8 weeks apart which is a really powerful visual of what can be achieved in such a […]

A Step-by-Step Guide for Shooting a Lifestyle Newborn Photography Session The biggest appeal of lifestyle photography lies in capturing the beauty and authenticity of real life. It’s a style we see a lot among our Click Love Grow graduates, and so when we wanted to write a guide on how to shoot a lifestyle newborn […]

Beautifully backlit photos are dreamy, warm, golden, whimsical… what’s not to love? But there’s more to creating a stunning backlit photo than finding light and putting it behind your subject. Click Love Grow Instructor Merissa Wakefield is a master of backlighting, and she has shared her top 3 secrets for nailing your backlit photos! 1. […]

Welcome to this week’s dreamy collection of warm and golden photos all using natural light, taken by our Grads for our recent “sunlight” themed challenge. Take a stroll through, be inspired, gather the tips for shooting in different kinds of light, and go shoot your own sun-kissed collection!   Light Bokeh Aperture is responsible for […]

Enthusiast Grad Customer Stories – Tandra Hull   Meet Tandra! Hi I’m Tandra and I live in Texas with my husband, who’s in the military. I’m a stay at home mom to our three littles – a 4 year old son, and two daughters aged 2.5 years and 11 months. Before becoming a SAHM I […]

My house is dark, especially in the winter time. So for the longest time, when I wanted to photograph my kids, I’d drag them all across the road to the park at golden hour in search of some nice, pretty, predictable natural light. I’d stalk other photographers on Instagram and obsess over their gorgeous indoor […]

Our highlights reel this week is a celebration of our Contemporary Portraits Creative Workshop which just finished up earlier this month! This collection was taken by workshop students and our talented mentor Bronwyn Pickering, and are a stunning visual of all they took away when learning how to plan and execute a contemporary portrait session. […]

The Click Love Grow community have rallied around for Daffodil Day and flooded Instagram with a sea of yellow! To date there are over 150 beautiful images with the hashtag #photographers4daffodilday. Friday 28th of August is Daffodil Day in Australia and New Zealand, a day to acknowledge the affects of cancer on our community and […]

Our highlights reel this week is a collection of our fave images taken by our talented Grads for our most recent challenge in our Grad’s group, the theme of which was “selective focus”. I love these for the focus on details, the storytelling aspect, and the obvious consideration of their surroundings in order to create […]

Advanced Grad Customer Stories – Pam Gosenheimer   Imagine being able to purposefully bring to your images those elements which make you LOVE them? I’m talking emotion and connection, layers and depth, beautifully dynamic light! When Pam Gosenheimer joined our Enthusiast Course, she was already shooting in manual mode, and the course helped her solidify […]