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. […]

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 […]

How To Take Stunning Rainbow Reflection Pictures One of our most recent themed challenges in our Grad’s group was to create a rainbow reflection picture. We were so inspired by all these fabulous images, so rich in vibrant colours and fun effects, that we decided rainbow photography would be the subject of this week’s highlights […]

A Weekly Highlights Reel of Inspiration! We all love a beautiful golden backlight photo… the warmth, the golden halos, that dream-like feel… what’s not to love?! But there’s more ways to use backlight than a traditional golden hour portrait, and we’ve seen it used in loads of creative ways in our Grad’s group! So this […]

Beach light can be equally as challenging as it is beautiful. In fact, it was the subject of our very first Creative Workshop series – Beautiful Beach Light with Merissa Wakefield, which wrapped up earlier this month. And I’m so pleased to share it was a HUGE success! Merissa is the principal photographer at Merissa […]

I avoid harsh light with as much determination and distaste as my kids do with vegetables. It’s unflattering, and totally jarring in photos. It highlights facial imperfections and makes my subjects squint. It can even make it hard to see through the lens and focus. Harsh light, not vegetables. But try telling my kids that. […]

Create Dramatic Natural Light Portraits Using Single Window Light 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. Whilst they do obviously have their place, we will show you how to level up your […]

Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Explore Magical Light Did you know at Click Love Grow our courses don’t end with the last lesson? Once our students graduate, they get to join our amazing graduates group. We’re so proud of our community, which not only gives our grads a safe and positive space to […]

How to Find the Perfect Indoor Portrait Location Natural light photography is beautiful, and let’s face it, in many respects it’s a lot easier than trying to master a speedlight! But do you ever struggle to find beautiful light indoors to take your portraits? Maybe you have good light, but it’s not in the best location… ie. […]

How to Set Up Your Own Natural Light Photography Studio   Creating a natural light photography studio at home doesn’t need to be complicated! I took this shot at home, in my living room, without the use of any expensive or complicated studio equipment. You’d never guess it wasn’t shot in a professional photography studio! […]