When to Break the Rule of Thirds and Centre Your Subject The rule of thirds has a lot to answer for. It’s one of the first rules of composition we all learn, along with why we shouldn’t centre our subjects. Don’t get me wrong… there’s a reason it’s been around for a couple hundred years, […]

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 […]

Documentary Photography – Capture Childhood Authentically The struggle is real… when we’re learning photography and trying to capture our kids while refining our skills,  we can end up with very un-interested kids… ‘does mum have the camera out again?’ But there is a way around it… and today’s post will show you how! I love […]

Today’s post is 2-fold! I’ve had lots of people asking recently about how I got started in photography, and about my journey to here… so I wanted to share! And seccondly, I’ve noticed a lot of conversations amongst our students that one of the biggest challenges they’re facing… it’s not what shutter speed to choose… but the curse […]

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! […]

So I gotta say, I’m loving this whole baby business 3rd time around (and I did ofcourse 1st and 2nd aswell!) But you’ll notice there’s a big age difference between my kids, because we genuinely did ‘umm and aghh’ for a really long time about whether or not we were done… but I can gratefully say we’d never […]

Have you ever kayaked across a lake full of trees? No, me neither… until Mother’s Day this weekend just gone!  Gorgeous Australian friends who also live here in the US invited us to visit them at their their campsite at a local Statepark in Georgia about 1.5hrs from Savannah.  They tucked us into their canoe and […]

Many of us first become interested in photography because we want to record all those gorgeous memories of our family life at home.  Plus we are usually at home!  But it can be easy to get stuck in a rut composing our photos against a plain wall when indoors. I can help you with some […]

White balance sounds confusing… and I know it’s a subject that you’ll sometimes avoid when you’re first starting out. But I promise it’s not a complicated topic, so let’s have a look! White balance is the colour temperature of an image, and it ranges from warm (orange hues) to cool (blue hues). When we edit or adjust […]