First, though, I want to thank @jamesstaddon for…Read more

*Use a mirror, so they can tell what they look like?
*Make the surroundings as business-like as possible so they will act more business-like? (including what you wear)
*Haven’t reviewed these articles, but this one seem like what you’re looking for? How to Pose People and…Read more

At a significant risk of redundancy, that’s something you’ll find is frequently true with snow pictures. They’ll usually end up underexposed if you’re not careful. As a rule of thumb to avoid this, I often jack up my exposure compensation 2/3rds of a stop in-the-field, whenever I’m taking pictures of snow. It just…Read more

I’ve tried to shoot in manual several times, but most of the photos never turn out super great because I don’t know the ‘system’ (for-lack-of-a-better- word) super well. Sometimes I just go outside and randomly take pictures of random things to experiment, and I have learned things a lot of things by doing that- but…Read more

Lydia, thank you for sharing your edited version of the picture. It’s always fun to see what others come up with!

And we will look forward to critiquing all the…Read more

Mary replied with the following….not as much as I was expecting, but some experiential advice none the less:

Real Estate Photography– There’s some online resources for learning real estate photography but I’ve never looked into it much. I do know that real estate agencies typically sign an exclusive…

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In the end I downloaded a free one from Studio Binder It’s pretty simple, but easy to use. The reason I didn’t end up using the LightStock or Lenspiration model releases was because they had their logos on them and the Lenspiration one was specifically for Lenspiration STS assignments. I hope to…Read more

And congratulations to @bennett-family for being the winner! Stiff composition there, with over 80 photos submitted there. 🙂 It was great to have Melissa herself on to reveal to us why she chose the picture she did.

And PS, in correction to…Read more

Your determination is to be commended, @vincent-charmaingmail-com!

A decent amount of color left, for sure @bennett-family!

10:30pm is before 12 midnight @ernestf-lloyd!

Looking forward to diving deep into the critique of everyone’s photos tomorrow night!! https://www.lenspiration.com/webinar/photo-critique-59/

Hilarious, @bennett-family! Literally, “choked” 😀

Not exactly the best time of year for weeds here in the northern hemesphere, but glad you were finding things Esther and @martha-lapp.

For once, an assignment that @creative-click-photograp…Read more

@bennett-family – I actually submitted photos this time… Lol 😂

@bennett-family

I always have a hard time creating set ups like this

I feel the same way! lol 🙂 I wouldn’t say that I’m naturally a super creative person. But, you just have to give it a go and you might surprise yourself!

I actually set these up in a very unorganised…Read more

I always have a hard time creating set ups like this

I feel the same way! lol 🙂 I wouldn’t say that I’m naturally a super creative person. But, you just have to give it a go and you might surprise yourself!

I actually set these up in a very unorganised way.🙈 I decided that I wanted to shoot some flat lay for stock and knew…Read more

Yes, I love this family! but I admit that I do feel much more intimidated by little kids than their parents. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE little kids + babies, but I feel like I have to ‘win’ their trust, and ‘win’ their comfortability and ‘win’ their affection, and fight myself (or so it feels) for every…Read more

Yes, *so* true!! Managing everything at once is a challenge for sure. I think we should give ourselves grace, especially when trying new things for the first couple of times before it becomes a habit. 😀

I like that bright & cheery feel to the photos you edited! You’ve inspired…Read more

Frankly, I’m not quite sure what that is. I panned the camera horizontally during the exposure, for sure.

Yes, I was referring to moving the camera horizontally in accordance with the motion of the subject. The camera I use happens to have a “Panning Mode.” Sorry for the confusion.

A big take-away from that fast-paced challenging shoot for me was, take time to really interact with the kids, get them comfortable with you, and comfortable with the camera.

I have some friends that can be my models for this assignment, and they have a couple small kids that are totally adorable,…Read more

It appears as though a reply that I intended to post on June 22 didn’t get posted for some reason, so just wanted to say thank you @jace, @blessingscaptured, @okiephotos, @freedomphotography, @allienelson, and @ernestf-lloyd for making the special effort to find, photograph, or pull from your…Read more

Some photographers will pre-order a ton of blank thumbdrives that they customize with their logo/name on it, so when they deliver the photos to their clients, their clients know where that thumbdrive came from. 🙂

Yes! I was…Read more

the photographer largely directs the mood of the shoot

Amazing. So true! Hadn’t thought of that. But that’s totally right. If a portrait is done well and has that “sensual feeling”, then the photographer has done a good job of…Read more

@ernestf-lloyd has the idea there. What she wants to photograph will make a HUGE influence on what she’ll be wanting to purchase.

If it’s her paintings, I know my mom uses her smartphone instead of my (technically her?) Canon 60D, which used to be about a $1000 DSLR. So she…Read more

Matt didn’t have too many photos to choose from, so I was sorta afraid that maybe he wouldn’t choose any at all. You know, that’s always an option. But, thankfully, he liked two of Lydia’s photos well enough!

He said, “I really like the shadow in 0073 and 0079 is probably my favorite and will be perfect for our…Read more

@bennett-family

Before I give any comments, I’d be interested to know if there’s a crop/edit that you like more than the others at this point since it’s been a few days…

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Now, I believe your camera takes larger pictures than mine in the first place (which gives you greater flexibility), but still it’s something to consider.

I knew I couldn’t crop my pictures too much, because the quality goes down, but I always assumed it was my lens. I don’t know…
I do plan on s…Read more

– We’re going to take the morning wedding party photos outside (bride/bridesmaids, groom/groomsmen, and separately, because they don’t want to see each other yet.)
– The church has a lovely backdrop…Read more

@kina, your gospel-centric perspective is super refreshing! I love how every subject that catches your eye is an object lesson that somehow, some way, points back to Calvary. You can never have too many reminders.

@jamesstaddon I remember Foundations of Photography lesson 1, with its four principles: they…Read more

God is glorified when His will is done. I have my own ideas of how to glorify Him, but the fact of the matter is, because He’s the One that knows best how He can be glorified, then when I have the…Read more

As announced in the webinar last night, the winners are: @frazer-family (William), @frazer-family (Evelyn), @esther, and @bennett-family!

And if you’d like to watch a replay of the webinar, here’s the link: https://www.lenspiration.com/video/webinar49/

@bennett-family thanks so much for the critique! I remember you submitting pictures of your brother’s graduation a while back. It was very helpful to go back to when James critiqued them!

Like you said it’s was really challenging! There were so many of them and they all…Read more

@kesleyfhall, thanks for the submissions. The rich green color in the photo from your archives is a pleasant change of scenery for this time of year. 🙂

@bennett-family, it’s nice that you had some natural sunlight to photograph so you didn’t have to…Read more