Eliana Franzenburg

@rmadaris Thanks! Hopefully it will be at a nearby park with lots of open shade.

@bennett-family Thanks for the advice! (Love your pictures by the way) 🙂 I will definitely keep these ideas in mind.

Hey @rmadaris! The 50mm is a F/1.8 but I find it’s the sharpest at about F/3 to 4.

I would recommend reading up on baby posing, which is a big element of newborn photography

I will definitely look into that. 🙂

Will it be indoors or outdoors?

I’m not sure. The family said they weren’t sure where they wanted to go for the photos but I should…[Read more]

That is a beautiful photo!
Great job getting a nice purple color. One thing I might change is to move to the right a tiny bit the the two sprigs of lavender are closer together. as they are right now it kinda feels like you have to chose which sprig you look at.

@loganlamar This is a problem of mine as well. The only ideas I’ve had so far is talking to people at church or our homeschool group how much they would pay for portraits from a “pro” and then reduce that a little for my pricing. With that method you can kinda scope out out people are willing to pay for good pictures in your area.

Hope that helps…[Read more]

@rmadaris Cool! I highly recommend getting a Dexter, especially if it is the first cow you get.

@sarahanne and @bennett-family Thanks for the advice! I will definitely try to retake the photo using your ideas!

@rmadaris No, she is not a Jersey, She is a Dexter which are kinda like jerseys only smaller and they are triple purpose (milk, meat, and draft). Dexters are really hardy and easy to keep so that’s why we went with this breed. Any way…[Read more]

@bennett-family Thanks! The base of the fountain was very boring and kinda ugly so that’s why I didn’t include more of the base.
I will definitely try a slower shutter speed next time, for this photo I was balancing the camera on a ledge so I didn’t want to do any slower at that point.

@creative-click-photography I like your edit, I didn’t notice…[Read more]

@loganlamar @josiahw Thank you so much for all your help! I ended up getting the Canon EF 24-105mm 3.5-5.6 lens off of eBay. I’m really happy with it. As far as I can tell so far it is almost as good as my 50mm prime.
@freedomphotography I had seen that listing but they were all out of stock:(

Thanks again.

Hi @silas! No, I didn’t. My Dad actually told me about first then I researched it more. You can google “Painting with Light Photography” and you can find lots of info on that topic.

@bennett-family the lens I was using for these photos was a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro.

I may have given a little more space at the bottom of the picture, as it feels a bit close to the edge.

Yeah, I’m not that happy with that aspect of the photo but I was kinda precariously balanced on the side of a hill so I couldn’t do that…[Read more]

@josiahw I thought about the 24-105mm but everything in my price range is used. Do you think it would be okay as long as the seller says it works? I would probably like the 24-105 better I’m just worried about it being used.

@loganlamar Thanks for answering! That is quite helpful. My main need in a new lens is the zoom capabilities for family portraits so I’m not too worried about the aperture. This is the best lens (that I can find) that I can afford right now. Would you happen to know of a good lens for under $500?
On a side note I recently got a 50mm prime lens as…[Read more]

This is the tripod I got. As far as I know it is a really nice one. Here you go.

Well this is a topic I really like….
I set up a navy sheet so I could get a nice dark background and just propped the guitar on the wall. I got these painting with light tools here they connect to a flash light and you can move them around and get the cool streams of light. Then in PS elements I used the B&W color pop editor and just fine tuned…[Read more]