Joyce told us that she gets lots of questions from her clients on how to take better pictures of their children in between professional photography sessions. She wrote this great article to help the parents with DSLR cameras learn more about how to get better...
Happy Monday! We recently did our annual member survey and had such a fabulous response! We may be a little biased, but we're pretty sure we have the best members in the world. The feedback we received will be invaluable as we move forward and grow. Here...
I am so excited to introduce my long time friend and colleague, Lisa Phillipson, as NAPCP's new Social Media Maven. This is a volunteer position with great responsibility, and Lisa is up for the challenge. She has already been hard at work behind...
Your photographer has delivered the disc with copies of images you have already ordered for your wall gallery! You are so excited to print them for Grandma, your bestie and to send out in your kiddo’s first birthday invitation. You hustle down to your local lab...
Point-and-shoot: it’s typically not a positive term in photography. When hearing it, I’m reminded of all the frustrating shortcomings of my first digital camera in 2002. I think about the many missed moments as I waited for the camera to take the photo; the flash...
You have just received the email from your family photographer that your image gallery is ready to view! So you hit the link, open up the gallery, excited to see all of the beautiful pictures of your children and family. But then you see a...
Submitting Images for Image Competitions has always been a hard decision for me. I strive myself on offering both technically beautiful portraits, and also ones that my clients will be able to remember how that moment felt forever. So, how do you separate...
We continue our series with our next competition judge, Beverly Walden! 1. Coming from a Professional Photographers of America background and having judged by their standards, I would have to say my number one tip is their number one tip in a national judging and that...
Next up in our advice series is competition judge Anne Almasy! 1. Select images that make you FEEL something. Then review those images, and make sure you're not just feeling something because you remember what you felt like when you took the photo. Do...
NAPCP is currently hosting it’s bi-annual International Image Competition. Selecting images for submission is critical and can often times be an overwhelming process for our members. We’ve reached out to our distinct panel of judges for expert advice on what they look for specifically in...