I’ve always lived with one of my favorite quotations in the back of my mind, “Nothing worth having comes easy.” Given my predilection for the natural, lifestyle approach to photography, it took me a little while to find my vision when it came to newborn...
The album reveal. Truly one of my most favourite times of the portrait experience. Capturing the beauty of gesture, laughter, and spirit within a photograph is only part of the portrait experience. I know that every time you look at your photographs in your custom...
Hello, members, from the NAPCP team! To those of you who have already entered the NAPCP January 2015 International Image Competition -- YAY! -- you did it! And thank you! For our friends who still want to do so, you have until tomorrow, Thursday, February 12, at...
Another NAPCP image competition is just about to close, and the judging to begin! I entered my first NAPCP competition 4 years ago this month. I, like so many of you, always found it difficult to choose which images to submit. We must first recognize that...
Image competition has always been a challenge to me. How are we supposed to choose that 'winning' image out of the millions of images we have created in the past!? The very thought of going through all of our past images is both daunting and...
I'm going to be completely honest here - I have never, ever entered an official competition. Oopsie daisy! Now before you throw in the towel and think, "Well, why should I enter," I'm going to contradict myself. I've always been one of those people who...
We start a creative business because we love creating. We underestimate how much “stuff” comes along with running a business, and often, we find ourselves feeling overwhelmed and a tad bit lonely. For the first six years of my business, the bulk of my office...
With the Image Competition in full swing, we asked our judges to share some of their expertise with our members for submitting the very best images. Here is some excellent advice from Tim Walden: When evaluating photography I like to compare it to standing on two...
