Introduction to Our Blog - A brief introduction to what our blog is about and why we’re here.
The Best Shots Happen In Between - A quick story about an older man and how we were able to get a smile from him for his portrait.
Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays - How often will we post?
Who Is This Blog For? - If you love taking portraits of people, this blog is for you!
A Very Easy and Inexpensive Way To Promote Your Business - A cool new way to promote your wedding photography or other types of portrait photography. You’ll love this one!
A Family of Thirteen - A cute story about how to photograph large families
Touch of the Master’s Hand - An article that examines the notion that it’s the photographer that takes great pictures not the camera
When You Know It’s Time To Charge - Find out if you’re ready to go into business for yourself!
A Quick Tip For Getting Your Subject To Smile For You Do you have a hard time getting your subjects to relax for you in front of your camera? Read how to put them at ease.
Young Folks Want To Be Unique, Just Like Everybody Else - Learn how to photograph young people who you may feel don’t even want to be there.
Ask The Petersons - Come On! Take Your Best Shot!!!
Spotlight Interview with James and Stefani from Enchanted Images - A delightful interview with the uber talented photogs from Enchanted Images
How Hurricane Gustav Got Me Thinking - Natural Disasters actually have an upside to them
Part of the Final Image - An article which examines the importance of your personal appearance
Tuesday’s Technical Tips - Okay now we’re posting on Tuesday’s too. And we’re getting a little technical!
Ask The Petersons - Advice on Len’s Flare - A great photographer tackles the tough questions about lens flare!
Thought for Thursday - What are you doing to be physically good for your clients?
My biggest photographic pet peeve - I HATE technical problems!
Saturday’s Slick Pick of the Week - Garbage In, Garbage Out - What are you letting affect your mind?
Worth A Thousand Words - The Emotional Value of a Portrait - We examine what it is that makes a portrait emotional.
Hey, there’s a spot on my picture! - How to get rid of those dang dust spots!
Carry On - Jilly Kay discusses her powerful portrait, “Carry On”. A moving portrait of a military wife.
Someday is not a day of the week - Thoughts about how to keep from procrastinating with your photographic goals.
Spotlight Interview with Jilly Kay from Jilly Kay Photography - A fun and informative talk with a great children’s photographer
Saturday’s Slick Pick of the Week - Photographing Babies - Check out this cool podcast episode on photographing babies.
Give it away - Don’t hoard your work, give it to those who need it.
Quick tip for getting perfectly exposed images - Get a gray card!
It was a dark and stormy… um… Morning - How I handled one bad weather situation.
Want to succeed? Try Drowning - The only way to get what you want in this line of work is to fight for it with every ounce of energy you have!
Spotlight interview with Kelley Ryden from Kelley Ryden Photography - Very informative and motivational interview with the master of photographing babies in natural light.
Where are we going? - Good insight from my friend Nate on the future of cameras.
Quick tip for easy variation on the same pose - An easy method to showing variety without having to do much to your subjects.
Use your hand - Extremely easy way to meter in a pinch.
Granny’s Bling - Humorous story about an elderly lady and her jewelry.
The emotional power of music - How adding music to our work can bring out the emotion of the work itself.
Spotlight interview with Robert Mullins of Robert Mullins Photography - So. Cal wedding photographer gets personal with us about his amazing work.
Need some inspiration? Check out Jon Von Hollenben’s “Dreams of Flying” - Not your typical portrait work, but very creative and will probably get you thinking about how to be more creative.
Don’t forget the snacks! - Eating on the job, crucial.
Ask the Petersons - Question about photographing overweight subjects - So just how do you make people with extra weight look appealing?
Pomeranian Power - A cute story about a small pooch in my studio.
A thought about how you pose families - Yes, my titles are brilliant! It’s just what it sounds like.
Spotlight interview with Nicole Mlakar-Livingston from Nicole Mlakar Photography - A heck of a good and contemporary pet portrait photographer shares some insights into her work with poochies.
We’re taking a break - We’ve had enough and we need a break!
Ask the Peterson’s - Should I add my logo to my portraits? - Hmm, is branding a good idea? Of course it is!
Quick tip for getting kids to look excited in their portraits - That annoying purple dino still works wonders with the kiddos!
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - The beginning of a long and detailed series on photographing seniors.
Spotlight interview with Alicia Silva from The Portrait Place - Amazing baby photog tells us her secrets!
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - #1 - Good Subject - Well, if you don’t have that, you might as well go home!
Where are you? - We’re still here. I know some of you were panicking thinking that we were gone.
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - #2 - Great Expression - Hey, you don’t want to look stupid, do you?
Expression in the eyes - It’s one of the most fundamental things to know about how to get good expressions.
Be a clown - Do you want your child subjects to smile? You better get silly!
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - #3 - Good Pose - Do just stand there, do something!
Glass glare solutions - 10 quick tips - Again, brilliant title. How to get rid of that nagging light in the glasses.
Interview with Sheena from photoSIG - Sheena gets grilled! She spills the beans! She tells all!
Talk, Talk, Talk - If you get nervous in front of a subject, do this!
The positive side of this depressed economy in regards to portrait photography - Enough said!
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - #4 - Excellent Technicals - If you don’t have your basics down, you ain’t got nuthin!
Oldies but goodies - Thanksgiving post on why we should be thankful to our photographic forefathers.
Spotlight interview with Diana Fisk from DandelionSky Photography - Di, a wonderful Michigan based children’s photographer shares her love for children and photography. A real treat!
Wibbly Pig - flickr’s cute stuffed pig - This pigs been everywhere, done everything, and much more privileged than most real pigs!
Intuition - an important key to perfecting portrait photography - Having a sense about these things helps.
The importance of quality - Your quality speaks volumes about your business and yourself.
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - #5 - Good clothing - Tips on helping your senior wear the best for their session.
What did you call me!?! - A tip for getting three and four year olds to smile - Kids love to be be mean and hurt your feelings!!! 
Spotlight interview with Angie Mengoa from Proverbs 31 Photography - Incredibly talented young photographer from Bolivia who’s only got a short time under her belt but does the work of a seasoned veteran.
How to photograph an infant on their belly - Get a boppy!
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - #6 - Simplicity - Keep It Simple Stup.. ur I’m mean, Silly!
Interview with Sara from Sadie Olive Photography - Her soft vintage style will intrigue you!
Kissing Siblings - This isn’t secrets of the south y’all, it’s good photography!
Finding your passion in photography - Do it or you might grow to hate photography!
Spotlight with Nicole Civita - Nicole shares intimate memories about her grandmother.
Advice on photographing the elderly - Sometimes they just want to talk - Though many older people seem quiet, give them a chance, they’ll talk your ear off!
Just tell us what you want!- Could we be any more straight forward?
Elf Yourself - Let’s get silly!
Spotlight interview with Danny Iskandar - Extremely talented wedding photojournalist
Ten ways you should prepare for a wedding - Be prepared for the big day and it’ll pay off!
Fifteen things you need for a great senior portrait - #7 - Location - Part 1 - First part of a lengthy article on finding just the right location for your senior portrait.
Rules are meant to be broken - Does not getting the technicals really ruin a photograph?
Spotlight interview with Kerry Singh of Faerytale Photography - An amazing children’s photographer talks about her love of light and textures and kids.
Ten ways to get your subjects to relax for you - I give you ten different groups and how to help each of them relax for you in front of the lens.
Dead Puppies - Tired of using “say cheese”, try “dead puppies” instead!
Check out our Archives Section!- I guess if you’re reading this then I should probably should shut up…
