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Documenting Your Summer Adventures Summer’s the season of sunshine, spontaneity, and stories to remember. Whether you’re heading to the beach, camping under the stars, road-tripping with your crew, or just soaking up long evenings in the backyard with the fireflies, summer is filled with moments that deserve to be documented. But you don’t need a […]

How to Take Great Photos This Summer: 5 quick tips

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black and white image of a boy kayaking in an ocean cave

As photographers, we’re often asked for photography gear recommendations. What cameras and lenses and gear do I use…or use most often? I wish I could say there’s a magic bullet for making images compelling. But, there’s not. Don’t get me wrong, the gear is awesome…and I can do things with my my current camera bodies […]

Photography Gear Recommendations

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So, I mostly carry one of my cameras around with me at all times. Lately, that’s usually been my Sony a7iii because it’s just so easy to travel with & I just plain love that thing! Buuut, if you’re not nuts like me and toting around a big camera everywhere you go, you’re likely using […]

iPhone Photography Tips for Parents

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Okay, so it wasn’t exactly a haunted mansion, but I did take some of my favorite young photographers to an abandoned asylum about a year ago. It was spooky and creepy and FABULOUS! And, totally perfect for Halloween. (This is where I’m duty-bound to advise you to speak to the proper authorities and get the […]

The Haunted Mansion – Rockland County Photographer

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Creativity: Week 4 Last week, in our ongoing discussion about overcoming creative slumps, we discussed experimenting with new techniques. So, once you have those tried and tested, what next? Well, next, it’s time to talk about perspective. One of the easiest ways to alter your normal photographic routine is to change your point of view. […]

Westchester NY Family Photographer: Cultivating Creativity 4

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Creativity: Week 3 We continue our series about overcoming creative slumps this week by discussing experimentation with new or different photographic techniques. Trying out something new can be extremely frustrating, as there is almost always a learning curve. But who ever said that greatness doesn’t demand a little failure every now and again? There are […]

Nyack Family Photographer: Cultivating Creativity 3

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El Matador State Beach, Malibu, black and white nature photos, beach photos

Creativity: Week 2 Last week, we began a new series about how to overcome creative slumps. We discussed small spaces and ways in which we can work with them rather than constantly fight them. This week, as we continue to think about concrete ways to overcome those ruts, let’s think about the ways in which […]

Rockland County Photographer: Cultivating Creativity 2

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Jones Beach, beach, girl in polka dot bikini

Creativity: Week 1 As a Westchester NY family photographer, with the busyness of photographing clients and my own family, it happens that sometimes I find myself in a creative rut. It can be frustrating, and humbling, and damaging to our self-confidence as artists. However, those same periods of exasperation can also be the proving ground […]

Westchester NY Family Photographer: Cultivating Creativity

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nyack, in home photographs, boyhood photographs, sunflare

12 Tips for Better Mobile Photos NOW

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The best camera is the one that's with you. And, for most of us, that's usually our phones. Level up your mobile photography game with these 12 tips to help you capture more engaging images.

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