How Do I Pose For Family Portraits
Indeed! This is a great question that I get all the time. Posing is one of those things that can make or break a family picture. Sitting or standing? How many people stand in “the back” and how many sit? Or is it a ‘Girl vs. Guys’ thing? Or does Mom sit and we...
What Is Family Portrait Photography
A Family Portrait is usually created to remember an important family event marking a dramatic change in your family. Someone just had a baby (or you just announced your pregnancy!), one of your kids is off to college this Fall or just got married and the family is...
How do family portraits BOOST your Child’s Self Esteem?
Noted Child Psychologist David Krauss is famous for saying “I look for and develop strengths, resiliencies and resources” when working with young children to develop confidence. What kinds of things in your home can you use to show that your child is loved,...
Why Are Family Portraits Important?
Over the past 30 years, I’ve grown to LOVE creating Family Portraits. It’s not only making a living being a professional photographer, it’s growing alongside the families I’m blessed to work with. Becoming friends with great families, watching their kids...
Crazy Cool
Creating portraits is such a wonderful way to make a living. After fulfilling my client’s needs and desires to look great, turning strangers into friends is the best part of my job. I just had a “Crazy Cool” experience doing just that. David called. He...
Fall Family Portraits
Fall is such a great time for Family Portraits. The leaves changing make for glorious backgrounds. These backgrounds and colors go so perfectly on you Christmas Cards, too. I found a new location this season, Pooles Mill Bridge Park in Cumming, GA. A bit of a...
Inspiration or Just Having Fun
Last month, I visited one of the most beautiful destinations on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S., Acadia National Park. The seascapes, landscapes and people were wonderful. The weather, typical for New England, changed from 35 degrees and rainy to 73 degrees and...
I like it when
I like it when people do what they say they’re going to do. Being accountable. Being honest. Having integrity. All that matters to me. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with it and sometimes I drop the ball. But when that happens, leaving the ball on the ground is not...
Love and Peace
Today marks the 1 year passing of a beautiful woman, a trusted friend and the best Mother-in-law that I ever had, M. Lonnie Wu. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how sad I was going to be today. Shame on me for not following Lonnie’s advice; “Don’t waste time...
One of my Favorites
I’ve got a lot of great portraits in my office. And this is one of my favorites. What makes it great? It’s an image of my nephew Wyatt at about 6 months old and this one has been making me smile for almost 14 years. Any ‘picture’ that can do that, for me, is a...
Miracle Maternity Session
I had a very special Maternity photo session yesterday. Ericka and Omar had been so busy during their pregnancy, they did not think that they’d have time for photos. But they wanted the images so much that that yesterday, despite family flying in and making them...