Many of us have that one person in our life that is difficult to choose a gift for. After hours of searching online and in your local stores, you might just give in and get them an Amazon gift card. While gift cards are nice, they can feel impersonal. Most of us strive to get our friends and family something that means something, or at the very least, something that they need. If the aforementioned person happens to be a photographer, then you’ve come to the right place. Belo

I’m always looking for new ways to streamline my process for assembling my gear, especially my lighting equipment. I’ve become acutely aware that if I don’t get things together quickly, I could miss a moment at a wedding (or other event), leave my clients waiting, or simply just wasting my own time. One thing that has always annoyed me when attaching a speedlight to a light stand is that it felt like I only had a couple of options. One is the typical cold shoe adapter that mo

For a few years, I played it fast-and-loose with my image files. I had no real back-up system. I had complete faith in my memory cards. But as my business grew--and as the sessions brought higher stakes--I wanted to give myself a little insurance. As I began to travel between Ohio and Maryland for weddings and family sessions, I no longer felt comfortable having just one copy of each session's photos on an SD card. I don't own a laptop (and I don't have the funds to buy one),