Let’s lift the curtain a bit, shall we? What do I really look like before my pics are editied??? Heather from Closet Case Files took us through her editing process, and offered advice on editing for a clean, modern look. She swears by Lightroom, but I go with two free options: iPhoto and Snapseed. It’s … More Better Pictures Project: How I Edit Blog Photos

Inspired by Cashmerette, this month’s Better Pictures Project homework is to take a series of pictures to capture movement. Jenny’s pics often show her moving: walking, spinning, hair blowing in the wind. I wanted to see if I could find any tricks or camera settings to help with action shots, so I headed down to … More Better Pictures Project: Taking Action Shots

This month I’m drawing inspiration from Jenny, aka. Cashmerette. Not only does she inspire us all to eat cake, she has great pictures, too! I’m intrigued that Jenny has local sewing friends act as her photographer – as someone who prefers a tripod, I really wonder what that would be like?  Jenny wrote about her own quest … More Better Pictures Project: More is more with Cashmerette!

This month’s Better Pictures Project homework is to find a spot less than 5 minutes from home – basically, a tried’n’true photo location where you know you can get decent shots quickly. Maybe it’s a neighbour’s fence, a hedge, a school or church, or a local park. Or frankly, maybe it’s your patio, your garden, your driveway, … More Better Pictures Project: The joys of a TNT photo location

Look, in a perfect world we’d all be experts on the manual settings on our fancy cameras… but in the mean time, I”m all for cutting corners with preset camera modes like Portrait, Sport, and so on. My goal with the Better Pictures Project is to get good, blogable pictures every time. Photography is a … More What do the camera modes actually do?