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Creativity Exercise: Spring Photo List

I’m totally jumping the gun here, but I am so excited about Spring I wanted to do another creativity exercise all about spring! Comment below if you’re also excited about Spring!! I was born in Spring so I’m really excited for it.
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Alyssa AhernMarch 1, 2021February 26, 2021Leave a comment
Capture Newborns with Their Siblings
photography tips + tricks

How to Take Pictures of Newborns With Their Siblings

My daughter is almost a year old now, my how time has flown by. I want to cover how I took images of her with her older brother when she was a newborn. I will make another blog post on how I
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Alyssa AhernOctober 5, 2020October 5, 2020Leave a comment
5 Must Take Christmas Photos
beginner photography tips, photography tips + tricks

5 Must Take Christmas Photos

Holidays are here! The 5 must take photos this holiday season are now on the blog! Don’t you just love the holidays? It brings so much joy!

Alyssa AhernDecember 6, 2019December 6, 2019christmas, christmas lights, christmas pajamas, christmas photos, holiday lights, holidaysLeave a comment
4 Reasons Why You Should Shoot in RAW
photography tips + tricks

4 Reasons Why You Should Shoot in RAW

So, you’ve probably heard the term RAW by now in your photography career, and if you haven’t, I will tell you all about it! After buying a nice, fancy camera, you’re ready to start learning more about photography and making the best
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Alyssa AhernOctober 21, 2019September 28, 2019Leave a comment
The Ultimate Guide to Self Portraits
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The Ultimate Guide to Self Portraits

This guide to self portraits is going to help you get exactly the results you’re searching for. Self portraits are hard. They are time consuming, they are difficult to get in focus, and it is hard to accept ourselves sometimes. I wish
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Alyssa AhernOctober 14, 2019October 5, 20202 Comments
How to Take Great Halloween Photos of Your Kids
mom photography tips, photographing children, photography tips + tricks

How to Take Great Halloween Photos of Your Kids

Taking Halloween photos of your kids is such a fun activity you can do yearly. And it helps you remember what costume they wore that year. I’m having a baby the end of September this year (it’s coming up fast) so I
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Alyssa AhernSeptember 2, 2019September 4, 2019halloween, halloween photos, mom photography, trick or treat, trick or treating18 Comments
Must Take Photography Courses
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Must Take Photography Courses

When I first started photography, I thought I knew all there was to know. I had a nice camera, I had some cute subjects, I should be good, right? WRONG. I didn’t know manual mode was a thing at all. I didn’t
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Alyssa AhernAugust 22, 2019October 5, 2020Leave a comment
Crop Frame and Full Frame Explained - What are camera Sensors?
beginner photography tips, photography gear, photography tips + tricks

Crop Frame and Full Frame Explained

We’re going to be talking about camera sensors today! Have you ever read a blog post (about photography) and they throw out the words crop and full frame? I know when I first started my photography journey, I had so many questions
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Alyssa AhernAugust 19, 2019August 27, 201932 Comments
7 Easy Ways to Improve Your Photography NOW
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7 Easy Ways to Improve Your Photography NOW

Are you looking for a way to improve your photography RIGHT THIS SECOND?! Well, I’ve got some amazing tips for you. These tips are perfect for beginner photographers and mom photographers looking to improve their photography. If you’re a mom or new
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Alyssa AhernAugust 16, 2019October 5, 2020improve your photography9 Comments
10 Tips for Sharp Low Light Images
intermediate photography tips, photography tips + tricks

10 Tips for Sharp Low Light Images

Low light images can become really frustrating really quick. I have grown to love low light and taking pictures in low light. With that, always comes grain, though. Low light is something that speaks to my heart. Photographers tend to shy away
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Alyssa AhernJuly 30, 2019March 28, 2020low light, lowlight, lowlight images, sharp low light, sharp lowlight2 Comments

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Thanks for all the comments on yesterday's post. Thanks for all the comments on yesterday's post.

I have read them all, just taking a little bit longer to reply to them. 😊

With your help I think we'll be in a good place for him to learn.

I wanted to advocate the importance of a mental health day. It was so good for him yesterday and he's in a good place to go back to school, except....

He has a fever today so he's taking a sick day! Which is fine, too. Although I didn't think we'd be out 2 days the first full week of school πŸ™ƒ but here we are.

I wasn't going to post this image in my feed, but I feel like it would be a good one for today! I'm so thankful Dawson has an awesome support system here at home and in his family. He is truly surrounded by goodness. 😊

Be sure to check out my stories for my FOLLOW FRIDAY! Let's boost each other up and find new accounts to follow πŸ₯°πŸ’₯πŸ’ƒπŸΌ

Happy Friday everyone 😊❀

Here's to the weekend!
Welcome to our photography loop where a group of us have come together to share images that give us that Friday feeling.
Follow the loop around until you get back to me and enjoy the vibes!
#FridayFeelsLoop
Next up is @cutemuffing
It breaks my heart that Dawson is dealing with bul It breaks my heart that Dawson is dealing with bullies at school.

I had such a big conversation with him yesterday about always trying to treat others with kindness, even if they aren't kind to you. I'm saddened that he feels so down. He was so upset that he's taking an emotional day away from school. This is only the second week of school. How are kids already mean by the time they are 5 or 6?

Do you have any recommendations for me? How do I handle this? I'm in a very new territory and it frightens me, to be honest! He is such a light to everyone he meets, it just breaks my heart that THAT quality is something he's being bullied for.

My heart is heavy.

Remember to be kind to everyone, even those who bully you. You never know what they're going through. πŸ₯ΊπŸ˜’
5 Tips To Capture Toddlers Toddlers can be so har 5 Tips To Capture Toddlers

Toddlers can be so hard! My daughter is on the older end of being a toddler, but that doesn't mean it's easier. She has a mind of her own and when she's done, she's done! So here are some tips to capture Toddlers (I'm defining Toddlers as 12 month - 3 years) on your camera!

πŸ’ƒπŸΌ Make sure your shutter speed is high! Toddlers are really fast and having a high shutter speed will help capture Toddlers easier.

πŸ’₯ Give them something to do! Especially if you want want image of them sitting still. In this series I gave her fake flowers to play with and that made her happy!

πŸ’« Watch for cues that they are done - don't over do it! Or else you'll have a cranky toddler on your hands and that's never fun. Toddlers can get overstimulated so make sure you don't reach that point and if you're noticing signs, put the camera down and just be with them instead. This makes taking pictures a fun activity instead of a stressful one!

🌿 One of my favorite tips (that I didn't do here) is to just let them explore and capture them in a new place. NO pressure of perfect pictures, but just capture them experiencing the world.

🌼 If you want them to look at the camera, ask them if they can see the rainbow in your lens. To get images of my daughter looking out the window, I told her to look for a bunny (we have a lot of those in our yard constantly). Another tip is to ask if they "see a ___" (I usually say, dinosaur or a favorite character) in your lens. To get them to smile, potty jokes usually do the trick! πŸ˜‰

Have any tips to add? Comment below! πŸ‘‡πŸ»
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Did you know... That horizontal images typically Did you know...

That horizontal images typically don't do as well as vertical images here on Instagram?

The reason for that is because they take up less space when scrolling. So if you're always posting horizontal, try mixing in some vertical ones. 😍 do you have to leave the horizontals off of Instagram? Definitely not! But I just advise posting some vertical ones more often than horizontal πŸ˜‰

What do you post more of? Horizontal or vertical? Oh and also do you shoot mostly horizontal or vertical? Comment below πŸ‘‡πŸ»

I post mostly vertical and also take mostly vertical!!

If you want to learn more about how to grow your engagement and take back your account, my course Instagram and the Photographer goes on presale Sept 7! Send me your email to get on the notify list, as there will only be a limited amount of spaces!!

"All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow."
- Leo Tolstoy.

We are light chasers and adventure hunters - welcome to our Chasing Light loop! Follow along to see the merry hunt unfold and how we've used light to elevate our images this week.
Next up is: @magda_stolte
Reel Tutorial πŸ‘‡πŸ» 1 Video 3.4s 18 photos 0.2 Reel Tutorial πŸ‘‡πŸ»

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Which edit was your favorite?

These are my more elaborate edits where I took my photos into photoshop to add some magic! I love using Lightroom as exclusively as possible....but sometimes an image BEGS to be taken into Photoshop, right?!

My favorite thing to use is πŸ’«overlaysπŸ’« in Photoshop! I also love that Clone tool, it's just so much better in Photoshop, am I right?

What's your favorite Photoshop tool?! Comment below!

Will you use this Reel Tutorial!?!
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