Over the past year, I’ve been working on a few side projects for myself and for others. It’s something that keeps my passion going. And I’m so excited to be able to offer my first product for fellow photographers today! I am primarily a natural light photographer, so often this means that the sky gets …
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Central IL Professional Photographers November 2013 Meeting | Post Processiong: From Shoot to Finish
Well hello all! And Happy Wednesday to you! Today I thought I’d go ahead and share a little about this month’s Central IL Professional Photographers Meeting.We are so blessed to have such an awesome group of professional photographers who are members and regular attendees of our monthly meetings where we provide further education, inspiration, and …
October Central IL Professional Photographers Meeting | Decatur, IL
Fall, and October in particular, tend to be the busiest time of the year for us photographers! We still wanted to have our monthly meeting since it’s so nice to take a break from work this time of year, but we wanted to be sure it was a fun break. So what do photographers do …
The Importance of Understanding Light (In All Its Forms)
Happy Monday everyone! I was thinking about what to share with you all today and I thought it might be fun to talk a little about why I’m so happy I got my BFA in Photography in Design and why I am constantly working to improve my abilities and grow my knowledge of this craft! …
September Central Illinois Professional Photographers of America Meeting | Decatur, IL
Monday this week was our monthly CILPPA (Central Illinois Professional Photographers of America) meeting. We had a little group but it was an amazing meeting! We were blessed with the presence of Kat Smalley of Thrive Magazine and Showcard Studio. Kat came to talk to us about branding. We had Josh Hendricks come to introduce …
August CILPPA Meeting | Getting Certified as a Professional Photographer by Pamela Cather
Well Monday night was our August Central Illinois PPA Meeting. This month’s meeting was all about getting certified! (Insert Woot! Woot! and Cheers here!) Huge thank you to Pamela Cather of Reflections Etc for presenting on this topic! As someone who went to school, studied photography and graduated with a BFA in Photography and Design …
June Central Illinois Professional Photographers Meeting | CILPPA | Family Photography Posing
Monday was our monthly meeting for our Central Illinois Professional Photographers group. I look forward to these meetings every month! But this month I was SUPER nervous. Sarah and I had talked at one point about the different ways we shoot sessions. Sarah is very pose intensive – she positions every portion of a persons …
CILPPA April Meeting | Off Camera Flash “After Dark” with Sarah Jane Photography | Decatur, IL
Last week on Monday, we had our monthly meeting of the Central Illinois Professional Photographers. April’s meeting was dedicated to off camera flash and shooting after dark. As always we started the meeting by briefly discussing where we are at with the group as well as plans for next month’s meeting and our print competition! …
March Central Illinois Professional Photographers Meeting
Monday night was our monthly Central Illinois Professional Photographers meeting. This month we met in Decatur at Sports Zone where we utilized skype to hear from our speaker Kayleigh Berry of Kayleigh Berry Photography! Kayleigh talked to us about her mini sessions, which was fantastic because I’ve been wanting to offer Limited Edition sessions, but …
February Central Illinois Pro Photographer Meeting | Champaign, IL | CU Studio Share
You may recall me posting about our Central Illinois Professional Photographer group and how we are working to really establish a PPA affiliate in our area. The benefits of a PPA are phenomenal, with the ability to partake in regional, state, and national print competitions and the ultimate goal of educating the photography community and …