Fershop

photo from fershop rockville, maryland

I attended an amazing workshop by Fer Juaristi.  I'm still absorbing all the information and photos I took.   For now, I want to share just one. … [Read more...]

Bluehost

Customer service is key for me.  I carefully choose businesses and service providers that make me happy.  I value it deeply and aim to pass along the same to my clients. I've had a website for about 6 or 7 years now.  By default I initially picked GoDaddy as my host.  As the years went by I heard many people complain about them, but I was satisfied and rarely ever needed interaction.  Last … [Read more...]

United with Love – DC wedding blog

Washington DC wedding photographers

For those freshly engaged, who are just discovering the world of wedding planning, I wanted to share one of my favorite local blogs.  United with Love.  The blog is hip and pretty, but most importantly it shows real photos, that feel real.  What I mean by that is they include the photos that have lots of emotion and capture moments, along with all the unique details.  United with Love is also … [Read more...]

A new year

reston-baby-photography

My friend, photographer Emily Hall, wrote a blog post that inspired me.  All of us do our best of the year posts, which I'm guilty of as well.  Emily did something different, she wrote about all her goals of 2011 and how she accomplished them, or failed.  I was reading it on New Years Eve, mesmerized, and all I could think was "wow what guts this takes", to publicly announce all this. So … [Read more...]

Zenfolio and BlackRapid

blackrapid-contest

I've been with Zenfolio since before I launched my business.  I discovered them as a place to share my nature and family photos.  I know there are plenty of free resources for this, but I prefer the reliability, customization, and password protected gallery options of Zenfolio, to something like Picasa.  In 2008 when I became a full-time professional photographer, I upgraded from a personal to … [Read more...]