Three Dozen Upcycled Hanger Projects Sometimes you have too many hangers. Sometimes your hangers are ugly. Sometimes you have the wrong kind of hangers–plastic instead of wooden. Wire instead of plastic. Regardless of whatever you hate about the hangers you have, the answer is rarely to throw them away. Trust me–you’ll hate knowing that they’re […]
7 Easy Photography Tips to Enhance Your Lighting Even though I’ve been a full-time photographer for nearly eight years, it took me a good two or three to fully realize how important lighting was to the craft. It’s not about how many photography tips you know or what camera you use. What’s important to photography […]
5 Steps to Setting and Achieving Meaningful Goals in Life As enthusiastic and consistent as we are in setting goals, we are often just as consistent in not following through on actually achieving those goals. I’ve always heard the advice that you’d better hurry up and make it happen because, “it’s now or never.” This may be […]
How To Make Stamped Clay Seed Bombs I used to think that seed bombs do not work, full stop. And to be fair, I had a good reason for my opinion, because most of the seed bomb tutorials that you see online just do NOT work! Here’s why: If the seed bomb is too big, […]
30 Motivational Quotes That Will Inspire You to Keep Hustling It can be hard to keep up your own pace when you work in a creative field. A drought of motivation can feel like the end of the world, so it’s important to keep inspiration on hand. I keep a folder of quotes on my […]
What Happened When I Took My Photography Business In an RV and On The Road It all started with a simple question on the way home from a three-day photoshoot. “What if instead of racing home between assignments to mow the lawn and do the laundry, we spent that time together as a family in […]
How To Change Directions Without Starting Over Image via Flickr Remember back when Groupon was a fundraising sight for social change? Or when Pinterest, then called “Tote,” was all about retailers? Of course you don’t, because those brands successfully changed directions and became way more popular because of those business pivots. Sometimes, for whatever reason, […]
5 Ways Modern Photographers Can Find Inspiration in Classic Art Photography’s 200 year history is brief compared to the vast and varied past of other mediums such as painting and sculpture. Yet many of the techniques photographers use now came from before the first camera was invented, from Rembrandt lighting to compositional “rules.” The ties […]
Three Dozen Eco-Friendly Tissue Paper Crafts If you’re looking for an environmentally-friendly supply for paper crafting, tissue paper is a reasonable choice. Buy a brand of tissue paper that’s made from recycled paper pulp, compost the scraps when you’re finished, and if you do both, you’ll find that tissue paper is a craft supply that […]
How to Start a Photography Business You’ve decided to do it. You’re going to purchase a ticket to the crazy roller coaster of starting your own photography business. Maybe you’re tired of working for “the man” or maybe you’re straight out of school and just aren’t ready for a traditional nine-to-five career. Whatever the reason, […]