My daughter was upset today because all her friends seemed to be mad at her or just plain not being nice to her. Being a teen today is not easy. What with all the access to social media out there whether it be SnapChat, Instagram, Facebook or Ask (which I am not very familiar with […]
We are happy to announce that this year National Family Portrait Month which is in July 2018 is raising funds for the Make A Wish Foundation. What The Make A Wish Foundation Do. The foundation makes the cherished wishes of children and teenagers battling life-threatening medical conditions come true. A wish is vital. They carefully […]
We are happy to announce that this year National Family Portrait Month which is in July 2017 is raising funds for beyondblue. 3 million Australians are living with anxiety or depression beyondblue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live. Anxiety Anxiety […]
Family photography is moving away from being environmental or studio, to having the family portraits captured in the home. The home is a more personal environment, everyone is more relaxed, and family history can be recorded with much more meaning if the photographs contain parts of the home where the family has shared in most […]
Photography, Children and Self-Esteem: The Murfreesboro Study There was a revealing study conducted in 1975 with a group of fourth graders at a Murfreesboro, Tenn. school. The study was conducted by Jerry Fryrear of Tulane University and Mary Ammerman with Murfreesboro City Schools. What The Study Discovered The children were selected from a set of […]
The family is on vacation. A father takes out his point-and-shoot camera, poses his wife and kids and takes a quick snapshot. Eventually, the photograph is filed away in the family photo album. A meaningless activity? Maybe not. Every day, thousands of family photographs are taken with little regard for the meaning of the recorded […]
One of the hidden but powerful aspects of family photography that moms and most photographers rarely consider is how it can help us raise children with stronger confidence in their own worth and abilities. Psychologists and experts have done some work in recent decades exploring the link. A revealing study was conducted in 1975 with […]
Children whose parents display family photographs in the home grow up with greater confidence and sense of belonging, it has been revealed. Photography in the home reportedly makes children feel valued and gives them a rich understanding of where they come from. Research conducted by Venture New Generation Portraits found that the number of photographs […]
National Family Portrait Month is in May 2015, and is a national fundraising effort to help raise $20,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation as well as to promote and revive family portrait photography throughout Australia. When someone is diagnosed with breast cancer it not only effects the person, but also has an impact on […]
This year I celebrate 50 years of being a Professional Photographer. For the past two years I have been a photography business coach and consultant, and I talk to a variety of different people in the photography industry every day, especially professional wedding/portrait photographers. Image Value is being Diminished. Professional Photography has become massively devalued […]
