Livening up photos with Luminar: Going from Drab to Exciting

I’ve discussed before about making the most of family vacations to take photographs as a cost saving measure. The drawback of this is that I have to take the pictures as they come. In other words, whenever we’re going to a certain place, that’s the weather and timing I have to deal with. I recognize …

Photography Tips: To Flash or Not to Flash

This is another set of images I took in Charleston, SC at the direction of Kevin McQuade of secretcharleston.com, whom I mentioned in my previous post. To read more about how this scavenger hunt changed my photographer click here. As we were walking around finding these places, we saw parts of Charleston that were off …

Becoming a Pro Photographer even with limited resources

Hobbyist to Pro: How I became a pro photographer even with limited resources. I have been a hobbyist photographer for most of my life and have always enjoyed capturing the moments that are happening around me. My original training was as a Medical Technologist and I enjoyed my work, but then I had the opportunity …

Real Estate in Christiansburg

I was excited to get to hone my HDR skills when I was asked to shoot another set of real estate photos. This home is for sale in Christiansburg. I found this place to be an adorable little house with a lot of character. This house is currently under contract, but still listed for sale. …