Wedding Photographer Tips Best wedding advice you’ll ever hear: Don’t just shoot to shoot. Don’t just shoot to shoot. Don’t just shoot to shoot!  The bride and groom that hired you do not need 2000 snapshots of mediocre photos. That’s what their Grandma is there for! Trust me, I had the collection of snapshots from my family […]

3 Reasons To Book A Studio For Your Family Session | Christiansen Family The winter months are actually very popular for booking family sessions. A lot of times people are traveling home, and getting together with their full family. Sometimes it’s because you get time off work, so it makes it easy to pick a […]

I believe that micro changes in your business can have macro results! One of the biggest micro changes I have made in my business in recent history is the way that I dress for weddings! I get a lot of comments from family members at weddings and helps me come off as an expert in […]

Expanding Your Photography Business in 48 Hours When I started at Kylee Ann Studios, I was so amazed at how organized and simple the business model was. There are dozens of resources Kylee uses everyday to simplify the process of creating content, posting on social media, sending emails, Pinning, scheduling posts, etc. Every person at […]

A second shooter is a photographer that is asked to shoot along side a main photographer to assist and get a second angle for the main shooter. Most weddings include two shooters because of all that is going on in a wedding day. Its very beneficial to the main photographer to have a helping hand, […]

Three years ago I was just a small town photographer with big dreams. Big dreams that led me to WPPI. A huge photography conference in Las Vegas. At the time I was teaching a beginning photography class at BATC. Technically, I felt like I knew so much, but I wanted more. Community. At WPPI, I found my […]

Stop the comparing. You are good enough!!!! You are good enough to charge that much. You are good enough to shoot what you want to shoot. You are good enough to do whatever you set your mind to! I was stuck in the “I cannot charge that much because x, y, z are way better […]

I HATE when I’m in my groove then I get an email or notification that distracts me. 20 minutes later I realize I’m still in my inbox or Facebook. Time wasted. Recently, I unsubscribed from nearly everything and I’ve become so much more productive. The best part is it only took a few minutes. Instead of […]

One of the first things a photographer needs to learn is how to find photography locations! Location is very important. For every session you have to consider your client’s style, personality, the type of session you are shooting, the mood you want to convey, etc. Believe it or not, there are endless possibilities of locations […]

Auto White Balance was my best friend for a good two years. While I was learning how to change my aperture, shutter speed and ISO, I couldn’t handle one more custom setting. Since I shoot in RAW, my white balance was always a really easy fix in post-production. In order to simplify my post-production process, I set […]

Last week I blogged about the reasons we plan a styled shoot! You were probably thinking, “Oh great, now I want to plan a styled shoot even more but I have no idea where to begin. Thanks for leaving me hanging Ky!” You guys know I would never leave you hanging, so here I am […]

Photographers loved styled shoots, but why? What’s the point of spending time and resources that are already scarce to shoot something you’re not getting paid for? Well, actually there are LOTS of reasons. I’m here to share my personal favorite reasons to plan a styled shoot. 1. Network Guess what? There are AMAZING vendors in your […]