Monthly Archives: October 2010

Lighting like a mother :: Lori Nordstorm!

Once more, the fabulous Lori Nordstrom shares with all of us mommas! (Isn’t she wonderful?) I love Lori’s lighting because it’s simple, simple, simple yet lovely, lovely, lovely. To describe her lighting setup, she writes, “When I started photographing professionally, I photographed all on-location and used available light. Learning to see light is really more…

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Common courtesy is not so common.

Lately, I’ve become more and more aware that common courtesy is not so common. I recently went to a corporate event where I watched executive-level folks use their thumbs to push the last morsels of food from their plates onto their forks.Not too long ago, a friend of mine was handed a poor diagnosis regarding…

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Family Fridays :: Danielle Valle

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned my dear friend Danielle Valle. She is an amazing Early Childhood Specialist and constantly gives me advice (solicited, of course!) that helps me be a better mom. So many times, I want to know, “Is this normal?”, “Do I suck as a mother because . . . ?”,…

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Thirst Relief International

Hi all of you photogra-mommas! I am going to make a quick pitch asking you to register (it’s free unless you want to purchase audio/transcripts) for The Joy of Marketing’s 10.10.10 Salessummit and while you’re there to make a donation of whatever you can offer to Thirst Relief International! If everyone who reads this donates…

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My light set-up

I’m so glad so many of you liked yesterday’s Back to the Basic’s post! I’ve received some comments and requests to show what my light setup looks like. Unfortunately my studio space is so small (and there is a partial wall at the back of it) that I can’t show my whole light setup in…

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