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11 Tips to Prepare for Your Family Photo Session
Tips for your family photo session, including outfit ideas and working with young children.
Men: How to Prepare for Your Headshot
What to wear, suggestions on lighting and tone, and other tips for men seeking a headshot or business portrait.
Exiting Survival, Entering Trauma
Reflections on exiting survival mode from traumatic events and into PTSD and how you can support those around you working through trauma recovery.
Why Photographers Don’t Deliver RAW Image Files
Are photographers just being jerks? Or is there more to the story of why RAW files aren’t distributed willy-nilly?
Story Recommendation: The Tinder Swindler
When is a dating opportunity too good to be true? Dive into my story recommendation: The Tinder Swindler, on Netflix.
How a Hallmark Diary On a Warm Day in Michigan Inspired My Business
This is the story of a Hallmark diary, a camera, and a little girl with big dreams.
How to Prepare for a Video Interview
Learn how to prepare for your video interview, calm your nerves and speak eloquently to get the best possible outcome.
Magic, Free Will, Mayhem, and One Big Imagination: An Interview with Fiction Author, Edward Allen Karr
How does someone who designs space flight experiments in use on the Space Station bring his otherworldly imagination to life? By telling stories. Learn more about fiction writer and published author, Edward Allen Karr in this feature interview.
How “Goosebumps” Affirmed an Occupational Therapist's Career Calling Helping Immigrants & Refugees
“I think of my grandmothers. They both experienced forced displacement around my age.”
5 Things That Will Happen when you Assert Your Boundaries
Understand the emotional challenges, backlash or overcorrection that can come with setting and sticking to your boundaries.
What’s the Difference Between a Website Designer and a Website Developer?
If the thought of a DIY website makes you want to run for cover, learn more about how to hire the right person for your custom website.
Meet the Person Behind the Politician: Melody Hart
What does it look like to run for mayor? Learn more about Melody Hart as she runs for the FIRST mayor of Cleveland Heights and where salsa fits into the mix.
Top 3 Ways to Back Up Your Photos Online
I’m sharing the top 3 resources for backing up your photos so that you can have them forever.
How One Organization is Fighting LGBTQ+ Discriminiation
Did you know it’s still legal to discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community for housing & public accommodation? Learn how one organization is pushing for change by Floating for Fairness on July 24th!
When to Discount Your Services
As service providers, we have to work our way up to charging profitable rates. But when does it make sense to discount services and when should you say no?
A Love Note to Late Bloomers
After reading Rich Karlgaard’s book, Late Bloomers, I was inspired to write this poem to women over the age of 40. It’s time to reclaim your rightful place.
How to use Your Professional Headshots
Headshots can be used for so much more than a profile pic or on a company website. I share at least 10 ways to use your employee business portraits in sales, marketing and HR.
How to Hire the Right Photographer
If you’ve had a negative experience with a photographer, here are a few things to look out for.