It’s official…over Thanksgiving I found out that I’m going to be an AUNT!!! A huge virtual congratulations to my brother and his wonderful wife! With this news comes pre-planning in my head. As the ‘family photographer’ I’ve been known to capture all occasions. It’s turned into ‘if Meg is home and…

This week, in Part 3 of our series, Learn to Love Lines, we’ll be taking a look at diagonal lines and what sort of ideas and effects they can portray in your photos. Part 3 – Diagonal Up to this point, we’ve been focusing on lines that, for the most…

This week, in Part 2 of our series, Learn to Love Lines, we’ll be taking a look a vertical lines and what sort of ideas and effects they can portray in your photos. Part 2 – Vertical When you think of prominent, vertical lines, what sort of images come to…

In photography, lines are a great way to express an idea, set a mood, or direct the viewer’s eye into an image. They can be used to divide areas of a photo, create patterns or a sense of movement, or even establish perspective and lead viewers on a visual ‘journey’….

I’ll admit it. We at LensProToGo are pretty darn awesome. We’re organized, attentive, informed, super-fun, snappy-dressers, and clearly, quite modest. We tend to find that our photographer friends lean toward the super-cool, as well.  But, let’s face it: technology is moving at lightning speed; newer, faster, shinier tools are on…

For those of you who were not able to come to Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts last night, Mike Duval, our ‘tech guru’, spoke about using Kelvin and the benefits of setting your white balance properly while shooting instead of ‘fixing’ it later on. I took some notes…

 We got these little guys from an awesome customer of ours, Jenn Lawlor, who suggested something quite fun we could do with them! After a little foot surgery, we were able to slide these guys right into the hot shoe of the camera! Now, not only do we have ‘fun…

 With the 4th of July just days away we thought it would only be appropriate that we give some hints and tips on how to photograph fireworks! Fireworks are an extraordinary beautiful display and normally are used to celebrate an occasion. With them only happening certain times of the year,…

One of my favorite things to do in my ‘spare time’ is look through magazines and or at other photographers work. Sometimes you can find some great inspiration but what I really enjoy is looking at lighting. It’s almost a game for me… ‘How Is This Photograph Lit’ starring Meg…

One of the first things a student photographer learns is the ‘Rule of Thirds’. It’s a common priciple that some photographers learn about and some self taught photographers ‘discover’. It is known to be the basis of a great well balanced, interesting compostion of a photograph. Let’s start by saying…