Tips & Tricks


Maternity Photography Tips

on December 15th, 2011 in Photography, Tips & Tricks by | 4 Comments Maternity Photography Tips

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…

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Learn To Love Lines Part 3

on December 14th, 2011 in Photography, Tips & Tricks by | 2 Comments Learn To Love Lines Part 3

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…

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Learn To Love Lines Part 2

on December 7th, 2011 in Photography, Tips & Tricks by | No Comments Learn To Love Lines Part 2

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…

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Learn To Love Lines

on November 30th, 2011 in Photography, Tips & Tricks by | No Comments Learn To Love Lines

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’….

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Just Shoot Me…Top “Ugh!” Avoiding Reminders.

on October 19th, 2011 in Photography, Tips & Tricks by | 3 Comments Just Shoot Me…Top “Ugh!” Avoiding Reminders.

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…

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Understanding Kelvin

on October 5th, 2011 in Tips & Tricks by | No Comments Understanding Kelvin

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…

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Hot Shoe Pez Happiness

on September 1st, 2011 in Tips & Tricks by | No Comments Hot Shoe Pez Happiness

 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…

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How To Photograph Fireworks

on June 30th, 2011 in Tips & Tricks by | No Comments How To Photograph Fireworks

 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,…

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Learning From Other Photos

on June 23rd, 2011 in Tips & Tricks by | No Comments Learning From Other Photos

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…

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Photo Tip: Rule of Thirds

on June 9th, 2011 in Tips & Tricks by | No Comments Photo Tip: Rule of Thirds

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…

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