After a two month hiatus, I am bringing back my monthly contests…and I decided to do it with a bang! First off, I put the word out about potential contest themes and the highest voted theme was “EMOTIONS”. Now, as usual, this is extremely open-ended. The emotion the image portrays could be happy, sad, angry, [...]
This past weekend allowed for another travel experience thanks to hosting workshops, and I tried to make the most out of the time I had there. I was in Chicago for 4 days, teaching workshops two of those days and hosting a meetup. I got to travel with two of my best friends, Olivia and [...]
Ever since I can remember I have always talked about the many ways in which I haven’t changed much from the time I was a child to now that I am an adult. I would say that I have been the same height and weight for ten years, that I have had the same hair [...]
Tagged "fine art photography", artist, definition, description, discovery, examination, growth, inspiration, life, life-changing, photographer, selfLast spring, right around this time, I got to meet Lindsay Adler for the first time. If you don’t know who she is, click this link right now. Your life will be better for it. When we first met, I thought we had little in common – she shot fashion, I shot fine art; she [...]
I have been so fortunate lately to be able to travel to places that make my heart melt…not so much because of the places themselves, but because of the people in them. Chicago is next on my list, a city that everyone holds in such high regard that I’m willing to bet the people are [...]
Tagged aaron nace, brooke shaden, chicago, gathering, giveaway, illinois, meetup, networking, phlearn, photographers, photographySome people forget that a creative person can be a business person too. The best business people are the most creative. There is such a stigma with a creative person taking on a business career that the term “selling out” gets thrown into the mix far too often. If a photographer begins making money off [...]
Tagged art, business, commercial photographer, fine art photographer, money, photography, selling outI don’t know how many other people do this, but I keep a folder on my desktop called “In Progress” and it contains every picture that I’m currently working on. In truth, it mostly contains all of the pictures I should work on but am not working on. And beyond that, it mostly mostly contains pictures that [...]
Tagged "fine art photography", amish farm, behind the scenes photography, blown, breeze, brooke shaden, clouds, fine art photographer, girl, image evaluation, lancaster pa, landscape, leaf, leaves, picture critique, storm, surreal photography, windFirst thing to point out here is the most obvious: I shot a wedding. Second thing to point out here is the most important: I am not a wedding photographer. Third thing I should point out: I don’t want to be a wedding photographer. Okay, now that we have that in the open, let me [...]
Tagged behind the scenes, bride, bridesmaids, brooke shaden, creative photography, fine art photographer, groom, groomsmen, how to, wedding, wedding photographyI have admittedly been MIA for the past two weeks as I’ve been traveling all over the States and have had every single one of those days jam-packed with a busy scheduled. I started out my travelings by going to Dallas. I had a layover in Denver, CO and got to see the great Rocky [...]
Tagged "underwater photography", after dark photo convention, behind the scenes photography, brooke shaden, dallas, film screening, fine art nudes, fine art photographer, hot air balloon, interviews, lancaster county, mentoring, news stations, pennsylvania, teaching, texas, wedding photography(listen) Just a couple days ago I found myself alone on a lonely path in some lonely woods. It was cold out, the way winter should feel despite living in a place where winter never shows itself. The branches on the trees ached. I know this because I could feel them and see them. Some [...]