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Photography 5 Tips to Help Improve Your Photos

February 7, 2020 / Im really excited to share todays post with you guys because if you know me, you know how much I love photography. Photography has always been such a huge part of my life. Growing up, I remember my dad having a camera in hand often, whether he was taking pictures or recording a video, a camera was almost always in the room or on vacation with us. I never noticed it much, but one day I got curious and wanted to try my hand at taking a few pictures.

We were in Sun Valley, Idaho as a family, hiking and exploring the town. While we were there, I couldnt help but notice all of the flowers!! I asked my dad if I could use his camera to take a few photos and after that, I was hooked! I think I was around 11-12 years old at that point.

Fast forward to high school, I ended up taking every opportunity I could to shoot at an event, sports game or dance. I got involved in a lot of clubs and yearbook my junior/senior year so that I could help take pictures of all the events. I enjoyed every minute of it. Sadly, my high school didnt offer any photography classes, so I ended up bringing my camera with me to school every day and I would practice whenever I could. No one seemed to mind, not even the teachers! I actually had a few teachers ask me to take photos for them for a few after school events. I also started getting a few friends asking me to take their senior pictures.

Then after high school, I went straight to college and signed up for every photography class that was offered. I got hooked on Darkroom during college and I spent hours upon hours in the darkroom mixing chemicals, printing photos, and dodging/burning. I also played around a lot with cyanotypes. I pretty much lived in the darkroom while I was attending college. I also got involved with Student Senate and I ended up being on the advertising team, which provided even more opportunities for shooting at events. Other than shooting events in college, I got asked to shoot my first wedding! I thought I was nervous in highschool but leading up to shooting my first wedding, I had never been so nervous in my life!

All in all, I took a lot of photos throughout high school and college and still to this day, I take every opportunity I can get to create and shoot. I now mostly just shoot weddings, engagements, and families but I still enjoy taking my camera with me on hikes and trips. I also enjoy capturing food and mundane moments in life. I think that there is so much beauty to be found in our daily lives/routines.