Well its been a while since I have posed on here.  Life has been crazy busy. Most of you know that I do have a full time job which for a...

Ryan and Gabby’s wedding was beyond beautiful! Their wedding took place on probably the most rainy day of the year so things last minute...

This engagement session was so fun! We started in Old Town Alexandria and ended at the Meridian which was absolutely gorgeous! We had a...

If you are just starting out in Photography and are looking to get equipment that is powerful but inexpensive we have some tips below....

This weeks blog post is all about using flash.  First so many people will say so many different things when it comes to using flash so...

Today is all about lighting for studio portraits.  When photographing in a studio the entire this is that everything should be well lit...

Today’s blog is all about the proper lighting for portraits.  There are 2 very different form of lighting for portraits.  There’s natural...

First and most importantly we would like to say Happy Veterans Day to all of those who have served for this country.  We Thank YOU so...

Last week we talked about all of the different components of a camera and the different settings to use or think about. Today we are...

Not too long ago the PhotoPlanning Services team had the honor of photographing and documenting Jeremy and Sameera’s Mehndi and Wedding...

When it comes to working a camera at first you may get frustrated and just want to switch to shooting in automatic but with practice you...

Focusing can make or break your photograph. If you focus on the wrong person or wrong part of the person the whole picture could be...

Not too long ago we were honored with the ability to photograph Larry and Audricia’s wedding at the Gaylord. Their wedding was beyond...

ISO – International Standards Organization. This is basically the standard measurement for how sensitive the film or image sensor....

A couple weeks ago a local photo store was going out of business which was quite bittersweet. It’s sad to see stores like these lose...

Today’s blog post is all about depth of field which is also related to aperture. Last week we learned that f/1.2 lets more light in and...

Aperture is a very neat function of an SLR/DSLR.  The aperture is located inside of the lens and ranges from f/1.2 to typically f/32. ...

Today we are going to pick up from where we left off last week on shutter speeds.  Last week we talked about how the faster the shutter...

Many people out there own a DSLR but don’t know how to use it.  They take all of their photographs using the automatic feature on the...

Many people want to know why is it that when I take a photo on my digital camera it does not look anything like when a professional takes...