How to Take Professional Pictures at Home

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How adorable are these Easter pictures? This post will focus on photography tips for beginners. These pictures were taken by my friend. I thought she had them taken by a photographer but she informed me she had taken them in the comfort of her own home. That's when I decided it was a good idea to do a post on taking professional pictures at home! 

YES, the bunny is real :)

Camera used for these photos: Nikon D5100

Set up a background

Wrapping paper was used in these pictures as the backdrops/background. You could use a sheet or blanket depending on the amount of space the background needs to fill. 

 Lighting 

Make sure you are doing the photos in a room that has lots of natural light coming through. Natural light will make a huge difference (especially if you don't have any fancy equipment)

photography tips for beginners

Understand your Camera

There are so many different settings on cameras, and it is important that you know which work best in different types of settings. 
If you have a DSLR camera, learn to use the manual setting.

Photo Props

Depending on which type of photos you are doing, you can use some various props. These cute Easter props came from Target.

Editing

Editing is so important and so easy to do. My favorite editing tool to use is www.picmonkey.com. It is a great resource and it's FREE! All you have to do is upload a picture, edit it using the tools on the side and then save it to your computer. Did I mention it's FREE?! :)

Have fun!

Take some goofy pictures, do multiple outfits and really make the photographed people laugh and be themselves. Those will be the best photos, the ones that reflect their true personalities!

          

Hope you enjoyed this post! If you have more tips and tricks for at home photography, please feel free to comment and I can add them to this list.

Creative Wedding Photography Poses

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With wedding season around the corner, I thought I'd share some of the wedding poses I loved most from my own wedding photos (and others taken by our photographer). I have to give FULL credit to the amazing photographer and family friend from Karen Jackson Photography! 

View her Facebook Page and Website. You won't be disappointed. 

She did my Senior pictures and I didn't even have to think about it when we got engaged, I knew she would be our photographer. She is so creative and has such a great sense of humor. She really had us laughing all day! 

Couple Photos

Blurry on the background, focused on something up close. LOVE!

If you will be out when the sun goes down, get some sunset shots, gorgeous! 

Make sure you get a good close up for the Newspaper!

LOVE! This one is hanging in my hallway.

Look for murals or walls that have an interesting design or texture to them, these make for awesome backdrops! This was near a bar and there were garbage cans all around!

 RING SHOT!

 Photo from the wedding of a couple old friends :)

Photo from the wedding of a couple old friends :)

 This pose is one of my favorites!

Love the colors on this one!

This is one from another wedding our Photographer shot, looks like it's straight out of a magazine!!

Fireworks Wedding Photo

Love this one! 


Wedding Party Photos

Wedding Party Jumping 

 Groomsmen 

Matching Shoes 

 Maid of Honor Photo


Getting Ready/Individuals

Makeup Shot

 Getting Dressed 

Back of Dress

Ceremony Photos

Dad & Step Dad Ushering Bride down the Isle

ONE OF MY FAVORITES! Picture of the entire Church!

Here's another one our Photographer did at another wedding, gorgeous!


Reception Photos

Dancing time!

I love this one! The back of my dress was so pretty!

Our first dance!

Love this picture and tradition :)

More Dancing!

LOVE her dress! Our photographer is SO talented.

MISC.

Gorgeous way to view all accessories!

How GORGEOUS, from another wedding our Photographer did!

Dress picture!

Love this ring on the heel picture!

Gorgeous Wedding Dress!

Love this idea! Ring Photo

No caption necessary...GORGEOUS!

Check out this super cute candy bar, Love the Lens Effect here!

How hilarious! So in love with this ;)

Lime green accent shoes for wedding day, priceless! 

Do you have some favorite wedding pictures from your wedding that are pinterest worthy? If so, comment below and we can add them here! (with full credit to you & your photographer of course)