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Jennifer Tonetti-Spellman

Capturing Your Holiday Traditions With Photos

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Traditions. We all have them. Especially come holiday time. No matter what your race, religion or economic status, traditions are sacred and bring such comfort every year. You may have traditions happening you aren’t even aware of! When I sat down to write this piece I realized how many things I do each holiday season [...]

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5 Reasons I Love Taking Photos on Cloudy Days

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I love light, don’t get me wrong, but there is a LOT to be said for photographing on wonderful cloudy days. A lot of photographers aren’t fans of the darker skies, primarily citing the flat light as one of the reasons. But me? I welcome them with open arms. Here are some benefits and tips [...]

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4 Great Outdoor Photography Session Locations

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This month we have welcomed Jennifer from Jellybean Pics to share a series of photography tutorials all geared around finding great photography locations for your sessions.  This is the third installment in our  series.  You can find parts 1 & 2 here: How to Scout for Great Photography Session Locations Determining the “Right” Photography Location [...]

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Determining the ‘Right’ Photography Location for Each Client

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This is the second in a three-part series on Location Photography.  If you missed last week’s tutorial, you can read it here: How to Scout for Great Photography Session Locations   Last week we touched on how to find locations and begin to train your eye to seek out location spots regardless of what may [...]

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How to Scout for Great Photography Session Locations

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This tutorial is the first in a 3-part series by Jennifer from Jellybean Pictures on finding great locations for photography sessions. Part of the fun for me being a 100% on location natural light photographer is that my locations are constantly changing. Yes, I have my ‘go-to’ locations for those not wanting to do in [...]

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Street Photography Etiquette

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If you missed Jennifer Tonetti-Spellman’s first tutorial on street photography tips, you will definitely want to go back and read it here:  Street Photography Tips Street Photography can be a very uncomfortable venture if you’ve never tried it before. The hesitations about a person’s reaction or wondering what you are legally allowed to photograph might [...]

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Tips for Street Photography

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This is the year of challenging myself.   I’ve had this nagging photography void that I couldn’t figure out until I saw an article in the paper last year about Vivian Maier. Vivian Maier’s story is incredible (please Google her).  The gist of her story is she was a street photographer who started in the [...]

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Before & After | A Photo Editing Tutorial

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We are thrilled to welcome back Jennifer Tonetti-Spellman for our first in a new photo editing tutorial series.  Using her before and after photos, and some screenshots in between, she will demonstrate her photo editing style step by step so that we can all learn more about how to edit our images!

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