On Ten Minutes with Manzanita LIVE today we talked about consistency in editing. This is a big one--one small thing that can kick you out of amateur club and...

On Ten Minutes with Manzanita today we talked about telling the truth about your work. We pinpointed two common lies that can stop artists from progressing a...

On 10 Minutes with Manzanita LIVE, we talked aaalll about one of the most interesting, touchy, difficult subjects: how to avoid burnout. There are some obvio...

As a photographer, I can tell you right now: You have to be pretty tough. Your family shows up all dressed and beautiful and smiling and....expectant. They p...

Psych! I actually don't agree with "selling" yourself as a business person just to make business. HOWEVER, I do believe that creating an atmosphere that draw...

New photographers, take heart. Everyone who has picked up a camera for the first time (and that means every photographer, by the way) has made mistakes. Big ...

Oh, this one is always a toughie--not because teens aren't awesome, but because they are suddenly PEOPLE. They're not babies or kids, so what in the world d...

In my Instagram Live on 10 Minutes with Manzanita we tackled CLOTHES. As in wardrobe. As in how the heck do you dress your families for a session, or if you ...

"Should we cancel?" Have you ever had a client ask that before? It's a valid question. When the clouds pile in dark and foreboding, it can make anyone a litt...

So, aside from all the camera brands (Sony, Nikon, Cannon, Fuji, etc), and all the different KINDS of cameras within those brands (mirrorless, film, DSLR, po...

Today on Ten Minutes with Manzanita Live we talked about how to handle solicitations for sessions you DON'T want. This is a tricky one. I think there is one ...

Nearly every workday, I "Go Live" on Instagram and share some little bits of photography information I've foraged through years of error. I figure, if there'...