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Lori Pickens

Real People • beautiful places • Timeless Memories

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photography tips using constraints
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One of the best ways to push your creativity is to introduce constraints. It might sound contradictory, but it’s true! By limiting yourself and your choices you not only remove the overwhelming ideas or ways to get started, but you force yourself to work within the defined limits and push what you already know or […]

Photography Tips on Using Constraints

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A young girl in a pink dress joyfully holds a delicate flower in her hand as she stands in a wheat field, while the photographer captures this beautiful moment from the side.
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To all my fellow photographers, below are three of my favorite tips for taking stronger images in backlight. 1. Select the light placement for the look you want. If you want flair, allow the light to point directly towards your lens If you want more of a haze, place the light *just* outside of your frame  The […]

3 Tips for Backlit Images

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senior cap and gown session by Lori Pickens in Parkersburg, West Virginia
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This time of year I always get a lot of inquiries for Cap and Gown graduation sessions. Lots of my fall seniors will do them as a spring add-on session, and they are also popular with college seniors that want to celebrate their accomplishments. One of the most common questions I hear and see, from […]

6 Ideas for Your Next Senior Cap & Gown Session

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If you are anything like me, when you see smoke bomb images, you are absolutely mesmerized!  But now, instead of wishing you could capture moments like that, you can use these tips to do just that.  Grab my best tips on photographing smoke bombs and creating amazing images. Set Up your shot first.   Even the […]

Tips for Smoke Bomb Images

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goal setting for photographers with lori pickens
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This post may contain affiliate links. This means that I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products and brands that I personally have used and love. As a photographer, one of the biggest actionable steps I was able to implement was setting daily goals. By setting these, […]

How Daily Goals Can Help You as a Photographer

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I get asked a lot of questions about when and how you should start putting together your Click Pro portfolio, so I thought I would share with you some of the most frequently asked questions and all of my tips for getting your set started off on the right foot. When should I start collecting […]

FAQs for Starting your Click Pro Portfolio

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