Finding the Right Title for Your Photograph (MiriamHaugen)
posted Wed February 15th 2012 @ 2:37 PM

Take a look at the gallery of prints that Neil and Miriam Haugen are entering in competition this year and give some suggestions for titles! Read More »

Thanks Walt and Joy! (rNeil)
posted Tue July 19th 2011 @ 5:50 PM

Walt Klages, Master Photographer, Craftsman, American Society of Photographers (ASP), Fellow of the Professional Photographers of Oregon, and long-time friend and professional peer missed his first PPO conference in probably 40 years this last weekend. His beloved Joy was not well enough for him to be away from her and their beautiful home in NE Oregon, near Joseph, in the Wallowa Mountains. Read More »

Print Competitions: A Good Way to Learn! (rNeil)
posted Fri July 15th 2011 @ 12:14 PM

Last night (July 14, 2011) Miriam and I had the pleasure and privilege of judging the July print competition for the Portland Metropolitan Photographers Association (PMPA). We both love judging as judges get to see the prints closer than anyone else (and yes, we love looking at photographs still!) and of course, the judges get to opine on them ... and yes, clearly, we love that part of it too! Read More »

Understanding Histograms (MiriamHaugen)
posted Mon April 25th 2011 @ 5:30 PM

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Where are YOUR images? A beginners guide to organizing. (MiriamHaugen)
posted Thu February 24th 2011 @ 4:29 PM

Storing and backing up your photographs is a subject that will make your eyes cross and send you running screaming from the room. At least that is my reaction as a right brained creative person.  There are thick books written on the subject and if you really want to get into it, read "The DAM Book" by Peter Kroegh. Read More »

The Psychology of Photographing Children (MiriamHaugen)
posted Mon January 10th 2011 @ 12:49 PM

The biggest challenge of photographing small children is to keep them still and happy long enough to get the image you want. These tips are from Vik Orenstein of Minneapolis and author of a book called Creative Techniques for Photographing Children: Read More »

Hanging Photographs and Keeping them Straight (MiriamHaugen)
posted Tue January 4th 2011 @ 1:43 PM

I went to a client's home recently to hang a wall grouping with 16 prints! They all needed to be level and straight or it was going to look really bad. Read More »

Business Planning, Going for Success in the Coming Year (MiriamHaugen)
posted Tue November 30th 2010 @ 2:07 PM

I was just going through the email in box hitting the “delete” button as I do every day and often multiple times a day. I decided to unsubscribe from a newsletter I have been getting aimed at wedding planners and caterers. I haven’t read one of them yet and seriously, will I in the future? As I was scrolling down to the bottom to find the “unsubscribe” button, an article caught my eye: “Planning for Catering Success in 2011.” OK, I was hooked. Planning is on my mind right now. The brain is spinning with ideas for the next year so I thought I would pass on some gems for all of you aimed at the photography business. Read More »

Video Tutorial: Making a Photoshop Collage Part I and II (MiriamHaugen)
posted Fri September 17th 2010 @ 7:36 PM

Watch Miriam put together a collage with multiple images and text. Use stroke lines, drop shadows, and add texture. This is a 2 parter! Read More »

How to find successs in Photography (or anything else) (MiriamHaugen)
posted Mon September 13th 2010 @ 3:34 PM

This is from the great Photography Marketing guru, Charles Lewis. He knows what of he speaks and in all honesty, even those of us that have been doing this for a long time need a swift kick, now and then. Take this and apply it and you will go far! Read More »