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I don’t know about you, but every year at this time I get completely, utterly and hopelessly UNMOTIVATED to do ANYTHING. Honestly, it’s a pain in the ass. I want to do things. I want to make progress. I want to set goals, but my brain and body do NOT sync. All I want to […]

10 Ways To Beat Un-Motivation

I get asked almost on a weekly basis what kind of lighting should I buy? Continuous or strobe? ACK!!! The issue isn’t what you should buy, but WHY you should invest in either strobes or continuous. They both are amazing lighting systems, but accomplish entirely different tasks. I have used both systems ranging from lower […]

Continuous vs Strobe Lights

Why newborn photographers need liability insurance

Just recently a student of mine emailed me in a frenzy: “I’m totally freaking out and need some advice!! I was shooting a newborn this morning without my assistant because the parents wanted dad in the images and found out last minute that he couldn’t come on their original date. Baby was on the bean […]

Why You Need Liability Insurance

Why you need an Area of Innovation Being In Business, General Photography, News & Info, Tutorials, Workshop News Available online course: Studio Systems: A Photography Business BootCamp I like to call it the triad of competition that really gets us as businesses to dominate or flop in a market. In Mike Michalowicz’s book “The Pumpkin Plan,” he calls it an Area […]

What’s Your AOI?

Competition is fierce. Women are notoriously mean to one another. And in a female targeted industry like portrait photography, it’s no wonder we all get our feathers ruffled when the competition “steals” our idea, copies our work or seems to be killing it with clients while your phone is as silent as a death march. […]

Stop Comparing Yourself To Your Competition

The holidays. It’s one of our favorite times of the year! We’re busy prepping our “Restoration Hardware” style Christmas family mini sessions happening this Saturday, November 21 in our studio in Bend, Oregon. We’re featuring milk and cookies, holiday pajamas, and tons of joy! Just a few slots remain and today (Nov. 18) is the […]

Holiday Cards: 9 Tips & Tricks

Newborn Photography How to Make a Baby Smile in Newborn Photos

While we never guarantee a smile during a newborn photography session, sometimes we’re lucky enough to capture what we like to think is baby’s first photographed grin. Some might say it’s gas or a newborn reflex that is physical and in no way social or emotional, but we’re quite happy calling it a real, true […]

Newborn Photography: How To Make Baby Smile

Julia and Belinda are in Nashville for Imaging USA this week. Music City, oh yeah! Imaging USA is created and led by the professional photographers of PPA, the largest photography non-profit in the world assisting 27,000 photographers through protection, education and resources for their continued success. Imaging is a gigantic trade show attracting tens of […]

Nashville | Imaging USA

While the rest of the country grocery shops, bakes, roasts, bastes, and eats too much turkey (OK, OK, we’re going to do that too!), we are gearing up to head to Seattle next week for CreativeLive for: Capture the Journey of Parenthood with Julia Kelleher Family Photography: Capturing Connection CreativeLive: Dec. 4-6, 2015 It’s just […]

Countdown to CreativeLive! Dec. 4-6

You may have seen our Facebook post last week teasing Julia’s return to CreativeLive. Well, photographers, we’re here to tell you that yes! It’s true! (Insert happy dance here!) Since the moment we posted the video (which almost 13,000 of you watched) we’ve been getting amazing amounts of inquiries from photographers all over the world […]

CreativeLive | Sneak Peek!

Mentoring sessions are such a joy! To teach a photography student here in my studio in Bend, Oregon, one-on-one — it’s a precious, thrilling experience to say the very least. I tailor my teaching and customize each session to a student’s strengths and weaknesses, goals and business plan. It’s a lot of work, but so […]

Mentoring Sessions | The Perfect Timing

Dawn Martin of Apple Blossom Photography in Beaverton, Oregon recently visited the studio for a mentoring session with Julia. We welcomed her with a set of beautiful babies, siblings and parents for this two-day private workshop and we’re so happy with the results! Thanks to Dawn for being such a great student and also to […]