Hi friends! I have to focus on a few career goals for a bit - so I’ll have to step away from Skool… but once I get things running smoothly, I plan to return with some really fun stuff and hope to grow this little community!

I’ll be posting some fun lessons in the community soon. I’m currently working on a set of tips for both iPhone and Android that should help elevate basic phone photos into ones that make people say, “Wait… you took that on your phone?” While those freebies roll out, I’ll also be building a guided plan to help you grow with your more advanced cameras — step by step — so you can improve your skills, feel more confident with your gear, and finally get out of AUTO mode for good. Quick community question while I’m creating all this… Would you rather: 📚 Learn through self-paced modules you can watch anytime inside the Classroom OR 🚀 Join a short 4–5 week cohort — basically a mini guided workshop where we focus on one goal, break it into small steps, and work through it together so you actually finish a real photography project and walk away with skills you can use right away. Cohorts would include a live weekly meetup where we hop online together to learn, share progress, and get feedback. If you had to choose today, what sounds more exciting? Comment Modules or Cohort — I want to build this around how you learn best.

My son walked the neighborhood during our snow day and took a ton of beautiful winter photos. This is among my favorites. Does anyone else have any winter wonderland photos they'd like to share?

Somehow I managed to catch a few in focus mid-air.

After a brief search, rediscovered the names of these tulip parts... The center of a tulip is called the pistil, which is the female reproductive organ. Surrounded by six pollen-bearing stamens, the central pistil is typically white or pale, featuring a three-lobed, sticky stigma at the top that receives pollen, a short style, and a base ovary that develops into seeds. Macro photography introduces us to a whole world of interesting things we tend to take for granted. I love nature.