How to Get Started as a Professional Portrait or Wedding Photographer

Written by Mel McLellan

How to Get Started As a Professional Portrait or Wedding Photographer So you want to be a professional portrait or wedding photographer. The questions is, where do you start? Am I right? Based on our own experience and a little help from our industry friends, I’ve compiled this list to get you started on your journey. It’s not comprehensive by any means, but it will help you begin. If I were starting out today, I would…

Action Painting for Kids with Jackson Pollock

Written by Mel McLellan

What kid doesn't love a good mess? Mine certainly do. They revel in it. As part of our homeschool, we study famous artists and try to emulate their work in some way. Jackson Pollock was a highlight for our kids for all the messy reasons.

The one about being an introverted parent and how the kids won’t stop talking to me.

Written by Mel McLellan

Do you ever get to the end of the day and you feel like you just can't take any more words? You're talked out to the breaking point...and your kids did it. Being an introverted parent is interesting. Being an introverted parent of multiple extreme-talkers is even more interesting. And by "interesting" I mean wonderful and amazing, but also draining as hell some days.