Take Better Travel Photos! My Top 10 Tips That Anyone Can Use If you're anything like most people, you want to get the best images when your traveling but without too much hassle or extra gear weighing you down. Here are some of my favorite tips to make the most of your travels, no matter what kind of camera you're shooting with. 1. Travel Light. If your shooting with a smartphone, I recommend going all-in on the very best quality camera phone you can afford, and adding accessories
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Epic Eclipse in the ATL Not Full Totality, but 97% Ain't Half Bad. As a street photographer and ATLien, I just couldn’t commit to leaving the streets I love so much in favor of a countryside view of this most epic event. Nevermind the crowds, the traffic and the unknown challenges all of that would present (hashtag no thanks). The more I'd read about shooting the eclipse (and the more images I encountered over my searches), the more it led me to what I think is the only reasonable con
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Honored & Excited to be Shared by Madonna – Again! And this time it's LEGIT! I'm still running on pure adrenaline from a fantastic show last night from Madonna in Atlanta, but #OMG, people! MADONNA shared 2 of my images from last night's incredible show! It pays to stay up way past your bedtime and get some images posted fast. Madonna shared 2 of my photos on her Read More
Living the Dream, Sharing the Stage with Madonna I still can’t really believe it, but one of my paintings made it into the fan video that plays in the background during Madonna’s solo performance of the song Rebel Heart on her current world tour. This for me, is pretty much one of those priceless moments I will never forget. And it all unfolded in such a surreal and unbelievable way, that I thought I should write it all down, just so it can enter the world and exist beyond more t
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Best of 2015 Block Party: A night to Remember Last night I had a blast attending the Creative Loafing Best of Atlanta 2015 Block Party in downtown Atlanta. I was blown away last week to learn I won 3 reader's poll awards, so I could not have been more excited to be there. It was truly was an honor and a memorable experience. All of the art & performances were beautiful, artistic and unique, and not surprisingly so sin Read More
Voted Best of Atlanta 2015, Creative Loafing Reader's Poll I just learned I won in 3 categories for Creative Loafing Atlanta Best of 2015 reader poll! Thanks so very much to all of my friends and followers for voting! I am truly honored and humbled by your overwhelming support. Also, huge congrats to my friend Bhargava Chiluveru for his much deserved co-win for Fine Arts Photographer. This gu
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NYC, BABY! My Atlanta Streetcar Photos Made It to Times Square! Probably the most exciting news (like ever) was hearing that some of my photography of the Atlanta Streetcar would be featured in a video ad that would appear in Times Square on the ABC Supersign! The ad (sponsored by Siemens) ran for 2 weeks in April 2015 and featured 4 of my photographs of the Atlanta Streetcar. Naturally, this was cause for a trip to NYC to see it in action and take even more photos! The advertising team at
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Lauren Holley Featured in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution Over the last couple of weeks, I have been corresponding with journalist, Read More
#Instabetter: Custom Settings = Creative Control Ok, now that your Part 1 has you taking better quality images with your smart phone, let's get right down to it. Post-processing is the second best tool in your bag for expressing your unique point of view thru your images. Now I have over 20 years of Photoshop experience, plus a painting & illustration background that pre-dates some of you guys' enti
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#Instagood: My Top 5 Tips on Taking Better Photos with Your Smartphone So I get a lot of feedback on social media (and sometimes even in person, lol), that some of you out there really dig the perspective, coloring and ambiance of my images. So I thought what better way to spread the joy this holiday season, than to share a little of my own personal recipe for success when it comes to taking & editing your images for Instagram. If you have a smartphone and an Instagram account, I'll
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