Shutterbug: 10 Pictures to Take of Your Tots Each Month


Updated 04/03/12 4:44 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Photos to Take of Children Every Month

If you're anything like us, since you've had kids, you rarely put your camera down! While it's fun to simply snap away, I turned to mom and photographer Jennifer Little, founder of Fort Collins, CO-based Sugar Photography, to see what she considers to be the essential photos to take of her kids each month, ultimately creating a chronicle of her lil ones' growth. Keep reading to see what she Read more

Shutterbug: 10 Tips For Photographing Your Baby in the Hospital


Updated 03/25/12 5:50 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tips For Photographing Your Baby in the Hospital

Baby's here — now capture all the details of the day before you forget them! Though a delivering mama doesn't need another thing to worry about, ensuring that her lil one's arrival is photographed is often at the top on her list. I asked mom and photographer Jennifer Little, founder of Fort Collins, CO-based Sugar Photography (no relation), to provide us with her best hospital photography Read more

5 Websites to View Instagram on Your Desktop


Updated 03/22/12 11:45 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Instagram Viewing Websites

The latest buzzed-about technology mash-up? Pingram, a cross between Pinterest and Instagram. With Pingram, users can share their Instagram photos on a site that looks very similar to Pinterest. This isn't the first of its kind, though — there are several sites dedicated to Instagram feeds. Curious? Take a closer look at Pingram, plus four other sites that allow you to view Instagram photos Read more

31 Days of Spring Cleaning: Back Up Your Photos


Updated 03/20/12 11:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Back Up Your Photo Library

You spent a whole bunch of time organizing your photo library this month, so don't let all that hard work go to waste if your computer or main external hard drive happens to bite the dust. If you're serious about your photography, now's the time to get a secondary hard drive and back up all those photos again, or send them all to the cloud for safe keeping. A storage service like Box.net allows Read more

Shutterbug: 7 Tips For Photographing Your Kids This Spring


Updated 03/18/12 6:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Spring Photography Tips

If your camera spent the Winter hidden in the back of the closet just like your warm weather clothes, it's time to dust it off and get to work. Warm weather, budding plants, and blooming flowers provide the perfect backdrop for beautiful photos of your tots. Mom and photographer Jennifer Little, founder of Fort Collins, CO-based Sugar Photography (no relation), has plenty of suggestions for Read more

Feet First: One Family's Photographic Journey


Updated 03/13/12 2:18 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 1 comment

Creative Way to Document Your Family History

We first met the very talented British photographer Tom Robinson through his "I'm Going to Be a Dad" series. Once he broke his big news, and Tom's daughter Matilda was born, he began to use his "Feet First" photography project as a way to document his growing family's history and travels. "While sitting on Brighton beach (England) back in 2005 with my new girlfriend Verity, I suddenly thought Read more

Geek Shot: Musical Interiors


Updated 03/11/12 6:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Pictures of Musical Instrument Interiors

Where's that we're visiting? An elegant take on futuristic city life with skyscrapers rivaling today's most prestigious architectural wonders? That "street" is actually a pipe organ, part of a new advertising campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic. With art direction by photographer Bjoern Ewers, the advertisements are macro photographs highlighting the inner beauty of instruments, no sound Read more

First Impressions of the Lytro Camera


Updated 03/28/12 12:23 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Lytro Camera Price and Review

For those looking for a new twist on photography, allow me to introduce you to the Lytro camera ($400-$500). This pocket-friendly camera allows you to capture images and refocus your pictures later. The Lytro captures the entire light field in your scene, meaning all the light traveling in every direction. As a contrast, your standard DSLR only captures one pane of light. That's some pretty Read more

How to Look Like a Celeb at Your Own Pregnancy Photo Shoot


Updated 03/09/12 10:26 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Pregnancy Photo Shoot Tips

Jessica Simpson did it well. So did Demi, Britney, and Cindy, but could you pull off a naked pregnant photo shoot? Absolutely, as long as you follow the tips we scored from Chicago photographer Maria Ponce, who's turned shooting pregnant noncelebrities into a beautiful art form. I was lucky enough to score a session with Maria during my pregnancy (that's me, seven months pregnant with my Read more

31 Days of Spring Cleaning: Organize Your Photo Library


Updated 03/08/12 8:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tips For Organizing Your Digital Photos

Spring shouldn't be just an excuse to clean out your closets. It's also a great time to get your digital photos in order. I'm guilty of just tossing my pics into one jumbled and disorganized file (which makes it a pain to find a specific pic), but we can all start fresh and clean from here on out, thanks to some helpful tips from the pros. Bradly Treadaway, digital media coordinator and faculty Read more