Comments on: Simple, Compelling Family Photography

By: Monica Carlson

Monica Carlson — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 20:39:32 +0000

In reply to Mel. Yeah! I am so glad you are enjoying it and can apply it to your everyday! So awesome

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:41:03 +0000

This is an amazing course for anyone who is interested in creating storytelling images. The pdf is full of beautiful images which are all inspired by the joy of childhood. Loved watching Monica interact with her family in the behind the scenes videos. It’s really refreshing to see how she creates beautiful images out of everyday moments. She also offers great tips on how to use composition and photoshop to bring daily moments to life. This class is Lots of fun!

By: Monica Carlson

Monica Carlson — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:07:58 +0000

In reply to Jennie Verney. Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I’ve loved having you in class. You’ve asked so many great questions.

By: Jennie Verney

Jennie Verney — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:04:28 +0000

Monica’s love of capturing her family in photographs shines through in this course, both in the pdf, which is beautifully illustrated with her gorgeous images, and in the behind-the-scenes videos. She shares lots of useful tips to help you get the most out of capturing your own family and how to edit those images to tell the story you want to tell. Her discussion of why she captures the moments she does had me heading down a rabbit hole of old images, reliving memories of my own boys and being grateful I had taken the time to capture them. It also helped me to see new possibilities in those images, moving them away from a mere ‘snapshot’ to something more artistic. She also shares some useful tips for using flash, which is something I have not really embraced when capturing my own family. However, I am now inspired to learn how to use it rather than letting it gather dust!!

By: Monica Carlson

Monica Carlson — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 11:26:03 +0000

In reply to Kinsey. Yeah! I’m so glad you joined and enjoying class!

By: Kinsey

Kinsey — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 05:53:21 +0000

I have loved taking Monica’s course! I love taking pictures of my family and friends and I’m so looking forward to using some of her photography and editing tips to make my photographs more interesting and fun! Part of her course goes over the importance of capturing memories of your family, it really struck a chord for me because I have always felt drawn to keeping memories of my family life. She had some great ideas for keeping your camera ready so that you don’t miss opportunities to get beautiful, real images of the important parts of your life. I love seeing the creative photos she shares during her course of her family and all of the cool editing tricks she shares! I feel inspired to go create some beautiful images!

By: Monica Carlson

Monica Carlson — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:44:15 +0000

In reply to Tiffany. Oh My! This is the sweetest compliment ever. I am so glad you are in the class. Thanks you!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 02:37:06 +0000

Monica is a master behind the lens because she really does keep things carefree and fun! I know this because she shoots my own family photos :) You can use her shooting tips for capturing your own family or your clients. I love seeing how she uses light and is able to shoot any time of day. The other thing that really sets her course apart from most others is that she has awesome Photoshop tips! I’m a Lightroom gal and need to step up my PS game, so I loved seeing how she uses textures, light overlays, and that MAGIC sky replacement feature!

Monica’s work is so inspiring to me because it’s not contrived – it reflects her actual life and memories. BUT she enhances her images in subtle ways to make them even more beautiful. It’s almost like she takes the sooc snap of reality, and adds a little magic to make it match what we see in our mind’s eye, as mothers creating memories with our children. This is an amazing skill and I’m so glad to get to learn from her!