You’ve seen it before and maybe you’ve even lived it: photographer is drowning in editing because it’s the fall and it’s wedding, family, senior, and allthethings season. When you dream of running your own business, working endless hours in front of the computer and migraine headaches just aren’t what you had in mind. So let’s speed up your editing so you aren’t living in front of the computer anymore, deal?

Are you ready for a few more light and airy hacks for your Instagram feed? I absolutely loved hearing from you all on Instagram about what you most wanted to learn about creating a light and airy feed and today I’m sharing part two of how to do just that!

Did you miss last week’s post? You’ll want to read that one first: How to Plan Your Light and Airy Instagram Feed (Part One)

You sit down to finally plan out that Instagram feed because you’ve heard that it just might change your life to schedule your light and airy insta posts in advance.

And you? Well, right now you’ve got the “Art Director” hat on and you’ve got to visually lay out your photos in a way that supports your brand message.

Are you ready for a good laugh? My plan for taking maternity leave with Daniel was to blog between contractions. Laughing so hard right now after… you know… birthing a baby. Blog posts were the last thing on my mind!

So on the day he was born, after everyone had gone home, I blogged for the next day. That set in motion a habit I’d have for 8 months. I continued blogging 5 times a week because I thought that’s what you had to do to be successful. I had thankfully trained our photo editor and she was killing it, but I had no help on the business side of things. 

As a small business owner, you should get maternity leave, too. Here’s how to know what you need to do before maternity leave…

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I’m gearing up for maternity leave and that means that we’re having a bit of a movie day today! Daniel’s all snuggled up next to me, we have a bowl of fruit for a snack, and I’m writing content for the blog and our JB email insiders so that you’re well taken care of while I’m away.

I’ve been telling Daniel for two months now that I’m working so hard right now so that...

Something that will make mastering the 10 second edit easier than brewing a cup of coffee? Getting it right in-camera.

You could spend a bunch of time editing a tricky image - and honestly, sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do - but if you consistently nailed the light and airy look in-camera? Well, you’d be walking away from any shoot feeling more confident than ever.

We were getting takeout at a new Indian restaurant. Isaac ran inside and Daniel flipped through one of his books in the backseat while I stared out the window... just thinking.

Really, I had been thinking about it for a long time, but I knew saying the words would make it all feel too real.