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personal brand and product photography for small business.

Updated headshots for Jenna-Lee

Ashcroft Homes in Lethbridge is so good to work with, always! They have opened their show homes for me to shoot there for a few different dates of brand minis, as well as other shoots. They are involved in the community and have an awesome team feeling. I love any chance I get to peek […]

Headshot of Ashcroft salesperson in showhome in Lethbridge Alberta

Brands, Business, Commercial

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5 Steps to a Successful Brand Shoot

Custom, professional photos will elevate your brand, communicate clearly with your customers, and help take your already incredible business to the next level! So how do you make sure you have a successful shoot? From working with clients, I have learned that successful shoots all have a handful of things in common, and I’ve developed […]

Brands, Education

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Ash + Twig | Brand Photography

Ash & Twig | Brand Photography: Joylynn is the founder and maker at Ash & Twig!  She loves keeping everything earthy, grounded, simple and natural as she can. One of the reasons she started making soap was because she hadn’t found a soap scented with essential oils that actually smelled good and worked well. And […]

Plate with soap on it

Brands, Business, Commercial

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6 Secrets to a Successful Product Shoot

Your product photos sell your product – so how do you make sure you get the best product photos?  Based on my experience with clients who run product-based businesses, I have discovered 6 secrets to a successful product shoot: Vision/A Goal What is your goal for these photos? This helps us narrow down how and […]

Brands, Commercial, Education

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Working From Home With Your Kids

Before school was shut down, we had a snow day and I shared tips for working from home with kids on my IG stories. We are getting in a pretty decent routine now with at-home learning, and mom working from home, but not every day goes perfectly smoothly! I thought I would share these again […]

Busy working from home at a desk

Business, Education

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Where to Use Brand Photos

You’ve booked that brand session, and are thinking about what photos you need. Or, you’ve shot the photos and are now looking at a gallery of images! You might be wondering where to use those brand photos, and I’m happy to help you answer that! Knap Creative is one of my favorite local businesses. It’s […]

WHERE TO USE BRAND PHOTOS FEATURING KNAP CREATIVE

Business, Commercial, Education

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A Letter to My Younger Self

Kinsey, ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You are in for a ride. There are going to be bumps and bruises along the way. Spoiler alert, you will get your heart broken more than once. But you will grow, so much. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You will meet friends who inspire you and be there for you. You will learn that you can […]

A letter to my younger self, from Kinsey Holt Photography, lethbridge commercial photographer

Personal

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How to Create a Custom Email Address

Having a Gmail address, or a Hotmail address is one thing that can make your business look unprofessional. Even if I know the business is very professional, for some reason it stands out to me! If you already have a website and your own domain name, it doesn’t take much to set yourself up with […]

Make a custom email address to match your website!

Business, Commercial, Education

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Brand Photos with Knap Creative

I met Doreen back in 2012 when I shot her cute little family on a cold winter day for family pictures! She now runs Knap Creative and teaches marketing, as well as managing social media and doing graphic design for various businesses. Her sister Carolyn has recently joined her and they make an awesome team! […]

Ashcroft show home used for a brand session with Knap Creative

Brands, Commercial, Featured Posts

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Wooden toys and teethers | theBabyNiche

Nysha from the Baby Niche makes and sells wooden toys and teethers and was launching her new collection, Kin and Grove. She needed simple product shots for her website so I used a white background and let the product be the focus. She was coming out with a new product and I got to see it […]

wooden baby toys and teething toys

Brands, Commercial

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