By Erin Oltmanns

If I had to commit to one social network, it would be Instagram.
I love snapping photos and chronicling the little slices of my life that add up to the whole juicy pie.
But what I really enjoy is seeing my college roomie’s newborn baby hours after he was born, or Carina’s backstage photos ...
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By Erin Oltmanns

Congratulations to our winner, Ardelle S. from North Dakota.
Thanks to all those who entered!
I’m a big believer in capturing all of the little bits and pieces that make up my whole life in photos. While my Instagram album is jam-packed with snapshots of my kiddos, I’ve also been kno...
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By Rachael Herrscher

Sweet, sweet 2012! We lived to see another year! (Silly Mayans . . .)
Moments
1st ballet recital.
There are these moments when you realize just how much your little people are bigger than you and so very separate from you. This was one of those moments. My little 8 year old was poised, brav...
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By Erin Oltmanns

I was delighted to head up to Park City, Utah again this year for evo’12. I don’t get out as much as I should and evo conference is one of the few times each year that I get to see some of my favorite people face-to-face.
This year there were AMAZING keynote speakers, fantastic workshops, e...
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By Erin Oltmanns

Oh my. How I love Instagram.
My Instagram album has replaced actual photo albums and at some point in the last year I’ve slacked off completely on printing and framing photos.
I need to get on that.
But your average Instagram photo doesn’t really look so hot, blown up to poster size, eh...
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By Erin Oltmanns

I flaked big time on the April Photo a Day Challenge. I blame the trip I took with my husband. When did leaving home for 49 hours become something that requires weeks of preparation?
Oh. RIGHT. When I had those babies.
But May is right around the corner and I’m ready to conquer the May Photo...
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By Erin Oltmanns

Three things dominated my photography in February.
I was sick, or nursing sick children, for most of the month.
I participated in the February Photo-a-Day Challenge (and am pumped for March).
My baby boy turned one!
The impact of #1 and #2 was that I didn’t spend a whole lot of time cu...
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By Erin Oltmanns

I’ve been participating in the February Photo a Day Challenge and I’ve loved it!
It’s easy, low pressure, and it’s a fun way to consider and chronicle some of the more random tidbits of your day to day life. You can jump in at any time and no one is going to wag their finger at you if yo...
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By Erin Oltmanns

I love taking photos with my iPhone and am completely obsessed with Instagram. I often go through my feed (or my Facebook page) to look at them over and over because the images are among my most treasured photos.
Here’s a great idea for your home from Kevin Hail—an Instagram Photo Wall. Check...
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By Amy Allen Johnson

Yes, the world of social media is about sharing. But sometimes is just nice to know you can REFRAIN from sharing, if you choose. Here's a great post from Creating Motherhood on keeping your Instagram photos from being, well, sooo...Instant.
Of course, if instantaneous sharing of pictu...
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