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The #1 tip for taking better photos with your iPhone. I am breaking down the one thing you can do today to start loving the photos you take of your every day life. Learn more on KaraLayne.com!

The #1 Tip for Taking Better Photos with Your iPhone

When I chat with people about how to take better photos with their smartphones, I can feel the frustration and the overwhelm. I mean, we all want gorgeous photos, right? However, we have little ones to chase after. And we don’t want to overcomplicate documenting our memories beautifully. We just need it to be easy. […]

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Five tips for documenting home life during the 2020 pandemic. Remember the importance of recording the history currently happening and don't lost the opportunity to capture this chapter for your own family and personal history. Get all of the tips and inspiration over at KaraLayne.com #FamilyPhotography #HowToTakeBetterPhotos #iPhonePhotography #HowToTakeBetterPicturesWithYouriPhone #HomeAndFamily #MemoryKeeping #Scrapbooking #FamilyHistory

Five Tips for Documenting Life at Home

There will come a time when we look back at 2020 and a time when we stayed home. There will be a time whether it is with our children when they are older or perhaps our grandchildren, that they will ask what life looked like at this time. What will we have to show them? […]

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How to take more artistic photos with your smartphone. Join me in my new partnership with Big Picture Classes and the course I created for their community! #BigPictureClasses #MemoryKeeping #Scrapbooking #Photography #iPhonePhotography #SmartphonePhotography #iPhonePhotographyTips #SmartphonePhotographyTips

How to Take More Artistic Photos with Your Smartphone

I am so thrilled to share with you the exciting news! Partnering with Big Picture Classes and their wonderful community, I have created a course to teach you how to take more artistic photos with your smartphone! Cue ALL the emotions as this was a true labor of love during a crazy time last year […]

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Get in the damn picture. A little bit of tough love for all of us parents to remember the importance of the photographs we take and the ones we are in. Get inspired over on Haus of Layne #MemoryKeeping #ProjectLife #Scrapbooking #FamilyMemories #iPhonePhotography #Motherhood #Photographs #DocumentingTheEveryday

Get in the Damn Picture

I guess that title sounds a bit harsh. However, stick around for just a moment, friend and you will see where my heart is at on this subject. My father passed away at the young age of forty-five. Completely unexpectedly. It rocked my world. And going through the process of choosing photos for his funeral […]

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How to use angles to take better photos of your everyday life and right from your smartphone. Catch it all now on Haus of Layne! #iPhonePhotographyTips #HowToTakeBetterPhotosWithYouriPhone #iPhonePhotography #MemoryKeeping #ProjectLife #Scrapbooking

How to Use Angles to Take Better Photos

One question I get asked a lot is how I take such beautiful photos of everyday moments. And I’m sure more people have this question, but don’t ask because they assume it’s because I used to be a professional photographer and there is no way they could ever be technically savvy enough to do the […]

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