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Hi! I’m Moriah, and I’m so excited you’re here.
I’m a photographer, creative entrepreneur, author, solo traveler, and mom to the most amazing dog. My work has been featured by brands such as Anthropologie, The Today Show, Material Kitchen, True Food, and Simple Mills.
This is a space devoted to those wanting to find the good in the everyday, and create it where they can. I write mostly about creative business and food photography, but I also share the recipes that got me started photographing food.
It’s a wild, crazy ride being a creative, and I’m so glad we have this space to connect on it together!
3 Lightroom Editing Mistakes New Food Photographers Make
One of my favorite things about creative work is the endless amount of learning we get to do. It keeps us all challenged and humble, and forces us all to constantly check our mindset to keep on a growth trajectory. Later on in your photography career, learning often...
How to use White Balance in Food Photography
White balance can be incredibly elusive when you're new to food photography. Correct white balance can make or break an image, and knowing how to correctly color adjust can save you a ton of studio and editing time. The problem is that it is subjective to a point, and...
Tips for Better Brown Food Photography
Whenever I ask you guys about photography or editing obstacles I usually get at least 10 people who say that styling and editing brown food is a big challenge for you. Brown food has become one of my favorite things to work with, so I’m excited to dive deeper into it...
Minimalism Citrus Food Photography Series
As I dove into the first chapter of my minimalism series I fell deeply in love with the complex geometry of citrus fruits. There are endless ways to cut, slice, peel, and arrange them, and the spectrum of colors within each fruit makes for some stunning minimalist...
3 Website Mistakes Freelance Photographers Make
"Let the work speak for itself." ... Heard that one before? Me too, and I get it...in some contexts. The problem is when you're a creative trying to build a freelance business where you actually book clients and don't work for, well, free. We all need to do a better...
How to Create a Mood Board for a Photography Project
A key part of my creative process on any shoot is making a mood board. It can be hard to communicate conceptual ideas to clients, so using a mood board is a great way to give a visual reality to your ideas that makes them easier to communicate to your client. Here are...