LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE ••• Welcome to Week 15 of 2025! In today's e-mail, you'll get: INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK: What Happens When You Say Yes More Often PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Focus on the Nail RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE: Book Recommendation (and it's not about photography) INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK On Saying Yes This might be unpopular advice. But… You should say yes more often. Not to filling your calendar to look more successful. Or to getting a fifth dog. Or to...
10 days ago • 3 min read
LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE ••• Welcome to Week 15 of 2025! In today's e-mail, you'll get: INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK: Emulation Leads to Transformation PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Photoshopped Photo Circa 2008 RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE: We're Traveling to Norway with Emma Wright INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK Emulation Leads to Transformation A little personal story from me today. It's a 4-min read. If you feel like your photos aren’t improving and your creativity falls flat, even...
17 days ago • 4 min read
SPECIAL E-MAIL ANNOUNCEMENT (THE ONLY OUT-OF-SCHEDULE E-MAIL YOU'LL GET, I PROMISE!) • • • Hey Reader! 👋 Jumping in here quick to announce a special 60-min crash course I'm offering live on Zoom Tuesday April 29th at 7:00pm CST (with playback video available if you miss it). This crash course is designed to set you up with the best and quickest route to creating stunning photos with your phone camera. Open to everyone for $50 CAD. Come say hi (or participate with your video & mic off, I'm ok...
22 days ago • 1 min read
LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE ••• Welcome to Week 14 of 2025! In today's e-mail, you'll get: PHOTO TIP OF THE WEEK: How to shoot towards the sun (and make it look great) PHOTO OF THE WEEK: BTS of my commercial shoots RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE: Stunning travel photos (shot on iPhone 16 Pro) PHOTO TIP OF THE WEEK How to Shoot Towards the Sun Have you ever seen the sun do this when you take a photo of it? iPhone photo, straight out of camera and not edited. Shooting...
24 days ago • 2 min read
LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE ••• Welcome to Week 13 of 2025! In today's e-mail, you'll get: PHOTO TIP OF THE WEEK: Make the work fun for easy skills growth PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Delightfully horrified makes a good photo RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE: Yes, the phone camera can do this. (#shotoniphone inspiration from Sanket Khuntale) https://www.instagram.com/p/DFvIWuFy8dt/?img_index=1 PHOTO TIP OF THE WEEK Do Only Fun Photography for a Season If improving your photography...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE ••• Welcome to Week 10 of 2025! In today's e-mail, you'll get: PHOTO TIP OF THE WEEK: before you quit photography, do this INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK: battling imposter syndrome through community PHOTO OF THE WEEK: let your instincts lead you RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE: why pro photographer Paul Reiffer chooses iPhone photography PHOTO TIP Before you quit, do this If you find yourself frustrated at a photo shoot, here’s a tip: stop what...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE ••• Welcome to Week 2 of 2025! In today's e-mail, you'll get: PHOTO TIP OF THE WEEK: how to backup your iPhone photos INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK: train your eye to take more attractive photos PHOTO OF THE WEEK: night photos with (and without!) a tripod RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE: starry night sky tutorial PHOTO TIP: How to backup your iPhone photos I’m a huge fan of making sure my digital files are backed up, especially photos. As a...
4 months ago • 4 min read
LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE ••• Welcome to Week 1 of 2025! In today's e-mail, you'll get: PHOTO TIP OF THE WEEK: get into the habit of printing your photos INSPIRATION OF THE WEEK: my most cherished possession PHOTO OF THE WEEK: experimenting is greater than perfection RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE: 50% off upcoming workshop PHOTO TIP: Transform your photo overload into printed books I can’t start a new year without talking about printing photos. Taking photos of...
4 months ago • 4 min read
LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE ••• In my professional photography work, I'm known for photos that are sharp, bright and vibrant. My professional photos: The very same techniques that I used to take the above photos, I also apply to my phone photography to get my photos sharp and bright. My iPhone photos: So what's the not-so-secret secret? 3 things: NUMBER 1 - LOTS OF LIGHT. Prioritize taking photos in bright light. The brighter the light (in other words: the most...
5 months ago • 1 min read