Hi, my name is Chip Dizárd! I’m a CloudSpot Ambassador, photographer, speaker, and photography educator. I consider myself to be an amateur comedian, love to play golf, and specialize in weddings, portraits, branding, families, and event photography. I call the Washington, DC area home and, as a former photography and videography teacher, I enjoy empowering photographers by sharing what I know as a photography educator.

With everything you already have on your plate as a photographer, finding a second shooter can be an extremely time-consuming process and one that falls to the end of your never-ending to-do list. What if there’s an easier way?

Planning a wedding can be exhausting and for various reasons, some couples don't want to go through the trouble. Thankfully, there is a beautiful, elegant, and sometimes alternative way of getting married without all the family and scheduling drama! ELOPE. If you're an engagement and elopement photographer or if you're trying to learn more about it, keep reading.

After well over a year of COVID wedding delays, 2022 is projected to be the busiest year in history for weddings -- and every wedding photographer. In the last two years, the photography industry has taken a big hit. We’ve seen all kinds of challenges, old and new. CloudSpot is here to help!

The idea of adding videography to my list of tasks for a session or wedding seemed daunting. Adding multiple images of the same moment to a gallery seemed repetitive. The solution I found? GIFs! Creating a GIF became an easy way to show snippets of motion in my galleries, without changing much about how I was shooting

Josh Newton, an international wedding photographer, discusses five simple ways to increase your bookings in your photography business.

Hope Taylor dives into her top five productivity tips for photographers working from home during COVID-19. Hope has been a full-time photographer since she was 17 and is well-versed with working right from home. Her top tips help photographers understand how to separate work life from home life and be more productive!

Here are a few super easy tips for getting the most out of photoshoots with your couples! See how one simple move changed a client’s whole mood!