The Weekend Update : May 12

· Our Quick Pic contest is up and this time we’re celebrating those photo were color takes center stage. Share yours and be in the running for a gift card of your choice!

· If you have lot of those obnoxious “work in progress” tasks glaring at you around the house or the office, try the Pomodoro Technique!

· Uncovering their lives before us through photos, our mothers as we never saw them.

· When Murray Fredericks drags a giant mirror out to salt flats, he captures the dreamiest abstract landscape photographs.

· Why Americans Smile So Much. OUCH.

· Real, open and honest Things People Don’t Talk About in Business (But Should).

· We weren’t sure when Insta Stories arrived but now that its here to stay, we’re hooked. Find out the tips and tricks to make the most of Stories, have some fun and in the end — increase your following!

· They are saying that Photographers Are Going to Have to Learn Video to Stay Employable. Yay or Nay?

We hope you have a beautiful Mother’s Day weekend spent with the favorite mothers in your life! Enjoy every last one of your 48 hours! xo