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Photography

Pre-adolescent Portrait Session

July 29, 2010

Here are a few of my favorite shots from a portrait session with my niece. My mom had Kate‘s portrait made prior to adolescence and wants to get the rest of the grandchildren’s portraits made at about the same age. She plans to hang them all on the wall together. We almost waited too long [...]

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Best Light

April 16, 2010

When will you find the best natural light for shooting a portrait? As Bryan Peterson says in his book, Understanding Exposure, “…at those times of day when you would rather be sleeping or sitting down with family or friends for dinner.” While I have seen some beautiful photos taken in the early morning, I am [...]

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A Winner and the Stinker

April 12, 2010

A Winner The winner of This Little Prayer of Mine is ScrapsofCandy! Please contact me with your mailing address and I’ll send this book right out to you! The Stinker I have neglected the Move It photo challenge for far too long. I know that I have not been very consistent with the Friday Photo [...]

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Favorite Camera Bag

March 22, 2010

This is my favorite camera bag! I am thinking about how easy it would be to carry everything I need to Kate’s conferences in this bag. Don’t you agree? And if the bag itself was not enough to win my favor, this fact would send me right over the edge! EPIPHANIE IS GIVING AWAY YOUR [...]

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Friday Photo Challenge

March 19, 2010

I like to move it, move it! I have read that most people stand too far away from the subject when taking a photo. This week we are going to work on moving our feet instead of relying on the zoom lens or zoom button on our cameras. We will compare the quality of a [...]

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Friday Photo Challenge – Action

March 12, 2010

How can we capture great action shots? If you are like me, it is not too difficult to find a moving subject! The tricky thing is actually getting a photo where your moving target is in focus. With the photo above, I did not want to simply freeze the action; I wanted to capture the [...]

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Challenge Your Photography Skills

March 5, 2010

Roll call. Got skillz? Have you been wanting to improve your photography skills? Recently, I have had numerous friends asking me to help them to take better pictures. Like any good friend would do, I have pointed them in the direction of my favorite photography books and sites. You would think with all the great [...]

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P{otd} February 20th

February 21, 2010

This weekend Kate led worship for a Disciple Now event. We went tonight, and I took a few photos. Let me just say that this band was incredible! It was the first time that all seven had worked together but you would have never known. This is my photo of the day for February 20, [...]

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Makeover

February 13, 2010

Many of you asked to see my new hairstyle the other day… So, here it is! My genius hair wizard (a.k.a. Kate Carlson) did a great job executing the hair ideas floating around inside my head. That in itself is no easy task! You may also notice that my blog got a makeover and an [...]

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Praying for a Community

February 6, 2010

This is my friend, Dedra, getting ready for Blissdom 2010 earlier in the week. I was sitting in a chair talking to her, and noticed that the light from the window was shining in on her face just right. She looked so beautiful and happy scouring over her workshops for the weekend. I knew that [...]

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