Photography

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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Spoiled Brat

February 5, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, I pulled a load of towels out of the dryer, and went upstairs for about 2 minutes. I came back downstairs to find this: Just in case you cannot clearly see how he’s stretched his body across the warm towels, here is another view: It was really cold outside, and [...]

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365: P{otd} January Recap

February 1, 2010

I joined the Designer Digitals’ P{hoto} a Day group about a week or so into January. I typically take lots of photos anyway, so only a few days are missing. I was disappointed that I did not take a single photo on Cole’s actual birthday. I guess I took so many at his party the [...]

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It’s Great to Be 8!

February 1, 2010

My photo of the day is my nephew celebrating his eighth birthday. He had his party at Laser Adventures. While I have some hilarious photos from the game (mostly of the big kids dads playing like their life depended on it), I wanted today’s focus to be on my nephew and the fact that he [...]

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I need your help picking my Photo of the Day!

January 30, 2010

**Update** Thank you for your help. Between the comments on twitter, facebook and the blog, #3 appears to be the Photo of the Day. #1 was not far behind in the votes, and I am sure that it will also be dear to me through the years. Thank you for responding! I always enjoy reading [...]

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She loves the camera!

August 14, 2009

Fortunately, my daughter loves the camera and the camera loves her. She is constantly begging me to take new photos, which is good for me. I get lots of practice. I only have about half of this last session proofed, but here are a few of our favorites so far. Maybe if I drag out [...]

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