Yearly Archives: 2011

Merry Christmas!

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. {Isaiah 9:6 } Merry Christmas!

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inspira{shown}

Last year super talented and insanely beautiful Seattle, Washington photographer, Andria Lindquist, started a photo project so great I hope it becomes a movement. She named it inspira{shown}. It is all about using photography to tell someone’s story. Our stories are something I have been thinking about a lot this past year. We all have...

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reasons you need a dslr camera

Are you one of those people that still aren’t on the dSLR band wagon? Today we are going to talk about 7 reasons you need to have one (if you need to convince the husband he should buy you one for Christmas you can use these in your plea). I realize that point-and-shoot and even...

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How to Get Neat Photos of Your Christmas Tree

Christmas trees are so fun to photograph, here are a couple of tips and things you can try. one // don’t use flash I’m not even going to expand on this one, just trust me on this. two // turn off most or all of the lights You want the tree to be the source...

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Josh, Angelina, Sophie, Seth & Addy

I love doing annual photo sessions for families, it is a lot of fun to see how much everyone has changed through the course of one year. Sophie has grown up and reminds me so much of her mom. Seth is a boy filled with character, I love his smirky smile and his Batman costume....

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embrace the camera | one

I find I have so many photos of Raeca or Jared and Raeca but hardly any photos of Rae and I together (it doesn’t help that I don’t enjoy being in front of the camera). I’ve decided to start making a point of getting photos of the two of us together because I think Rae...

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soar: a guide to shooting in manual

Over the years I have had many people tell me that they own a dSLR but they don’t really know how to use it. If you own one but you have been using it on automatic mode you really haven’t been getting the best results from your camera. I strongly believe that everyone who owns...

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