In all my years of blogging, I kind of love that never have I had more hits (or Pins!) on a single post than this one, which is simply images of a bouquet of peonies on my dining room table. I’ve blogged about Disneyland, a potential shooter at my daughter’s school, and Elf on a […]
This month in our little circle we focused on really moving in, getting up close to our subject. I feel like I shoot like this all the time, but I tried pushing the envelope and getting EVEN closer than I normally would. I realized it’s kind of hard! The rule of thirds is hard to […]
This month has been absolutely crazy for us… We remodeled our kitchen last fall, but there was an issue with the paint on the cabinetry, so a few weeks ago we had to pack up and get back out of our kitchen again so they could strip them all down to bare wood and repaint. […]
The third in my Tutorials series is shooting to embrace flare in your imagery. (To see the rest of the series, click on the Tutorials link in the menu items above!) I know this can be a fun look to play around with, so I thought it might be helpful to introduce some basic tips! […]
I can’t believe how quickly time is passing by. In so many ways it seems like just yesterday that I was heading to the hospital—in an ambulance, no less, because you were coming in such a huge and unanticipated hurry! Life with you has been such an amazing adventure! You have given me two of […]
This month was really tough for me! Our theme was “Editorial.” All of us had all sorts of ideas on how to interpret this in terms of photography, and I am betting the amazing girls in my group all did way better than I did on this one! After brainstorming time and again with Emily […]
Emily and I took a girly trip to Santa Barbara this week because it was her spring break. We had grand plans to go to the Botanical Gardens and go nuts with my Lensbabies, but our plans got derailed when she got sick, so we ended up being much more low-key—a little time shopping, but […]
The second in my Tutorials series! (To see the rest of the series, click on the Tutorials link in the menu items above!) There are some general “rules” for landscape photography. First of all, you will probably be happiest with wider angled lenses, staying at roughly 35 mm or lower. When shooting, the most obvious […]