look high and low, pull in, drive to the top, park, scrounge around for all that has been spread around the car .. chapstick, cell phone, keys? check. take a quick look in the mirror, sigh at all that wacky hormones has done to my complexion, stand tall, walk briskly. excuse me, where is six [...]
Archive for September 2009
Photography Friday
Yummy Sun! Canon 5d Mark II :: 24-70 2.8 :: f/16 :: 1/160 :: ISO 200 Obtaining sunflare in photos is just one more way to make your photos more artistic! For this shoot the sun was SO BRIGHT! I had to make the most of it and what better way than gorgeous sun/starflare! For [...]
the happy envelope
The Happy Envelope is a delightful online store that specializes in creative card design. New this year they have launched a brand new department: holiday cards! Along with it they asked if I would be one of their contributors. “Let me think about this … ummmm … YES!” They just launched their gorgeous new site [...]
1-on-1 with me! :)
I’ve so let time get a way from me, but a few weeks ago I had the absolute blessing of spending my morning with the fabulous Jenny Beck from Jenny Beck Photography. We talked business and equipment, products and posing, shooting and editing. I was literally hoarse when she left because I talked so much [...]
Photography … Monday!
Friday was my birthday and although I’d love to say that I was partying it up … eating a diet of chocolate and red wine, I really had a rather uneventful day … working and shooting. The night most definitely got better as C’s resident class successfully planned and pulled off our 2nd annual camping [...]
we scheduled our photo shoot
…now what should we wear?! I’ve got ideas for you! Straight from the fantastic and always super stylish Mini Boden ….
summer days
Can you believe these summer days are coming to a close? I feel like I haven’t even enjoyed them to their extent deserved. I am though incredibly grateful for *gorgeous* blue-sky days for all of my sessions this year. Every family is a treat to meet and photograph, but some take the cake. This one [...]
today’s agenda
*meet a lovely family, make photographs *eat apple pie for lunch *take a nap *watch Tennessee football *eat at the most delicious Mexican restaurant in all the world *crash at The Cincinnatian (an early b.day gift from my babe) blessed is this life.
Photography Friday: Jose Villa
It’s a commitment of the best kind. In a world where anyone (and seemingly everyone) can buy a digital camera and call themselves a photographer the title has lost some of its value. Not with one man. Jose Villa is a man committed to the world of photography in a form that is of the [...]
Medical Doctors
I understand the ever growing trend of people growing more and more fed up with medical doctors and therefore turning to different methods of treating pain. Truly, I do. I myself have seen a homeopathic “healer” on numerous occasions. I definitely see value in them. What kills me is when people make under the table [...]