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From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Sweet Shot Tuesday

April 27, 2010

Can you tell that photo season has started back up again? I’ve been scarce – but Iowa is green and I’ve had some amazing shoots. Have you been busy behind the camera, too? Last week your Sweet Shot Tuesday links received 2500 unique visitors – that’s a lot of linky love. I can’t wait to [...]

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El No Photoshopo.

April 24, 2010

Did you ever watch Airplane the movie? Quite possibly the goofiest movie ever, after maybe only Fletch. Cracks me up every time. In Airplane, the sign flashes “El No A You Smoko”. It’s been a running joke (in my head) since the 80s. Airplane and Fletch. Great nonsense.
So, it’s no secret that I’m in love [...]

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Sweet Shot Tuesday

April 20, 2010

Thanks again to Michelle from Open Scrapbook for an awesome Photo Veils give away. Our winner is #39 Amanda, from Moving Forward, who shared this gorgeous sun flare shot. Sweeeeeet shot, Amanda!

Bummed that you didn’t win? Don’t be, Michelle is offering a deal just for Sweet Shot Tuesday participants. Normally, these overlays are $35.00. But [...]

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Unplugged in Pella

April 19, 2010

Friday night I closed my computer and I didn’t turn it on until Sunday afternoon. This is the longest it’s stayed closed in a long time. Now, I did have a photoshoot Saturday, so I still worked for a few hours but I wasn’t online at all.
And. it. was. AWESOME.
Iowa is experiencing an unusually early, [...]

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Are You Using Your Correct Eye When Photographing?

April 16, 2010

How to determine which is your correct photography eye. Dominant eye and photography.

Ohhhhhh… you all are in for a treat today. I’ve surrendered my blog to the very awesomely talented Kent Weakley. I really hope you all come back after reading this because you’re about to realize that Kent is the real deal when it comes to photo tutorials. He has a bunch of them on his [...]

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True or False? You have to have a dSLR to take great photos.

April 14, 2010

san francisco harbor point and shoot camera

When I went to BlogHer In San Francisco I had a decision to make as my suitcase started bulging – the shoes or the camera? If you know me probably have your heads cocked quizzically… but it was my first *big* blogging conference. I needed sassy shoes for the conference and walking shoes for San [...]

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Sweet Shot Tuesday

April 13, 2010

You all keep getting better and better. I have really enjoyed the photos, but what I’ve enjoyed most is seeing all the comments of encouragement our little community is giving each other. You all are so positive and have done a great job checking out each other’s work. It’s just so cool to watch this [...]

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Leah Larae Baby winner, CS5 is here! and a funny…

April 12, 2010

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Sweet Shot Tuesday. New one goes up after midnight tonight! The winner of the Leah Larae Baby etsy gift certificate is #28, Amy from Inspire, Create, Bake – who if you didn’t see her amazing sugar cookies – wow!

Just beautiful. Amy is a graphic designer. I [...]

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He’s not so little anymore.

April 10, 2010

This handsome young man is our nephew. I’ll spare him the embarrassment of stories of when he was knee-high to a grasshopper, but suffice to say – he’s growing up into such a good kid mature teenager. And even though the composition on this one is far from perfect, I just loved the casual “I’m [...]

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Be still. Please root for Emma.

April 7, 2010

Do you ever feel like you’re spinning your wheels? Working too much, sleeping too little, distracted by the demands of real life and the lure of the internet, always a step behind, and getting up to do it all again the next day?

If you’re me you over-caffeinate, under-sleep, over-work and always, always feel like [...]

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Sweet Shot Tuesday

April 6, 2010

I’m excited that we have another awesome sponsor for Sweet Shot Tuesday. I love photographing kids, but I especially love photographing babies. When you shoot babies, nothing is sweeter than a knit hat. If you regularly shoot babies, it’s nice to have a small inventory of knit or crochet hats to use on those sweet [...]

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Gussy Winner & Hello 1987.

April 5, 2010

The winner of the Gussy gift card is #32 – Becca from Just One More Trip – who posted this adorable contribution to Sweet Shot Tuesday:

Please email me with your contact info, Becca, so I can pass it along to my friend Gussy. If you didn’t win, but still have your eye on a [...]

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My 3 Boybarians

April 4, 2010

I swear I’m going to put bricks on their heads if they keep gettin’ so big.
This shot is linked up to Sweet Shot Tuesday.

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Shooting the Moon

April 1, 2010

I mean literally.
Have you ever tried to shoot the moon?
It’s really tricky. You can’t rely on your in-camera meter at all. If you try to rely on the meter, you’ll end up with a bright blur of a ball. Kinda like this (attempt #4):

Not so good, right?
But you don’t really want that. And you can [...]