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wall gallery insipration

wall gallery

i’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again….don’t let your precious photos get trapped on your computer. make sure you’re printing and displaying them so you and your family can enjoy them everyday. easier said than done, right? i’m right there with you. i want to print those photos and have them cover the [...]

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photo books from mypublisher.com

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i was raised by a scrapbooking mother. she put little captions and cute stickers in those old sticky photo albums way back when and later began selling and hosting parties for creative memories from our home. we always took tons of photos then printed them, chose the best ones, cut them into cute shapes and [...]

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fresh look . new website and branding

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even though the new site’s been live for a few weeks now, i wanted to take some time to tell you a little more about how the changes i’ve made came about. believe it or not, i LOVE the “business” side of my business just as much, and maybe even sometimes more, than the photography [...]

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crafty . project 52.1

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this year i’m taking on  a new photography challenge.  one picture a week. project 52. last year i began 2011 with a photo every day. it went pretty well until around april when i was discouraged by only being able to take photos indoors before or after work and was beating myself up and feeling [...]

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please don’t say cheese

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during a session with me, you may notice that i never tell your family to “say cheese” i will tell couples to either smile or be serious, but when it comes to kids – you won’t hear any smile coaching from me. i strive to evoke and capture natural smiles. allow me to demonstrate using [...]

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Baby August {Minneapolis Newborn Photography}

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These last two sessions changed me. They changed me in a wonderful way. They helped me discover something new about my style, and they made me love what I do even more than I did before. I’m the type of person who likes to keep things simple. I’m pretty minimalistic in my lifestyle, and I keep [...]

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Enlighten goPRO Workshop {Part III: the butt kicking}

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After spending day and night upgrading the website, I’m back to blog again one last time about my workshop last month. Has it really been almost an entire month since I jetted off the southern California?  I’d like to go back now that I’m looking at a white-out and around a foot of snow on [...]

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Enlighten goPRO workshop {part II: Wendy and Tyler}

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Where do I even start describing the workshop I just finished? I’m not sure yet, so bare with me as I ramble about how it went down… I arrived in sunny San Diego as the sun was setting and glowing on the beautiful hills.  I knew that if anything the vitamin D and beach weather [...]

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enlighten: goPRO Workshop {Part I}

Welp, here I go. Off all by myself to San Diego for a photography workshop hosted by Blue Lily Photo. I’m pumped and scared out my mind at the same time. I’m pumped because: (1) San Diego’s forecast is 70 sunny the entire time I’ll be there. That sure beats the -29 I faced on [...]

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