From the category archives:
Workshops, that is. I am, at last, putting my heart into workshops. Well, I will call them that for now, but the word is bugging me. Until my brain comes up with something better, they will be referred to as workshops. I know! It has been years of me “thinking about it”, but I finally [...]
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Messy, a wee bit overexposed and the real us. Just taking photos in the playroom. It is funny how I would instantly love these photos for the moment that they represent in all their imperfect glory if they came from my phone camera. I loved the way that Gemma was getting Kieran to look [...]
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the :: sweet, but fake, smile the :: ”oh mom” the :: just got tickled the :: bunny face the :: real gemma all in under a minute out front last night. I shoot with my own (© ® ᵺ patent pending totally kidding, but watch this show up everywhere now) Two Roll Rule. I only [...]
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Whenever I try new things in Photoshop and get a result that I love, I stow a PSD version of that image with all the adjustments away in a folder on my desktop. I think of it as my editing closet. Well, it was time to sort through all those old things and see what [...]
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Join Healthy Child and me for an hour tomorrow as I answer your questions on Twitter about how to get the best pictures of your kids! This will be my first time as an “expert” in a Twitter party / Tweet-a-thon, so I am excited! I will be getting up super early here in [...]
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Barbie doll and painted toenails. Bless his heart, he clearly has 2 older sisters. photo details: d200, tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens, ISO 400, f/2.8 at 1/80 sec. edited with “windowsill” from my new action set “spring cleaning” to be released soon. find out all those details on the facebook page! you can even sign [...]
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I am almost ready to release a new set of Photoshop actions so I am having a pre-release sale on all of the original sets! The upcoming collection of light tones and quick fixes has been growing in a folder on my computer so I am having a Spring Clean and naming the [...]
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I am a big fan of custom white balance. It makes my life easier. Not that I think the auto white balance does a bad job, it is just that it can vary slightly from frame to frame even when the light or setting hasn’t. I often use my expo disc on sessions to get [...]
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Head on over to one of my favorite websites, ohdeedoh, to read my answers to readers photo questions! Lots of tips and pictures! (here is one that did not make the cut, but she is just so lovely I thought I would post the shot here.)
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Thursdays have a sneaky way of racing up on me each week now. I am finally able to post the first image reviews! Since this is the initial time we are doing this, I want to be very clear. This is never about harsh words or tough love. This is about gentle nudges towards the [...]
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