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Yearly Archives: 2013 I am working really hard to learn how to master the Lensbaby. The look it gives is so soft and dreamy, so I just love it! And it forces me to slow down and really focus on my shooting, which is a good thing. This time I played with the macro attachment on the Double […]  This month we worked on using garage light in our portrait blog circle. Garages are interesting because they tend to be mostly dark, but with one side of full light. This gives you much more dramatic light since it is so directional. And a particularly tricky part, with my garage, anyhow, is that it is […]  This month our Creativity blog circle’s theme was to shoot from an interesting, unique perspective. And this month I learned, once again, that I am not good at thinking outside the box. Everything I tried that seemed unique or interesting in my head just looked really lame, confusing, or awkward (sometimes all three at once!) […]  Last week, I attended WPPI for my first time. In fact it was my first ever photography convention! Before that, I hadn’t been to Vegas in 25 years, so a lot has changed. It was FUN! My friend Alli and I met there. We stayed at the Bellagio (which is a gorgeous hotel!), and traipsed […]  This month our little circle worked on consciously “framing” our subject within our image. I thought of a few ways to interpret this, and initially was planning to do more of a “spying on her” shot where the subject was unaware of the photographer and where the viewer was essentially “peering in” on the subject […]  This month our little group tackled food photography! It’s definitely something I need to work on, but it was fun trying, especially because Emily made me cupcakes to work with, which then of course SOMEONE had to eat! And just for fun, here’s a pullback of my window set-up because it kind of cracks me […]  OK, so clearly it’s one of our favorite places to visit… In fact, this time we bit the bullet and got annual passes (since we’ll be there at least twice more this year, it made sense), so I will get to play photographer in Disneyland a lot in the next 365 days! As we often […]  This one was really hard for me! I am fine with portraits that I can set up, with props or clothing to showcase, even with posing. But I struggle with anything related to lifestyle photography. I scoured the internet for advice and examples, and in the end I interpreted an “environmental portrait” as simply one […] |
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