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How to remember a beautiful day….

The end of a long day

I’ve assembled nearly 200 images, after carefully editing them down from the original gazillion (or so it seemed). What to do with them? Thanks to Animoto.com, photographers have a solution: a beautiful video slideshow, complete with music! The neat thing is that this can be burned to a dvd in high resolution…What a wonderful keepsake…

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Two heads are better than one

Flossmoor Auto2

I called Julia Reich this summer, and asked her how it was going photographically.  She and I have taken a number of photography classes together at our community college, and I was needing some inspiration to stretch my imaging abilities.  Turns out, she did, too.  Flossmoor Auto, the garage she uses to service her cars,…

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Editing images & album design

At the end of the day

It’s quite a task to put together a wedding album, and editing is quite another.  So many images!  For Brandon and Kristen, we ended up with around 1300 images, which I’ve been editing down to a more manageable amount for the newlyweds.

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Kristen & Brandon, part 1

I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph Kristen and Brandon on their wedding day this past Saturday.  I’ve known Kristen and her family for some time; I used to sing with Paula, Kristen’s mom, on the worship team at the church in which Kristen and Brandon married.  It was really neat to be there.  I…

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