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Category Archives: People

People are my favorite subjects, whether individuals, groups, families, or in a business. Images of people include headshots, portraits, and lifestyle photography in the great outdoors.

Alice in Wonderland

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It’s been a very busy month photographically, with a number of projects underway.  One of the projects I’ve had was in helping out the park district with headshots for their upcoming show, Alice in Wonderland.  In order to cast as many local actors as possible, the park district decided to run the show with two…

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My husband bought me flowers

My bouquet

I love getting flowers.  My husband knows that, and he thoughtfully brings home flowers for me for many occasions, including my birthday, our anniversary, just to say he loves me, and of course, Valentine’s day!  This past Valentine’s day was no exception.  He gave me this wonderful assortment of flowers, and I had to photograph…

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On shooting visitors and hiring a photographer…

The other night we got to spend a few hours with Steve, who was visiting us in our home. Needing a few more shots of men in my portfolio, I asked to shoot him, and he agreed. Steve was so agreeable, that not only did he consent to the shooting, but he then taught us…

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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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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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