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Sticking her neck out

Lara ready for her audition!

If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ll have noticed that one of the things I am very interested in is acting and the stage.  Not because I do it though.  It’s because my kids do it, and wanting to be there for them, I’ve come to love what goes on behind the…

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Once in a life

Roshan is a smart guy, and this shows it

Roshan graduated from high school last spring (I am SO behind in posts!)  and is adjusting very well as a college freshman…with high aspirations and great abilities!  I photographed him last spring for senior pictures.  We wanted to really show who he was, and what he cared about, at this unique time in his life! …

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“One big happy”

my family

My birthday is coming up, and I asked my family for some time for me to photograph us all together.  Not easy when there are 7 in the family, and the photographer is in the picture!  But after a lot of trial and error, I finally got a shot where everyone is smiling, in position,…

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A myriad of faces

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To be competitive these days in photography, not only does the photographer have to know the difference between an F-stop and a bus stop (I stole that from Bambi Cantrell), and put it into practice, but also really how to manage light.  I’ve posted before about this a couple of times.  Photons are photons, and…

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Catherine and Jordan

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  I’ve been taking a class–again–in portrait photography (my third class in this particular subject), and really having a ball.  Nowadays, so many people can buy expensive cameras and manage to take pretty good pictures with them.  I want to learn more than the mechanics of the thing though, I want to really become intuitive…

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