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Apparently my husband was given an extra dose of romance the last few weeks. Not sure who doles out the romantic tendencies, but whoever it is, I say keep it coming. When I returned from my trip to Seattle, I was greeted by a musical card and a beautiful bouquet of bright flowers from my [...]
UPDATE: The final video is done! Make sure to read to the end and watch it! We filmed a short video today with the Teen Identity girls and yours truly as an application for David duChemin’s Vision Driven Photography workshop happening this month in Seattle. David and the Creative Live team are selecting 6 photographers [...]
Zack Arias and Creative Live are making news and changing the face of photography education. Two days into the 3-day FREE online training workshop, there are rumors that over 20,000 photographers have tuned in to the broadcast. Tweets and comments from photographers across the world are saying that the workshop so far has been better [...]
I’m not sure what defines a rookie, but I certainly can still make a rookie mistake now and again. Don’t you? My rookie mistake is missing the detail in this shot… the small piece of stray grass that found its way into my frame. I loved the way the green leaves were so well defined [...]
Stats are plastered on the white figures of young girls and boys cut out of foam board. The truth is harsh, the statistics hard to read, the reality cruel. No one wants to look at it, but a group of young people are becoming the victims in a drama for just one night… to feel, [...]
If you’ve ever wanted to improve your photography, but didn’t have the time, money or resources to enroll in photo school, now is your chance! I’ve mentioned it before (and will again) … Creative Live is offering a free Digital Photography class with John Greengo. It’s a ten week course that is streamed live online [...]
There are times that leave impressions on our hearts and minds long after the moment has passed. Reading words from a poem my teenage daughter wrote for me was one of those moments. MOTHER’S DAY POEM 2010 What I love most about you Is your determination to succeed How you still see stars in your [...]
That’s right. You can create special effects with shutter speed. But you probably already knew that right? If you know it, when was the last time you tried it? After participating in Creative Live’s online Digital Photography Fundamentals webinar today, I decided to create some special effects using shutter speed. Since I had plenty of [...]
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