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Shooting on the Edge – A Teen Identity Photo Shoot (D145)

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Today's word of the day was... EDGY. Our home and studio were temporarily taken over by teen girls in preparation for our first Teen Identity Models photo shoot of 2010. The bedroom exploded in clothes and there was a full-on salon happening with hair, makeup, nails, and stylists getting everyone ready. We're preparing to launch our new model program for 2011 Seniors and are so excited … [Read more...]

Playing with Light and Shadow (D138)

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A candle was burning on the dresser next to me. The seashells from Coronado weren't sitting too far away. I saw. I imagined. I shot. One seashell sitting atop a burning votive candle, converted to black and white for simplicity and focus. Just another day as a photographer playing with light and shadow. Manual: Page 16—Frame a Photograph. Images: Checked out images by grape.ie because they … [Read more...]

Teen Models Rock the Runway (D128)

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The pictures speak for themselves. I cannot wait to add these images to Teen Identity and have some of our teen models up on that stage next year! Manual: Page 6. Images: Looked at more winning images from the SPA photography competition. Loved James Hays and Jon Read's work. … [Read more...]

D27: The Evidence

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Earlier today I tweeted this: House soon to be overrun with teen girls planning launch of Teen Identity Magazine. I love my job! http://bit.ly/FBTIP This image is the evidence. An empty bowl of candy wrappers, some brightly colored pens, and utter excitement about the future of Teen Identity Magazine. I snapped a lot of images today and decided this one told the story best. Yes, it's true. … [Read more...]

Whatever Works…

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Clearly I picked a temperamental blog with its own personality. For some reason beyond my understanding, this blog does not want to allow comments on the 8th post. So instead of continuing to fight it at 1 am in the morning, I decided to follow my husband's timely advice to just create a duplicate post. However, I don't like duplication so I thought I'd just post a bonus image! Since I was … [Read more...]