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Lightroom Edits for “The Onion”

March 12, 2011

Sometimes I have a very clear plan with photography: I see something and have a vision for what I hope to create as the finished product, working with settings, composition, and post-processing to try to achieve it. Other times it’s more random; something about a photograph catches my eye and makes me want to see [...]

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iHeartFaces: Best Face Photo of 2010

January 3, 2011

This week’s theme at iHeartFaces is “Best Face Photo of 2010.” If I had to choose a photo from 2010 that is most compelling to me, it would be this one of my youngest daughter at a Braves’ game this summer. We were on the very top row of the stadium, safely tucked away from [...]

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Straight No Chaser at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

December 21, 2010

It wasn’t until Sunday evening that I realized I’ve been in the audience for every Straight No Chaser Atlanta concert. My husband, 15-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter, and I attended this one. My family hearts SNC. One of the greatest things about an SNC concert, besides the music, is their open policy regarding photography and video. [...]

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Sometimes Less is More

December 18, 2010

We’re not always consistent in our Christmas gift giving. Because we don’t pay for gifts on credit, each year is different. Last year we told our kids to be prepared for a slim Christmas, but they thought it was one of the best. How? When there’s less to spend, every dollar counts. Shopping becomes smarter. [...]

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Some Links for Your Veterans’ Day

November 11, 2010

We spent a long Thursday at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, gazing, analyzing, awed. For Wednesday, my hope is to awaken tired children and tired me and attend our county’s Veterans’ Day celebration with a small batch of handwritten thank yous in hand. Although one or more of the kids have participated in [...]

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Candy and Costumes

November 3, 2010

Because that’s really what it’s all about, right? (Did you love Pippi when you were a kid? I sure did.)

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Vision Refined

October 27, 2010

One our recent anniversary trip, I had a particular goal while we were in Cades Cove: take a do-over of a shot I made there on an earlier visit, just 2 months after I’d gotten my first DSLR. I remember the time clearly. It was a period of intense study—Scott Kelby’s 1st 2 digital photography [...]

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iHeartFaces Week 39 (year 2): Chalk

September 26, 2010

This week’s theme at iHeartFaces is “Chalk.” These are from a maternity shoot three weeks ago. I think Anna looks amazing considering this was taken 9 days before her due date. She looks so serene; actually, she and Ben both do. Her sweet girl is now nearly 2 weeks old. She wrote their final list [...]

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JPG vs. RAW

September 17, 2010

I first started shooting in RAW a little over a year ago, mostly because I should. What was understood in theory, however, took time to be grasped in reality. At first, Lightroom stacked the JPG and RAW files on top of each other. The JPG (which is what you see on the back of your [...]

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