photography

A couple weeks ago, the day after unpacking from our Fall Break trip and just before parent/teacher conferences, taking off for the Vegas Time Out for Women, helping run our stake primary leadership meeting and attending three primary programs and a baptism fireside, something crazy happened: A camera crew flew…

Inspired by this photo shoot a few weeks ago, Max and I purchased a fan at Target for $14.99. Dave took one look at that thing when he got home from work and rolled his eyes asking where in the world we were going to store it (that’s how the…

I just got addicted to studio lighting. The thought of having my own studio lights has never, ever, in a million bajillion years appealed to me before. The more natural the lighting the better as far as I was concerned… …until my friend Nicole invited me to come experiment with…

Click here to see my photo tips guest post on the Shabby Apple blog (find those same tips here too with bigger pictures if you prefer). For tips on nature photography click here to read another guest post there. (And be sure check out the great new dresses they have…

Whenever anyone asks Elle what she wants to be when she grows up she says, “a mom and a photographer.” Well, she’s growing up way too fast because she had her first real photo shoot as a “photographer” last month.And boy howdy did she ever do a great job! I…

Ok, get ready for a little bit of carpel-tunnel in your wrists because I have ten things to back up and catch up on. Sorry but it’s stuff I like and I want to remember! 1) My mom came to visit. She came specifically for the Vision Walk but we…

We got to see a whole slew of family while we were in Utah. And I’m so thankful for that. Lu and I stayed with my parents while Dave and the other families battled the snowstorm of the century to get up there. On Sunday when they joined us, the…

I had to test out my new camera.And as luck would have it, there are gorgeous green fields all over near where we live. And if you haven’t noticed, I LOVE them. (Click here for another shoot we did.)They make for some good bonding time for me and my girls.Not…

post-edit note: WHOA!! That was a great response on all this stuff! I just wanted to say that everything has multiple buyers except for the 18-200 as of right now. I have to run to the school right now but I’ll e-mail those who requested first to talk payment info.…

I’d like to introduce our newest “family member:”Yes, I finally decided to switch to Canon. And although I feel like I’m getting carpel tunnel in my fingers and wrists trying to figure out all the new knobs and buttons, I really like my new camera. That’s not to say I…