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Monday, March 3rd, 2008I was so thrilled to wake up this morning to a raging storm! I’ve been a little worried about having enough of a waterfall for the Bull Creek Outdoor Portrait Special coming up. And here it came! I didn’t even mind getting out in gale winds and a downpour this morning. If you’ve never seen [...]
Conceiving a Baby Plan
Monday, February 18th, 2008Oh, I had a great time at the Bellies & Babies seminar last week! I learned some really simple things I should have already known after nine years in the baby photo business (warm up the props with a hair dryer before lying a naked baby down!) And some really amazing poses–a few that I [...]
Baby, oh Baby!
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008I am verrrry excited about the Babies and Bellies special coming up. I decided to go to a workshop in San Antonio geared toward maternity and newborn photography, and I want to do it all–now! Maternity shoots vary so much between the serene peace-mama images and the silly kiss-the-belly (or even paint-the-belly) variety. They are all [...]
Best Place to Buy Books
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007I love books. You’d expect that, as I am a writer. But I also love innovative business ideas, especially ones with an eco or charity element. You can’t get any more perfect than A Better World. I received a gift certificate to A Better World for helping with National Novel Writing Month. Last night I [...]
RIP Tickle Monster
Saturday, November 10th, 2007For the entire eight years I have been a photographer, one piece of equipment never failed me. I’d blown out lights, broken cameras, dropped flashes. I’d gone through monitors, backdrops, and umbrellas. But the tickle monster remained. I know, some kids didn’t like him. But they were rare. Most thrilled to his funny lambswool fuzzies. They [...]
Ho Ho HA!
Monday, November 5th, 2007Success! Hard won. Fought for. Struggled with. But success! For those of you following the Ho Ho Ho prop debacle, boy, this has been the year for making difficult props. I swear next year I’m going to hop on to some photography online store and buy ready-made stuff. But probably by next November, I will [...]
Shootin’ Frenzy
Monday, October 22nd, 2007This is the time of year things really start to get crazy. In October, it’s outdoor sittings, in November, we will switch to studio shots, Santas, Christmas trees, and presents! The fun part of October is to watch the seasons change, as always happens during this fall special. We start out in the 90s, families [...]
Fall Is Coming!
Monday, October 15th, 2007Despite the calendar flipping to mid-October already, I was terribly surprised to wake up Saturday morning and feel CHILLED! Even though our summer was especially mild this year with all the rain, I had forgotten what it was like to want to settle back into the covers rather than throw them off from the heat. [...]
Who makes snowmen in Texas?
Saturday, October 6th, 2007We do! Just, well, not out of snow. With all the craziness going on in Austin with the various parks charging fees (Zilker $50 per session, Mayfield park’s fee is pending with the City Council but rumored to start in October–no one would confirm), I knew I’d have to find an alternative place for photographing [...]
Bluebonnet Mania
Thursday, March 29th, 2007I am always eager for the bluebonnets to arrive. Fields of flowers make any drive better, and since I am often on Loop 360, I get an eyeful every time I go anywhere. Last night, though, after spending hours working on bluebonnet portraits shot during my special, I dreamed of lying in a field of them [...]
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