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A Short Hiatus For Perfectly Natural Photography

I’ve got a new camera on its way to me and it’s a bit different from the camera I have now.
I’m also going to be getting some new processing software, also more advanced than what I have now.
Both of these are going to have a pretty strong learning curve.
So I’m going to take the month [...]

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A Birthday Tutu

I just wanted to quickly share photos of a tutu we recently made as a birthday gift.
When we got the invitation to the birthday party I called to find out R.’s favorite color.
“Ballerina Pink,” her mother said.
“Niiiiiiiiice!” I thought, ‘cuz that’d be easy to do.
And it was, with S.’s help (she was my [...]

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Why I Love The Playground For Children’s Photos

Why do I love taking photos of kids at playgrounds so much?
Because

the kids are relaxed
the kids are themselves
the kids have so much fun
their joy shines through
and still, I get a variety of expressions

Dave has been asking if I had any “good” photos of all three kids together. Meaning all three looking at the camera, and [...]

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Raising Butterflies Update

Several more days have passed in the lives of our Painted Lady Butterfly larvae and there’s been lots of excitement in those few days!
Actually, just in the last day or two.
So those tiny little larvae we received a little over a week ago were growing steadily, eating and sleeping eating and sleeping.
Much like [...]

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Trying Out The New Chair

Near sunset last night I took the kids out in the front yard to try some environmental shots.
I had S. dress up in a tutu that she’s had for a while (and it’s probably the last time she’ll wear it), and sit in the chair for me.
I got some great shots of my daughter, but [...]

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A Fun New Prop

New to me, though I’m not sure how new it truly is.
Looks like it may have come from the 1970’s!!

I love the shape and the color of this chair! I’m so excited to get out and do some environmental portraits with it… that seems to be all the rage these days and I enjoy [...]

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Tax Day Was Fun

For me, anyway!
I got to get out and have a session at the CSU campus!
I’ve spent most of the day processing the photos because I was SO excited to do so, so I’m keeping this sneak peak short in prose and long in photos!
Before the actual session, L. was excited about the prospect of having [...]

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Raising Butterflies, Second Installation

The photos of the (quickly) growing larvae are stacking up, so I thought I’d write a quick post.
With each of the days I got a photo of me holding the cup so that you could compare with the photo from the first day, and then some of one of the kids on each subsequent day.
First [...]

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Beautiful Day Today!

It was so nice outside today that we were out there - in the evening - with T-shirts on.
This Colorado weather just astounds me.
I was trying to read a book while the kids played with the neighborhood kids (seems they were all out tonight) when I noticed my opportunity to practice some back [...]

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Bringing Spring Indoors

We’re bringing Spring inside because we have to, if we want to see signs of Spring any time soon!
Actually, I did see a very short dandelion yesterday - after a young girl had picked it while we were at a potluck. I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise.
It’s hard to remember not being bothered by [...]