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I sometimes like to look at quotes, any kind and ruminate on them and see how the meaning can be applied to my life or just in general. I have a lot of quotes I love and most of them are not about photography, a lot come from what many find to be terribly boring books—biographies. All of them speak to me.
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Last year five minutes from my house a local farm grew an area or so of sunflowers that they opened to the public. My sister, niece and I went out to cut a few boutiques and take pictures for a fun fall afternoon. Also to fulfill a photography dream shoot.
Read MoreEight Years… That’s right everyone Eight Years. I have been building this blog and on more than one occasion beating my head off my desk to come up with ideas for this blog when photoshoots weren’t plentiful to show off what I had been up too.
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RAW Mountain Scape
I started this series when I discovered I had kept all the RAW files from my 2019 Alaskan Cruise and thought it be fun to do some 2024 edits based on new skills and see how my editing chops and tastes have changed. What I have learned is that I haven’t changed as much as one would expect in five years…
Read MoreLast year my very good friend and his partner started a Dahlia field and business. They invited me up to spend a day among their flowers and just take whatever photo captured my interest of their blooms after all their hard labor. It was a great relaxing day spent with my friend doing what I love in a no pressure situation that lead to some great images including an international honorable mention.
Read MoreAs an artist donating items to fundraisers can be difficult. The question becomes; Will anyone be interested in my art enough to display it in their homes? Or will my art not draw enough attention to help in the fundraiser.
This came up for me back in September. I was asked to be a vender for a quarter auction fundraiser however the date it was slated to take place I was already booked and thus did not have the availability to be a vender but I was willing to donate a few images for them to auction off.
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