Life changing. That’s what our challenge this week for Project 52 is turning out to be. Not that a focusing technique is truly life changing, but it’s certainly going to make a huge difference in the way I shoot. I have wanted to try out Back Button Focusing (BBF) for a while, but it’s a...
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project 52 :: week 3
Week three of our Project 52 is our first themed week, so we had a specific challenge. This week’s challenge is to shoot without looking through the camera, or “shoot from the hip”. While I can see how this will be useful with many kids, and can give some very unexpected, exciting shots, it’s something...
project 52 :: week 2
So today is another dreary, messy winter day in Minnesota. I missed getting outside to shoot the early morning frost on all the trees – we had a couple of really gorgeous mornings this week. Our crabapple tree looked so beautiful, the frost coating all the remaining red apples. But I missed my chances, so...
spunk :: st. paul children’s photographer
I got an email from this mom saying that her daughter came to her with her school photos, and asked that they not be shown to anybody because they were ugly. This makes me sad, so I can only imagine how heartbroken her mom felt when her beautiful daughter thought she was otherwise because of...
go ahead, just try :: st. paul children’s photographer
I dare you. I dare you to look at these photos of these beautiful, happy kids and not smile.
Betcha can’t do it. Their smiles and spunky attitudes are truly infectious.
And the girls’ hair? LOVE it.
I photographed this family a couple years ago (in my pre-blogging days!), and Mom wished she would have had the girls’...