I have been wanting to learn more about flash photography so Monday I skipped out on my motherly and wifely duties and attended the Flashbus workshop in Durham, North Carolina with my sweet sister-turned-partner-in-camera-equipment-addiction, Kirstie. The “Flashbus Tour” is a traveling workshop featuring two big-name flash photographers Joe McNally and David Hobby (The Strobist). Over […]
Dual Citizenship {Mac and PC}
April 1, 2011 by 8 Comments
Hello!!! I am posting for the first time via my new (refurbished) 15 inch Macbook Pro laptop. Yep, I now have “dual citizenship” …. I belong in both the PC world, with my custom built PC desktop, and in the Mac world, with this lovely little Macbook. Why the heck did I want dual citizenship? […]
How to Blend Backgrounds in Photoshop Elements {and Photoshop}
March 30, 2011 by 34 Comments
Pin It I have been asked repeatedly over the past few months how to blend backgrounds, especially on newborn pictures and this tutorial is my best guess (well, my friend Sandy is the one who gave me the idea back in January, thank you Sandy!). The professional newborn photographers, like Keri Myers, who do such […]
Everyday Photography and Editing Workshop {live}
March 28, 2011 by 10 Comments
On April 30th I am pushing my family out of the house for the day to open it up to 10 enthusiastic photographers who want to learn the ins-and-outs of shooting in manual, practice on a couple of models then download those pictures and learn some serious editing in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Lightroom. The […]
Newborn Photography Tips and Tricks
March 25, 2011 by 50 Comments
Disclaimer: I am not a professional newborn photographer, but I have done enough to have learned from many mistakes. Have you taken newborn pictures and found it difficult to get the pose you wanted? Or, did the baby do nothing but fuss and squirm for you? Newborn photography can be challenging to get started with; […]
Buy Alphabet Letters {Sponsor Feature}
March 23, 2011 by 1 Comment
I’m very excited to introduce my newest sponsor – BuyAlphabetPhotos.com. Photographer Jodi Gerber has created an entire catalog of black & white letter images throughout the past 3 years – all by taking photos of objects in nature that resembled letters of the alphabet. She first started creating popular “name frames” to give as gifts. […]
Moving Forward – Trip to the Hair Salon
March 19, 2011 by 10 Comments
Small note about this post: I started blogging in July 2008, at a blog I called Moving Forward (a motto I live by). Due to my work with Everyday Elements I ended up closing down that personal blog because I just couldn’t keep up. However, I do enjoy sharing little daily things now and then, […]
Textures by Kim Klassen {Interview and a Giveaway}
March 15, 2011 by 543 Comments
GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. Thank you to all who entered and for the wonderful love and support you showed to Kim! Love you all! Winner 1, comment #177 was Marcee. Winner 2, comment #61 was Kim. Winner 3, comment #528 was Kathy G. Winner 4, comment #363 was Jacqueline. Today I have a real treat […]
A Walk in The Woods With My Husband
March 14, 2011 by 4 Comments
We live on an farm with a fair amount of land, and yesterday my husband drug me out to go tromping through some of it with him. Of course, I toted along my camera and captured a few shots. As we were walking, a few thoughts went through my mind…. Wish I had brought a […]
Learn to Use Levels in Photoshop Elements
March 12, 2011 by 55 Comments
Pin It One of the most powerful, useful and probably overlooked tools in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements is Levels. It isn’t a “tool” exactly, rather an adjustment that can be used as an adjustment layer or as an adjustment on a duplicate layer. The slightly more powerful brother to Levels is Curves, which is only […]
