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My 15 minutes

Saving the best for last: Photography Q&A at Canadian Family

16 July 2010 My 15 minutes

I was a little stumped as to how to wrap up my week of guest posts over at the Family Jewels blog on Canadian Family’s site. I’d managed on each of the previous four posts to stay more or less on theme with a particular facet of photography, but had so much left to say [...]

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Breaking news: *Another* guest post and *another* Canadian Family giveaway!

15 July 2010 My 15 minutes

I really like today’s guest post over at Canadian Family’s Family Jewels blog. It’s more relaxed and less technical than my “elements of composition” posts and has tips and tricks on practical things like how to get a good group picture at a family gathering and how to get your kids to smile without looking [...]

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Wheeee! Another winner, another guest post and another Canadian Family subscription to give away!

14 July 2010 My 15 minutes

It’s day three of my week of guest posts at Canadian Family, and today I put up the most technical post of my Family Photographer series over on the Family Jewels blog: 10 key elements of composition. And yay, we have another winner of a subscription to Canadian Family magazine! Congratulations to AnnBac9! Would you [...]

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Another guest post at Canadian Family, and another subscription to give away!

13 July 2010 My 15 minutes

Congratulations to Judy of Mother, Wife and More who won the first of five subscriptions to Canadian Family magazine that I have to give away this week. I really love what she wrote in her comment, too: The best tip anyone can get for photography is to remember not every photo will turn out, and [...]

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Guest blogging and a Canadian Family giveaway

12 July 2010 My 15 minutes

I am so excited! First of all, I am excited because I have a guest blog post up at Canadian Family magazine’s Family Jewels blog today. I’m going to be blogging there all week! I’m writing a series called “The Family Photographer” with tips, tricks and thoughts about how to improve your mad photographic skillz. [...]

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Ottawa At Home magazine features local bloggers

14 June 2010 My 15 minutes

The summer issue of Ottawa at Home magazine has just been published, and there’s a fun article featuring a couple of my favourite “mom” bloggers: Andrea and Annie and Julie and Loukia and me! You can take a peek at the online version here – click on “Ottawa at Home” (second row centre) and page [...]

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Thank you Canadian Family Magazine!

10 May 2010 My 15 minutes

I‘ve been a fan of Canadian Family magazine online for quite a while now, so when the boys were selling magazines to raise funds for their school, I bought a subscription to Canadian Family (and one to Popular Photography, too!) I’ve been consistently impressed with it — articles worth reading, shopping tips for real families, [...]

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All in a Day Redux

25 January 2010 My 15 minutes

Whee, that was so much fun! Thanks to Alan Neal and my friends at CBC Radio Ottawa for giving me a chance to talk about my 365 project on All in a Day today! I was having quite the little moment while I was sitting in the anteroom waiting for my turn to go on, [...]

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An ode to runners-up

21 December 2009 My 15 minutes

The Buffalo Bills made it to the Super Bowl and lost four straight years in the early 1990s. The Red Sox made it all the way to the World Series in 1946, 1967, 1975 and 1986 and lost each time. Jack Nicklaus finished second 19 times in major tournaments, and Susan Lucci was nominated for [...]

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Hey, lookit that, I made the top ten!

13 December 2009 How I love the Interwebs

Hey, thanks for your votes! I made the first cut on the Canadian Blog Awards to make the top 10 Best Family Blogs. Yay!! So you know what comes next, right? Much pestering on my part for your continued voting support, especially now that I know you have to are permitted to vote every day. [...]

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