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Photography

Jeff and Meghan’s Wedding

3 August 2010 Photographer for hire

On 21 July, a perfectly blue and clear Saturday afternoon, Meghan and Jeff got married in a charming ceremony at the Rockcliffe Park gazebo. I couldn’t have asked for a more joyful, sweet and (phew!) photogenic couple for my first wedding shoot! After a sweltering week, we were blessed with a breezy and relatively cool [...]

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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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The Thousand Picture Project: A little bit of everything

23 June 2010 The Thousand Picture Project

I couldn’t believe I had four pages of unposted pictures to sort through since my last Thousand Pictures update just over a week ago, but then I realized I had all the Calypso pictures in there PLUS all the pictures from the photo shoot with Finola. Still, in the snap-happy groove I’ve been in lately, [...]

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Finola’s family photo shoot, and a few lessons learned

6 June 2010 Photographer for hire

When Finola contacted me out of the blue one day last month and asked if I’d be interested in taking some portraits for her to use for an online avatar, I was absolutely delighted — and absolutely terrified. It’s one thing to take pictures of your own kids, and the kids of family and friends, [...]

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The Thousand Picture Project: Jumping into June

4 June 2010 The Thousand Picture Project

Last year, I discovered the June is for Jumping group on Flickr late in the month, but so enjoyed looking at everyone’s shots (really, click through, they’re quite impressive!) that I looked forward all year to this year’s edition. I was full to the brim with enthusiasm as I headed into the backyard on the [...]

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Thousand Picture Project: Spectacular sunsets and snapshots

28 May 2010 The Thousand Picture Project

You know how creativity ebbs and flows? Lately, I seem to be all gummed up. I’m really enjoying taking pictures, and I always enjoy writing. Well, almost always! But my head seems far more full of ideas and images than I am capable of turning into prose or pictures. I have creativity constipation! Anybody got [...]

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