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Oomphing BxW Images

If you’ve followed my blog or even spoken to me about photography, then you already know what oomphing means.
To Oomph = verb.  Annie Tao’s process of editing images 
I was taking a gander at some photos online recently and saw some BxW images that were plain as can be.  I thought BxW would be [...]

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Monday June 7th, 2010 in General, Photography Tips, Products | 1 Comment »

Macro Investigation [Part 2]

Annie Tao getting a new lens = a kid in a candy shop… a bee in a field of flowers… a shoppoholic in NYC…
So, as any addict would have it, I couldn’t help myself.  I HAD to keep shooting… shooting different things to further investigate the abilities of the Nikon 60mm 2.8 macro lens.
What if [...]

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Wednesday April 28th, 2010 in General, Photography Tips | Leave a Comment »

The 60mm Macro

I received my new lens last night:  the Nikon 60mm f/2.8G ED, a cool macro lens for close-ups!
So a couple hours ago, when my monkeys were in their rooms napping, I got to put the lens on and take it for a test run!
Here are a few of my test shots from around my house.
Crayon [...]

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Wednesday April 28th, 2010 in General, Photography Tips | Leave a Comment »

Client Cards

Before I put ALL my holiday stuff away *sigh*, I thought I’d share some of the holiday cards I got from 2009 clients…
It was really cool to open up these cards to see what masterpieces you had created with the images from your shoots with me!
THANK YOU for thinking of me during the holiday season [...]

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Thursday January 7th, 2010 in General | 1 Comment »

My Photography Bio

Howdy!  These are some common questions people ask me, so I thought I’d write them down and share my answers with everyone.
Hopefully you’ll know me a little better after reading this.

I have been interested in photography since I was a young child, about eight years old.
I got my first SLR camera (a Nikon, no doubt) [...]

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Sunday February 15th, 2009 in General, Personal | 17 Comments »



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