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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 »

Before and After – Part 3

It seems like many of you are interested in seeing examples of oomph-ified images!  That’s what I call images I post-process to get them print-ready.
If any of you are wondering why you should print your images through me (even if you’ve purchased a CD), it’s because you get professional-grade prints AND most importantly, you get [...]

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Thursday June 11th, 2009 in General, Products | 3 Comments »

Before and After – Part 2

I get a lot of clients who ask what the difference is between oomph-ified (aka, major post-production editing) and regular, straight-out-of-the-camera images.   So I thought I’d give some more examples!
The photo below is an example of a photo that had lighting issues.  It was a super sunny day, so we stayed in the shade.  The [...]

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Wednesday May 20th, 2009 in General, Products | 2 Comments »

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 | 11 Comments »

Before and After

I’m turning a new leaf in ‘09.  I am now a believer in Photoshop!
For most of ‘08, I did what I call “light editing” on client galleries:  necessary cropping, a bump in saturation, tweaking of contrast.  I never believed in changing the facts — and still don’t — such as removing a tag or creating [...]

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Sunday January 11th, 2009 in General, Products | 1 Comment »



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