I often get asked by friends, family, and clients about how I learned more about my camera and photography. What resources are out there to learn more, where do you start? Typically it’s because they want to know more about how to use their own cameras, many have a dslr and just aren’t using it to it’s full potential. I have studied photography in a variety of ways: in-person and online workshops, books, self-teaching, and loads and loads of practice. You are never done “learning” photography skills, but it’s most important to start with the basics. And often important to go back to basics when you’ve been at this for a while!
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May is over? What a month, so much going on. Transitioning from spring to summer, kids ending school, our first weekend at the lake. I’m breaking the rules this month a little and posting more than one shot. Last Friday was Nate’s last day of Pre-K. Because he has a late birthday, it seems like he’s been in preschool forever. But now just like that, it’s over and I have a kindergartener.
I started taking pictures to document small moments and details as I see them, things that otherwise might go unnoticed or forgotten over time. So hopefully I can remember how that moment felt, even the most mundane of them.
“Why are you taking pictures of me putting on my socks, mommy?”. “I just wanted to take pictures of you getting ready for your last day of pre-K”. (and to remember that he always picks out crazy socks that sometimes match but most of the time don’t, and that he still has a thing for the movie Frozen 3 years later, and that no matter how hard I try , I cannot contain his strawberry blond “party hair”)…for now he’s still 5, for now he’s still a preschooler 🙂
Now if you are still with me after my gallery o’Nate – please follow me around our blog circle to see what my talented and hilarious friend Adele is up to as she visits her home country of Scotland for her brother’s wedding! I’ve seen some previews of the gorgeous landscapes and towns she’s been visiting and I cannot wait to see more!
April came and went in a flash. I don’t even know what happened it was kind of a blur, maybe that’s my allergies – I’ve been in a fog. And now, there’s just a month left of school and we are revving up in soccer and t-ball. Here’s my little no. 11 on the bench with some of his buddies at their first game this week (his first ever!).
Now, please follow me to New York City to see what my amazingly talented friend Stacey has been up to, I hear that the never ending construction next to her apartment might finally be nearing an end??
This was such a chilly day and these little ones were such troopers! Got to do a shoot very near the house I grew up in which was a lot of fun. Such a sweet family! And Mickey had to make a few guest appearances as well 🙂
Love this family, they are so much fun and awesome to work with! I first did a shoot with them a couple of years ago and we got together for a quick mini session at the end of the fall and lucked out with gorgeous warm weather.
So much to love about Charleston. I was especially obsessed with all the painted doors and window boxes in town; so much color, texture and character on every building. And then, the Boone Hall Plantation oak trees which go on for nearly a mile (scroll down!). Photos do not do them justice – go there! We did a lot of exploring with our little ones, such a fun adventure!
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