How many times in life have you found yourself feeling and thinking these thoughts: God is holding out on me. You have been cheated by God. You always get jipped. God is always hating on you. Damn, not again. Why me? I must be honest and share that some of these thoughts have crossed my mind when I find myself at my wit's end and on the floor sobbing, barely being able to speak asking God "Why me?" I don't know if my parents ever felt this way but they sure did have their share of … [Read more...]
Blur Technique- Photography Life Lessons #5
Welcome to tip #5 of our Life Lessons from Photography School! Let me give you a quick recap of what you have missed: #1 A Few Changes Can Lead to Great Photos #2 DIY Reflector and Boucing Light #3 Great shots take time #4 Shooting from Different angles and a different perspective Contributing Photographer: Carla Ackermann Todays Photo tip and Life lesson: Blur Technique and Lean On It This past weekend I photographed a great wedding. The couple wanted two things for their wedding: 1) That … [Read more...]
Summer Reading Adventure: Cook-A-Doodle-Doo
Glad you could join us for our last book in our Six Week Series! Inspired by Family Magazine and Mom on Timeout are co-hosting this fun Summer Reading Adventure! Wow! I can’t believe we are already in our last week of the Summer Reading Adventure! I hope you all are getting some great ideas for activities and hopefully learning about some new books that you don’t have yet. Here’s a recap of the books we’ve featured so far: Week 1: Tickle Monster Week 2: The Rainbow Fish Week 3: Skippyjon … [Read more...]
Not At Church
Featured Writer: Stephanie Taylor While at church one Sunday, I found myself in a peculiar situation. Every ounce of instinct in my body was telling me to scream, or at the very least jump from my seat. While those would normally have been appropriate responses to being startled, I didn’t think the pastor would have appreciated such an interruption to his homily. The reason my heart had skipped a beat is actually pretty humorous. A little boy from about 4 rows back had escaped the … [Read more...]
Photographing from Different Angles~Life Lesson #4
Welcome to #4 of Life Lessons from Photography School Todays Photo Tip: Photographing from Different Angles Contributing Photographer: Carla Ackermann Some of the most admired images we have are those taken from a different perspective. A photo of an object taken from a daily perspective - the one we would normally view it from when we are just standing around, looking at it - may be a great photo. All the setting might be right, we could have some beautiful bokeh (blur) in the background … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- …
- 37
- Next Page »




