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Photo tips {online workshop}

Photography has been a gift in my life. When I pick up my camera, the world slows down and the beauty in the mundane is revealed. Randomly you can find little photography tips and thoughts on my blog. Below you easily scan through some from the past.

If you are interested in learning more about the basics of photography, I also teach an online photography workshop, called SnapShop. SnapShops were born out of a desire to enable others not only to grasp the basics of photography with a dslr camera, but also learn how to capture the beauty in their everydays.

Frustrated with your point-and-shoot, you made the investment in a dslr and still aren’t getting the shots you hoped. Are you stuck in automatic mode? Do the words “aperture”, “shutter speed” and “ISO” sound like a foreign language, but one you would like to learn to speak? Are you captivated by photographs that tell a story? Do you dream of capturing the beauty of your everyday life? If so, the SnapShop course was written for you. In this course, you will find original content that I have developed over the last three years. I would love to help you go from knowing how to just take a picture to beautifully capturing the moments of your life. SnapShops run 3 weeks at a time, are entirely online and entirely self-paced. You fit the course into your schedule.

Click here to go to the SnapShop website. There you can find out more information, when the next course starts and how to sign up!

Below you can find my photography tip related posts from the past!

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capturing your Christmas Tree

It gets dark way too early now. I’m not a fan of my flash, so this early nightfall business really cramps my styleView full post »

intro dslr cameras {which one to buy?}

Well last night we were under a tornado watch, severe thunderstorm warning, flood warning…and had an earthquake.View full post »

a trip to the fair {tough indoor lighting}

For those curious about the Christmas Catalog yesterday it is from Samaritan’s Purse. You can request a copy fromView full post »

just some photos & settings

It has been a while since I shared settings on photos….you all pointed that out with the boot picture! So, I willView full post »

photography is a gift.

I think I’ve written about 100 times here how photography has been a gift in my life. It has been a gift, notView full post »

Read a good book lately?

My oldest. He arrived 2 days ‘late’ and weighed less than 6lbs. For those of you that are tired this morningView full post »

Mpix Rocks

Several years ago I was busy as a professional photographer. The whole “to give a client digital images or not&#View full post »

Was that an accident or on purpose?

“Did you do that on purpose?” “Was it an accident, or on purpose?” “Did you purposely doView full post »

taking after her brother {shutter speed}

Thank you for all your comments yesterday. I’ve read them all…and I’m going to print them all out toView full post »

newborn pictures in 10 minutes

I feel a little bad for my friends. A couple of years ago I did photo sessions of their families and kids all the time.View full post »

getting in the shot

So yesterday was crazy in regards to SnapShops. For those of you that were not able to get a spot, I hate that itView full post »

Sweet P…7 months

So my niece keeps on growing up on me….cutie patootie. Lesley came over and I took a few monthly pictures of SweetView full post »

in her daddy’s shoes {indoor lighting}

I was in the kitchen and could hear FireCracker laughing while repeating, “Dada shooos. Dada Shooos.” IView full post »

Q&A {answers to random questions}

Well, I am attempting to answer a few of the questions you’ve been asking recently: Any ideas where I can getView full post »

sleeping in her big girl bed

She’s growing up on me….. I decided to see how FireCracker would do in her ‘big girl’ bed for aView full post »

diy {you’re just my type & sparkle eyes}

We are buried in snow. Feet and feet and feet of snow. I’ve been enjoying coffee, quilts and Redbox while watchingView full post »

Sweet P turned 6 months old!

So, after I posted on Friday I packed up and headed out of town for an incredible weekend (and didn’t go near theView full post »

Christmas Eve Eve…swivel head external flash tidbits

Right before Christmas I got a lot of requests to do some pointers concerning using a flash for indoor pictures. I haveView full post »

who’s that monkey jumping in the bed?

One of the biggest questions I usually get asked in regards to camera settings is “Why are my photos blurry?”View full post »

Go Go Gadget…broom arms!

Giveaway Day contests close at 5:00pm tonight. If you’ve attended a SnapShop you’ve heard me talk about howView full post »

photo tips for the point & shoot user

I was honored to be asked to write a guest post for Lil Boo Blue today on the topic of pointers for those that don’View full post »

10 photo tips from our vacation

After a long day at the beach I began downloading pictures to my laptop. Typically I delete as they download, but as IView full post »

a weekend with my point & shoot {& Persimmon Hollow}

Thanks for your feedback on the Tea Collection photo…the big laugh and standing pictures were the top choices. IView full post »

my photo journal {Sweet P and her daddy’s tattoo}

I have a little notebook that I jot and draw inside. One end is full of notes from church on Sundays. The other end isView full post »

Photo Tip {candlelight services}

This is one of my favorite Christmas 2007 pictures…it is Biggest Brother and Chris at our Christmas EveView full post »

angles, angles, angles…on my point & shoot

Every photographer has ‘their thing’….the one tip they usually land on. For some it is related toView full post »

Canon EOS 5D(these are a thing of the past, the new model is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II )

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM– this is the lens I use 90% of the time. It gives me great aperture settings, but also works for wide angle and portraits.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM- my favorite portrait lens

Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L II IS USM

Canon 30D

Canon 28mm USM f/1.8

Canon Speedlight 580 EX

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop

Totally Rad Actions & RadLab

Lots of Design Aglow products

Lots of Pugly Pixel products


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