Photography

Horizon in View

November 1, 2011

Things have been busy over here in my neck of the woods lately, jam packed with both fun and work and everything in between. This past weekend started with an outing to the Starlight flea market, which was followed an all day cook and photo session with a friend. How have I not known about [...]

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Goal Setting

October 21, 2011

This is about the time of year when I start realizing that the year is almost over, and I realize that I haven’t reached any of the goals that I had set for myself way back in January. But, this year it’s okay because lots of things have changed for me in the past 10 [...]

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My 10 Year High School Reunion, a Change of Plans & 3 Lessons Learned

October 17, 2011

When I finally got that (Facebook) invitation to my 10 year high school reunion (about a month before the event, a month!), all of those stereotypical thoughts rushed into my mind: “Are we really that old?” “Ugh. I’m not ready for this yet.” “What have I done with my life (so far)?” “Great. This is [...]

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Photography Challenge Update

October 9, 2011

As promised, here is the weekly update on this month’s photography challenge. It’s been a fun challenge so far, taking photos of some things that I usually do photograph and some things that I typically don’t. Day 2: What I Wore Today. This was only part of the outfit (clearly), if you really want to [...]

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30 Day Photography Challenge

October 1, 2011

As photographers we can’t get too comfortable, we need to constantly challenge ourselves, constantly step outside the box and see things in a different light. I found this fun project via Sara’s blog which eventually brought me to Our Wired Lives‘ original photo challenge post. Here is the list: Day 1: Self-portrait Day 2: What [...]

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4 Things to do Before Uploading a Photo to your Blog

September 12, 2011

I am a firm believer in the saying: “A picture is worth a thousand words.” However there are a few things that you can do to your photographs before uploading your photos to your blog that will help enhance your post’s readability, SEO ranking and just overall experience for your readers. Here are four things [...]

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Food Styling 101 | Thyme for Soup

August 21, 2011

I started this blog a little over a year and a half ago on a whim, I wanted to have a place to catalog my family’s recipes. Since then, this little blog has become so much more than just a recipe catalog. Through blogging, I have attended a few great food and blogging conferences, festivals [...]

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Food & Light in Boulder, Colorado

August 5, 2011

Think of someone that you admire, whose work you admire. Now imagine having the opportunity to learn your craft directly from that person. That is exactly what I did for two days this week in Boulder, Colorado. I spent a wondrous, inspiring and exhausting two days learning food photography and styling from some of the [...]

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Bat Dog | Photo of the Day

July 20, 2011

“Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da BATDOG!!” That’s the only thing I can think of when I look at this picture. Sorry, Aubie. Since we don’t have kids (yet), our dogs are our babies. So while many other bloggers post photos of their (human) children, you guys will have to put up with [...]

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Three Needy Dogs | Photo of the Day

July 7, 2011

As some of you may have noticed, I’ve been busily updating the look of this blog. I guess that’s the curse of being a designer designing for themselves… what’s my brand? What does it look like? Is this good enough? No… I need to make just one more little change. With my mind drowning in [...]