Tag: photography
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World Photo Day: Tips for Taking Better Pictures
Today, August 19, is World Photography Day. I am blessed to be friends with several different local photographers and some of them have even passed along some tips to me. 1. Wait til Sunset to take portrait photos If you don’t, your subjects will look a bit like this. We learned our lesson. Isn’t this…
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Life updates…and where do we go from here?
Last month, when school let out, I found myself coming off of a highly stressful school year, wrestling with whether I should change jobs, and also undergoing medical testing for breast cancer. I took a month off from blogging to rest, regroup and try to process it all. During that time, I decided not to…
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Life as a Lumber: What We’ve Been Up To
May is a ridiculously busy month for our family, and this one may be the easiest yet. Today, we are headed to the girls’ last regional dance competition of the season. They have nationals next month. Next weekend, they have recital, and the weekend after that, a softball fundraiser to raise money for Nationals. I’m…
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A Year in Review: Me!
This post is not a brag post or a misery post. It’s more of a “make next year better” and “hold me accountable” post. If that’s not your thing, and you want to stop reading now, I don’t hold it against you. Today, I turn 38. Year 37 wasn’t a bad year. There were some…
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Easter Family Pictures: A Photographic History
Yesterday, I shared some of my favorite Easter traditions, and I talked about how one of them is taking a yearly picture with my family. Today, I thought it would be fun to take a look back over the years at some of my favorite Easter family pictures. The picture above is special because it…