My First Family Shoot!

Yesterday I photographed my first family!

I was pretty nervous about it, mostly because I have little (ok, NO) experience posing even a small group of people. In fact because I’ve mostly photograph toddlers there is pretty much no posing…

Photoshop Friday: How to add brightness without clipping highlights

It’s been way too long since my last video tutorial.. the wait is now over (I can hear your collective sighs of relief ;)

This is something I just learned how to do.. select JUST the highlights of an image…

Holiday Gift Ideas?

(gratuitous picture of Jasper)

So now that November has settled in and the holiday season is just around the corner, I want to compile a little holiday gift guide.  It will mostly be gift ideas for the babes, but I’d…

Thoughts on Weaning and Extended Breastfeeding

Ever since Jasper’s first birthday people keep asking me how long I plan on continuing to breastfeed. There is a little bit of an accusation in their tone, like what they really mean is “it’s getting weird that you are…

Daylight Savings Time Can Bite Me

That was the subject of my twitter status update at 6:15 am Sunday Morning and could have been my status again this morning.   I didn’t quite realize how luxurious my 7:30 Jasper wake up call had been until Daylight Savings…