October 28th, 2011
How appropriate that the product is called Carousel, because my mind is “spinning” from the events of the last 48 hours. Honestly, I should have titled this post down the rabbit hole because that’s where it feels like…
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October 21st, 2011

I have to admit I felt a little bit left out of the party because it used to be that you couldn’t join Canon Professional Services (CPS) unless you had two qualifying camera bodies. But now they changed to…
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August 10th, 2011

The lovely folks at my “photography home” Clickinmoms interviewed me for their “CM Pro of the month” monthly feature and it was just posted today!
You can check it out here: http://www.clickinmoms.com/blog/?p=4797
Other than for…
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August 9th, 2011
At the end of last week, Chris and I spent a lot of time trying to get the studio set up. I had a maternity shoot this past Saturday, and I was really worried about the hot-spots that come in…
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July 26th, 2011
The bad news is that our first IUI didn’t work. I wasn’t REALLY expecting our first medicated cycle to do the trick, but I sure was hoping. The logistics of fertility treatments once you already have a child are much…
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June 23rd, 2011
I do most of my initial edits in lightroom (basic exposure adjustment, white balance) and then any image I present to clients gets further polishing in Photoshop. That means that every file that I present will be a PSD file.…
Filed under: Photography Biz, photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials by ariana
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June 14th, 2011
I’ve been so busy shooting & editing lately that I haven’t had time to really talk about my new wall guides set III here on the blog. So when I was offered the opportunity to give away a…
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May 16th, 2011
Yes – I’m still here (are you? – I wouldn’t blame you if you weren’t, I’ve been such a bad blogger!!)
Whenever I get ready to release a new Wall Display product I sort of go into lockdown…
Filed under: Photography Biz, photoshoots, toddlers by ariana
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April 6th, 2011
One of the best things about my template business is that it’s put me in touch with some amazing people I wouldn’t have met otherwise. From the photographers who use them (I do a little happy dance every time…
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March 30th, 2011
I haven’t been shooting so much these days because my Wall template business keeps me very busy, and honestly, it’s much more lucrative than photography, so it’s hard to justify shooting rather than working on them. But, I do want…
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