Open Thread Thursday!

The way it works is you just post any question you have in a comment and other readers can comment with an answer to your question or post one of their own..it can be about parenting, photography, or just whatever…

Books from Across the Pond

Whenever my aunt Diane visits from Scotland she brings Jasper adorable books that I never hear about on this side of the Atlantic.

Last time it was  Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack:

Which Jasper adores.  It’s the cute…

Wall Display Templates Giveaway on Paperie Boutique

I’m so excited that Robyn from Paperie Boutique is hosting a giveaway for my Wall Display Templates!  (There’s also a nice little coupon at the end of the post, so if you’ve been on the fence about…

Unitprints – Great Prints for Everyone!

One of my favorite print labs Colorinc now has an end consumer print company called Unitprints.

Before Unitprints, most photogs I know would direct their clients who ordered digital images to Mpix to order their prints, but I haven’t…

Wordless Wednesday

Tractors & Tiaras

Here are a few of my faves from the Tractors & Tiaras shoot!

All images taken with my Canon 5D Mark II and Tamron AF 28-75mm f/2.8 Lens

All in all the shoot…

A Tale of Two Newborns

and the moral is… Exhausting! But exhilirating.

As luck would have it, all three of the newborns that I had lined up to shoot (that sounds very bad doesn’t it?) were all born within days of eachother, which meant that…

Photography Basics: RAW vs. Jpg

I was pleasantly surprised at how many of you lucky ladies said you got a new DSLR under the tree for the holidays, so I wanted to do a quick little primer on RAW vs. jpg:  What is RAW (hint:…

Wordless Wednesday

Ok, I lied – not really wordless..

So I’m on my way to meet and photograph our dear friends’ new baby – I’m so excited and nervous. It’s my first newborn shoot. Well, not exactly my first, but the first…

A Few Shots with the Canon 85mm 1.8

All images shot with my Canon digital rebel xsi and Canon 85mm 1.8 lens at these settings:
f2.2
ISO 100

It’s been a few months since I got theCanon 85mm 1.8