Buddy and Maya, f/1.8

Working on that short focal length along with the new strobe.

85mm, f/1.8, 1/125s, ISO100

Bug Love

Not only are Andrea and Andrew crazy about each other, they are passionate about anything VW. So of course, we had to include their His-and-Her Bugs in their engagement shoot.

Sneak Peek: Andrea & Andrew

My first official engagement shoot.

We All Have A Book Inside Of Us Waiting To Be Written

I’ve been following this blog for quite some time and just pre-ordered her book. Have a look see!

Raising My Rainbow

In June, early copies of my book arrived and I wrote a letter to introduce it to booksellers. With the release of my book exactly one week away, I thought I’d let you read what I wrote to the people who will be selling my book. — xoxo, C.J.’s Mom

June 2013

Dear Reader,

When I was in college studying English literature, my favorite professor told the class that we all have a book inside of us waiting to be written. The thought both excited and terrified me. I pushed it to the back of my mind as I graduated, landed a corporate job, got married, and got pregnant. My first son made me a mother ten years ago. My second son will make me an author on September 3, 2013.

My professor had been right. I had a book in me; I just couldn’t know what the topic would…

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Issue with my subscriptions

Hmmm. It seems that WordPress has decided to stop emailing all my subscriptions that come via “daily digest.” Don’t know why, so I may need to unsubscribe and then resubscribe to a number of blogs I follow. So if you see that happening, that’s what’s going on.

Ciao!

Hummingbird Duel

I captured these this afternoon in my backyard. For such tiny birds, they are pretty fierce.

Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways

One entry for this week’s photo challenge. (There may be more.)

National Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Portrait Practice: Glamour Lighting

This time I was practicing with glamour lighting. That is. I placed the soft box directly in front of myself about four feet away, bottom of the box at about chin level, light facing straight forward (not tipped down). I did not use any reflectors, hair lights, etc, because I wanted to see just what one light would do. All were shot at ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/20s.