Flowers adorn themselves with crystal jewelry on damp days. If you aren’t outside on wet days, you can cheat by spritzing flowers with a spray bottle of water. I didn’t have to cheat on this image. This is real dew. Be sure to zoom into the flower so it’s the center of…
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Recording Memories
Depending on where you live, school has or is about to start. Why not start a tradition in your family of documenting the first day of school? I know families who have taken a photo of their children all dressed up and ready for the first day of school standing in front of their front…
Ideas for Tweens During Summer Vacation
Wondering what to do with your tween during Summer vacation? Here are a few ideas for kids with different interests. For your reader Reading List for Tweens from Edie’s Blog, Living in Grace • The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis • The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum • Grimm’s Fairy Tales (you’re never too…
Better Photos – In the Best Possible Light Indooors
It’s surprisingly easy to create stunning indoor portraits of family members with window light. Of course, it’s easiest to just grab my phone and take a slew of candid shots wherever my grandchild is. But just a little more effort gets me from ok to stunning. I have learned to see light. I notice how…
Better Photos- Avoiding Background Interference
Mergers- the term for objects that intersect the subject Make it your habit to run your eye around the head of your subject in the viewfinder before pressing that button. Check for objects that intersect the person, called mergers, especially those objects that run into or through the head. …