Photography Classes in Utah County–Winter 2012 Edition

Posted by Mom and Camera on Jan 3, 2012 | 3 comments

It is time to post about my local photography classes again! I always know when it is time because I start getting emails about when my next classes will be! Glad y’all keep me on my toes ! So, if you live in Utah and just got a new camera for Christmas or your New Year’s resolution is to take better photos this year I’d love to have you come learn from me!

Here are the two upcoming Winter Classes. To get more details about each class, head over to the Photography Classes page. You can register from there, too!

Have more questions? Please feel free to contact me through the contact page on this site!!

Old Favorites

Posted by Mom and Camera on Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments

Like I mentioned yesterday, I have been going through some old favorite photos that are being included in my upcoming e-book all about the essentials of photography.

It has been a delightful exercise to go back through my old photos and check out my favorites, my mistakes, and analyze how my photography has changed and improved over the last few years.

I can’t wait to share the book with you! Soon–very soon. I promise!

I thought I would share a few old favorite photos that are making their way into my book.

Take Better Photos–Exposure

Posted by Mom and Camera on Jan 26, 2012 | 2 comments

I have been spending any spare minutes this last month working on creating an e-book of the information I teach in my classes. Technically, I have been working on this for MONTHS (as in close to a year,) but I am going to look on the positive side right now. This has been a HUGE project and I hope it will be ready to release early next month. I think my goal is finally realistic.

As I have been creating this, I have been going through lots of photos from the past 2 years and all my notes of things that I have wanted to include. I decided to create another cheat sheet of information to remember about each of the “Big Three” and make it available for all you wonderful readers to download.

The catch is that the download will expire the day the e-book is released. To download this new cheat sheet, choose the format you want and click the buttons below (not the image.)  Both links take you to a third-party site (that I totally trust and won’t give you 40 pop-ups, a virus, or make you wait 135 seconds to download!!  Annoying!)

Winter in Black and White

Posted by Mom and Camera on Jan 24, 2012 | 0 comments

We have finally been dusted with a bit of winter the last few days. Everything looks fresh and white. With snow on the ground, the hibernating bushes and grass don’t just look yellow and withered for no reason. The cold seems a bit more tolerable with the snow.

Took some time out in the cold and snow to capture some winter foliage in black and white.

At Play

Posted by Mom and Camera on Jan 23, 2012 | 0 comments

We don’t have a set morning routine after the kids get off to school. Sometimes we play, sometimes we watch a favorite show, and sometimes we roll on the floor rough housing and tickling (who am I kidding–most everything we do involves tickling.)

When we play, I get 3 parts cute, 3 parts silly, and one side of TURKEY!

And sometimes when I am working at the computer, I just turn around and gaze in wonder at the little boy on the floor who is constantly at play. His baby days seem like yesterday!

Some bits from our morning!

Entwined

Posted by Mom and Camera on Jan 20, 2012 | 0 comments

Just one more of these fall photos today.  Don’t they just seem like they are keeping each other company? I thought so!

Looks Like Fall

Posted by Mom and Camera on Jan 19, 2012 | 0 comments

This wouldn’t be an odd title for a post if it weren’t for the fact that I am actually posting it in, what should be, THE DEAD OF WINTER!!!

Last week we had gorgeous fall-like weather. I mean–mid to high 50s in JANUARY! Really? Actually, it has been the last MANY weeks. I posted about it once.

We have finally had some cold and snow the last few days so I am glad that I took a few minutes to capture some of the beautiful fall-like scenery that has caught my attention the last few weeks!

My Sister’s Wedding

Posted by Mom and Camera on Jan 18, 2012 | 3 comments

It happened. After many busy weeks/months of planning and preparation my sister was married on January 6th. And now that I have been able to recover my house from Christmas and go through the photos from her wedding, I thought I would post a few here!

The last winter wedding that I photographed looked MUCH different from this one! The January day of this wedding was BEAUTIFUL and definitely NOT typical Utah winter weather. Blue skies, no snow, and warm temperatures (okay–not California warm but mid to upper 40s I believe!) pretty much set this wedding apart from ANY other winter wedding I have been part of!