Posts by: Karen

Virtual Photo Walks™: Roaring Camp Railroad

This weekend I did a Virtual Photo Walks™ at Roaring Camp Railroad in Felton, California. We had an absolute blast! It was really a photowalk within a photowalk, since it happened during the Central California bi-annual Photowalk that I was a part of as well. With me so far? Good, cause I’m still trying to…

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The Big Picture

The big picture is a wondrous thing. It’s that nice looong view that gives you some perspective on yourself, your life, your project, your whatever-marvelous-thing you’re headed toward. It gives you a moment to breathe. A chance to rise above all the hoo-ha and decide which way the wind is blowing. Figure out whether you need…

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LIL Galleries: Love

I love photography. I love music. I love them together, separately, it just doesn’t matter. I love Love and know for sure that in the end, Love is All. So there you have it. LIL Galleries is my passion project: photographs, music, voice and story (two more things I love), all rolled into one. I…

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Captain Hook & The Bay of Emeralds

I have a wonderful friend named Annette Biggers who photographs weddings. Brilliantly. And she does this other really cool thing; fairy tale photo shoots. She has a whole philosophy about why she likes to do this… and it’s awesome deep. One day she called up and said “I want to do ‘Captain Hook at Emerald Bay’”…

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Perspective and Point of View

Y’know, I’m always going on about how weaving your own personal point of view can give your photos that “stamp” of recognizable YOU. I think it’s all part of showing up authentically as Who You Are in your art… but more, showing up that way in life too. I named this photo “Look Up in…

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Perfect Inspiration: The "Signature" Episode

I was honored and thrilled when Brian Matiash as me to do an episode for his Perfect Inspiration series at OnOne Software. I’ve posted the video tutorial portion below… and of course, you can find the whole thing at the link I just gave. There were a  handful of us he that asked to create…

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