This week’s guest is the lovely Jennifer Freeman. I only met her for the first time when we all converged upon Castello di Amorosa with my pal Annette Biggers for a photo shoot. Jennifer and her daughter Bella were the focus of the weekend; they had a story to tell and they did it beautifully.…
Let’s Try Some New Stuff! If you know me at all, you know I like to try new things, experiment. If we’re just meeting for the first time… well hello! I like to try new things, experiment. Now we’re up to speed. Last week, I went down to Southern California for a meeting – but…
Solvang, California The hubs and I took a little weekend road trip to Solvang, California recently, along with our pal (yet another sister I’ve adopted) Laurie Rubin. I’d only ever driven by this little Danish settlement of a town, never stopped before. What with it being February, the place wasn’t hopping the way it does…
The Lesser Known Southwest My friend Barry Blanchard introduced me to The Valley of Fire… and awesome place in the Nevada desert, about 45 minutes outside of Las Vegas. It’s got much of the cool factor of Southwest style ruins and petroglyphs – but without all the crowds you can get in Utah and Arizona.…
If you’re shooting sunset at a location that lends itself to moving around AND if you enjoy photo processing, here’s a quick tip for maximizing the impact of an evening’s shoot: MOVE your butt around – and process each photo differently. The latter is if photo processing is your bag, of course. All the image…
Birthing Dreams Like anybody, I have a vision for what I want; a dream. A few dreams actually. And I’m in action to allow them to spring to life. I thought I’d share how it sometimes comes through my photo processing, since it sometimes takes you places you didn’t expect. I’m going about this vision-to-life…
I spend part of my time in Santa Cruz, California these days. It’s a little beach town that prides itself on surfing, artistic freedom, great weather and well, being Santa Cruz. This particular day in December there was more than the usual amount of weekend revelry going on downtown. Artists, musicians, wannabe both, shoppers, sight-seers……