From the monthly archives:

June 2011

Lifestyle Self-Portraits: Yes! It’s possible.

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I am the queen of arms-length self-portraits. Don’t believe me? Here’s but one example from a short 3-month period of time. But I was recently given a sweet gift from dear friends: a wireless remote shutter. And I’m now trying to leave my long arms out of the equation [grin], and catch more natural, lifestyle [...]

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Totally Rad Actions – Get Some for Free!

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We’re excited to be featuring a giveaway by one of our favorite companies… Totally Rad! If you haven’t heard about them, the graphic above says it all.  What more can we say?!?

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Interview with Whimsical Photographer | Barb Uil from JinkyArt

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It’s such a pleasure to welcome Barb Uil from JinkyArt as our Guest Photographer Judge this week! We’ve been inspired by her work for years and love the essence of whimsy she infuses into each of her sessions whether they are high stylized or a simple capture of a “Day in the Life” of one [...]

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Photo Challenge | A Touch of Whimsy

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Our photo challenges are open for entries on Mon & Tues (until 9:00 pm CST). To be considered as a winner of this week’s challenge, you can only have ONE photo in your entry. Please make sure that you add our button to your blog post as well so that you’ll be eligible to win! This [...]

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Photo Challenge Winners |Let’s Hear It For The Boys!

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1st Place: Maureen Wilson We chose to celebrate the men and boys in our lives this week in honor of Father’s Day.  We truly enjoyed seeing all the love and devotion from all the fathers and the fun and rambunctiousness from our handsome boys! This week’s Guest Photographer Judge, Sarah Robertson, said of the winning [...]

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Interview with Storytelling Photographer, Sarah Robertson

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It is so lovely to welcome Sarah Robertson from Image Bearers Photography as our Guest Photographer Judge this week! We have been fans of Sarah’s photography for quite some time now as she has been a longtime participant of our photo challenges as both The Animator’s Wife and Image Bearers Photography. Sarah wrote: My twitter [...]

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How to Use Google Reader in Real Format {Tutorial}

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I love blogs. I love blogs almost as much as I love coffee. Reading blogs while drinking coffee? Well, that’s just heaven on earth for me. I subscribe to all of my blogs in Google Reader. All 100+ of them. Google Reader makes me very happy, because if I had to go through bookmarks or [...]

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Get Off the Bleachers | Kid’s Sports Photography

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Written by: Amy Locurto (co-founder of I Heart Faces) With our photo challenge theme of “Let’s Hear it for the Boys“, these photos from one of my son’s baseball games seemed fitting to use in today’s post. I attend a lot of baseball games where there are always parents with cameras. These parents either stay [...]

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