I once mocked people who took their phoneography seriously, but no longer. I love it, baby, and there’s no turning back, so let me tell you some of the things I’ve learned along the way.
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Your Resolution, Should You Choose To Accept It
It’s that time of the year when resolutions are made to be broken. This year, why don’t we try something different? Why don’t we let me come up with a resolution for you? Sounds good to me! Your resolution, should you choose to accept it, is to take more pictures.
Family Photos Don’t Have to be Hard. No Really.
The leaves are changing, the holidays are approaching and you want to get that perfect family photo for your holiday cards. I’ll admit it, even as a photographer, I would stress and stress about our photos. Each year my younger daughter would end up crying. Why couldn’t I capture that same magic with my own…
You, Me, Pageant Babies and Kim Kardashian are All Giant Liars.
Computers are awesome little beasts. But they’ve made us the biggest liars on earth. Nothing is real anymore. And I speak from experience: Take, my Aiming Low profile picture:
Capture It – “Black and White”
Chookooloonks gave some advice on her blog recently, suggesting new photographers shoot in black and white. She writes, “Black and white can teach you about form and texture and contrast in a way that colour photography really can’t.” So let’s learn this week. You can shoot whatever subject matter you’d like as long as it’s…
Capture It – “Too Messy!”
Someone said to me that their house is “too messy” to take photos in. I call bull! Just shove the clutter to the OTHER end of the couch and take a photo. That’s what I do. Still, I’m wondering if maybe other people feel this way, so this week, I’m making you take a photo…
Capture It – “Pump Up the Jam”
I have no idea why this song is stuck in my head. It just is. And it’s not stuck like normal, where you can listen to something else and then it’s unstuck. Oh no. This has been stuck in my head for weeks on end. I can’t stop singing it! I’m humming it on the…
Capture It – “I’m Stuck!”
We were pricing items for our recent stoop sale when I had the following conversation with my husband. “I’m stuck on what to pick for the next Capture It on Aiming Low. Completely stuck!” I tore a piece of masking tape off the roll, mushed it down on yet another piece of crap we were…
