Friends, Facebook and Photos: Win $25 for Shutterfly

*Extended through the end of July!!!!*** What to do with all the digital photos that you’ve been collecting???? Well, photo books and all the other great photo products at Shutterfly are a great option (and make fabulous Grandparent gifts, too). Since I hate to see photos taking up space, unseen on the hard drive, and since I have a grand total of 22 Facebook fans...

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My new (and more cooperative) model.

For months I’ve been struggling with a question. While I may not have been blogging, it’s been constantly on my mind. With what, you might ask? Well, I want my blog to be full of wonderful photography tutorials. I want to have a newsletter that will teach the basics in a step-by-step fashion. I think about how I want to do it. I rewrite posts in my head. But...

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A Great Many Things OR Why I haven’t been blogging

A friend of mine posted a link on facebook today to an awesome blog post entitled A Great Many Things. Go read it, it’s awesome. And it rang true with me. I’m equally happy taking photographs, streaking an agar plate in a lab, snuggling with my kiddos or digging in the backyard. And I’ve been doing all of that… except being in a lab. It’s...

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Photo collage gymnastics grip bag

Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do with pictures after you take them, especially when you have a lot of photos of a certain event or activity. A collage is a perfect way to showcase multiple photos and there are a lot of customizable items that make great gifts. My daughter’s best gymnastics friend is having her birthday party today and so I decided to...

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April Fools at the Keyes’ house

  I used to hate April Fool’s day. Maybe I got sprayed in the face one too many times by the spray nozzle on the sink that someone had rubber-banded. Maybe.   I have since realized that there are two forms of jokes on April Fool’s Day Someone does, says or posts something that makes you scratch your head. Then you remember what day it is and...

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Why taking a family portrait is so difficult | Las Vegas Photographer

Your kids are growing up and it’s been 3 years since your had a last family portrait. Maybe you’ve had another baby since then and you feel guilty that she’s not in the photo on the wall. So you call up your local portrait studio and schedule a family session. You spend hours planning the perfect outfits. The day finally comes. You get everyone dressed....

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