Category Archives: Photography tips

2013 Photography Classes

  Class Details: Date:  Saturday, January 26, 2013 Location: Lake Dardanelle Marina Visitor Center Cost: $60/class, or sign up for both classes for $100 (a savings for $20!) Beginner Digital Photography will cover the most basic aspect of digital photography, as well as tips for taking better photographs with any camera, and very basic editing…

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Picture Perfect Practice: Chapter 1

Last year at WPPI, I had an open time slot, and stumbled in (a bit late) to a half-filled class taught by Roberto Valenzuela called Picture Perfect Practice.  I was smitten….and I don’t mean with his accent (although I do love accents!)  He talked about how he was once a concert guitarist, and practiced for…

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Photography Class: behind the scenes

Wes came out to the class for a bit to deliver our pies, and grabbed a few behind-the-scenes from the class photo shoot.  I was so thankful for Lesleigh and her crew for designing the sweet table set up and adorable details!  Even though we were forced inside to less-than-ideal situation, she managed to rock…

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A few good links…..

I sent an email out to everyone who attended the Photography 101 workshop, but I realized the information would probably be helpful to other people out there interested in photography!  So, here are a bunch of useful sites/links for the beginning DSLR photographer…. Actions for Editing: Free Pioneer Woman Actions (for photoshop) Free Pioneer Woman…

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Photography 101 DSLR Class: 2012

We had a full class of 24 students at the 2012 Photography 101 this year.  It’s a ton of info, packed into one 4 hour class, and I know it’s a bit overwhelming.  After talking about settings and parts of the DSLR camera for the first portion of the class, we had three great model…

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Cake Plates

Gosh, I love Pinterest.  I am planning our entire styled shoot for the Advanced class using it, and I am just having the best time doing it!  I’ve also spent some time scavenging at local  antique and consignment stores….which has also been a blast.  However, I’ve struck out on finding white cake plates for our…

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