April 2010

Clickin’ Moms Beginner’s Photography Workshop – Don’t Blink or You’ll Miss It

April 28, 2010

The Beginner’s Photography Workshop on Clickin’ Moms (Rock Your Camera 101) always sells out super quickly, and registration just opened for the next go round.  Whenever I post about this, someone mentions that they weren’t informed quickly enough.  So, I just received the email (at 8:16 PM CST on April 28), and here is what [...]

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Scrapbook Project – Ali Edwards’ A Week in the Life

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Scrapbooking for the first time has been keeping me busy as I follow Ali Edwards in her Week in the Life Project. Continuing in a contemplative mood from my Photography for Painters, Poets and Dreamers class, I’ve loosened my criteria for a good photograph.  I’ve taken 223 pictures so far. Here is what I’ve learned: [...]

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Photography Class for Painters, Poets and Dreamers

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My current photography class has met once. And my mind has been churning ever since. I’ve actually had a lot to think about over the past few days photography-wise, between this class, some guided meditation and my Week in the Life project. The muses have been working together in the mystic realm to take my [...]

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A Short Scrapbook Project – My First

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Scrapbooking has never been my thing.  I love my camera and playing with photography so much that I just don’t have time to put those pictures in a scrapbook. But I’m going to try, starting Monday.  Ali Edwards is running her Week in the Life Project again this year, and it starts tomorrow.  It involves [...]

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Metering Modes to Set Exposure in Digital Photography

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Choosing a metering mode in digital photography is rumored to be difficult.  And I agree. You know what the hardest part for me is?  Figuring out which icon on the stupid camera goes with which metering mode!  So let’s get this part out of the way first: Ok, so what do all these metering modes [...]

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Clickin’ Moms 50% Off Sale

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Clickin’ Moms is offering 50% off to the next 50 people who join.  I received the email at 2:12 PM CST on April 15, and I’m posting about it immediately.   I even changed my email delivery times for you wonderful people who read these posts via email!  Use discount code TAXDAY to save 50%!

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Clickin’ Moms Lifetime Memberships Available

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Kendra over at Clickin’ Moms announced on Tuesday that she is selling 50 lifetime memberships.  This doesn’t happen very often, and there are just a few left. Why should you care?  Well, first off, Clickin’ Moms is an awesome place to learn about Photography and Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.  Need more reasons? $145 for a [...]

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Digital Photography on Manual – How to Set Exposure

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“Good Exposure is Like a Pie.  Or a Pantry.” is my attempt to explain the whole exposure balance triangle of aperture, shutter speed and ISO.  I think a lot of us get that whole relationship.  But identifying the proper balance on your camera and taking a picture on those settings is another question. See the [...]

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Photography and Scrapbooking eBooks

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Photography books have an obsessive grip on me.  I read everything I can get my hands on that relates to digital photography or Photoshop Elements.  Even if the books are geared towards beginners, I always learn something.  A phrase will stick with me in a memorable way that finally turns on the “use this idea” [...]

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