childrens photography

Priceless

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Shirt:  backwards, inside out and unbuttoned Socks:  mismatched Heart Shoes: on the wrong feet Beautiful soft light coming in from a window perpendicular to my subject A two year old who insists on dressing “BY MYSELF MOMMY” The biggest most beautiful brown eyes in the world. . .  . . …..  yes, all priceless! What [...]

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Photoshop Elements and Photography Tutorials for You from Texas Chicks Blogs and Pics

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For those of you new to Texas Chicks, here is a list of my “Greatest Hits” as an introduction to everything this website has to offer. I look forward to getting to know you and welcome any suggestions you have for future tutorials! Free Actions Oh, the Drama Perfect Workflow Reflection Action Drop Shadow Lab [...]

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Robert Shults’ 10 Steps to Children’s Photography Poses and Lighting

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For the 3rd part in my series based on an interview with professional photographer Robert Shults, I am presenting a broad outline to structure children’s photography shoots.  Check out the first part of the interview and his discussion on child photography if you haven’t seen them already. Play with kids before beginning your session to [...]

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Photographer Interview – Robert Shults

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I first met Robert Shults as a student in his class, Personal Expression in Photography.  His eloquent and articulate discussion of technical, philosophic and artistic aspects of photography was inspirational and highly effective to me in my quest to identify my photographic style and learn great techniques.  Plus, he’s got the best vocabulary of any [...]

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Using Props to Add Interest to Kids’ Photos

December 12, 2008

This post is your 5th opportunity to enter my contest to win a free copy of Photoshop Elements 7/Premiere Elements 7, courtesy of Adobe!  See details at the end of the post. How many pictures have you taken of your kids?  About 47 million, if you’re like me.  And each and every one of them [...]

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