And the winner of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Photo Shoot contest is…….
….Jenny Shepard, who would love a family shoot!
And because a post is always better with a photo, here is a sneak peak from a senior graduation shoot I did at Disneyland yesterday.
I am so excited to announce that my work has been featured on the new mormon.org website!! I was contacted several months ago by an LDS Church representative, asking if they could have permission to use some of my photographs for the redesign of their website. After weeks of working with them and then waiting for the necessary approvals, it has just gone live!
So instead of just sharing screen shots of where they are located, I thought we could have a little fun. Let’s have a treasure hunt to see if you can find all of my photographs on the mormon.org website. To sweeten the pot, I will give away 1 FREE mini photo shoot to one lucky winner.
To enter: There are 3 of my pictures featured on the momon.org website. All of these photos are here on my blog. First, visit mormon.org and figure out which pictures are mine. Then, come back to my blog and find the ORIGINAL blog posts containing the pictures. Leave a comment on each blog post, saying where the pictures are located on mormon.org.
You can get an additional entry in two ways:
1) Leave a comment on Facebook, Twitter or a Blog Post telling your friends about this contest. Then come back to this post and leave a comment.
2) Find a “hidden” 4th picture and leave a comment on the blog post containing that picture.
The rules: All entries must be completed by Monday, July 19th at midnight. Any incomplete or incorrect entries will not be counted. If more than one person identifies all the pictures correctly, there will be a drawing to choose the winner.
The details: The mini photo shoot includes a 45 minute session and the fully retouched digital negatives on a CD. The session must take place within 15 miles of 91722 before August 31, 2010.
And because a post is always better with a photo, here is a fun sneak peak from a recent family session.
Lately I’ve been thinking about how I can make this blog more useful for my clients and friends interested in photography, so I thought I should start sharing tips and tricks.
Many people ask me how I process my images. I edit each photo in photoshop, where I retouch color, exposure, sharpen among other things. To do many of these routine things, I use several different “actions” which is how photoshop records a certain set of events that I want to repeat quickly over and over again. You can purchase sets of these actions, and when I first started editing my own images this was a lifesaver. It saves so much time and allows you to try different artistic approaches to your images. Two places I have would definitely recommend actions from are: MCP Actions and Totally Rad Actions.
Right now, MCP Actions is having a contest where they are giving away a free version of Photoshop CS5. If you like photography, Photoshop is essential to help finish off your images. To enter, MCP Actions is asking for a creative use of their name/logo showing what their actions mean to you. My creative husband Brian thought of this idea to use a directors clapboard to signify “action” and the production of your images.
I thought these images of little Levi were so cute, I just had to share my entry. :)
