Yearly Archives: 2008

Something to think about before Thanksgiving….

Tweet 96 billion pounds of food are wasted each yearAccording to a study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, we waste 96 billion pounds of food in America each year. That turns out to be: 263,013,699 pounds of food wasted each day… 10,958,904 pounds wasted each hour… 182,648 pounds wasted each minute… 3,044 pounds of...

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Beauty in Simplicity

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Tweet Through my windshield on this first snowy morning of the year, driving, observing the city…. There is a quiet beauty in living in a small city that I wouldn’t give up for the world.

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Earthquake on their wedding day

Tweet A friend linked me to this earlier and I just had to share… UNREAL! Originally posted on nytimes.com…. “ A wedding photo shoot at a deserted French missionary church in Pengzhou in southwest China’s Sichuan province immediately after the earthquake struck on May 12. Photo: Associated Press “ [ See the rest of the...

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Ms. K

Tweet You’ve seen her before… its been a year since we’ve worked together. Kelsi is an aspiring model that is only 5’3″ but she knows how to rock the angles and give herself height! Kelsi has been building a folio now for about 2 years and isn’t really sure what she wants to do with...

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OUT-TAKES: The Claussens

Tweet I prefer impromptu sessions, but sometimes Mom and Dad really want that group photo where everyone is content and ready for the camera. And there is nothing more challenging than working with multiple children who simply just aren’t in the mood to have their photos taken, however; kids will be kids, and that’s just...

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Miss G and the Trike

Tweet I was taking my son to school and noticed that there were barstools sitting out in a yard sale so I decided to stop by after dropping him off. Lo and behold, the glistening radio flyer trike that was nestled among some boxes of clothes, with a FIVE-DOLLAR price tag on it – and...

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the perception of light

Tweet Sometimes I feel parallel to what this image illustrates; grasping on with all my might to the bit of light in my life that glimmers in through the cracks, to bask in it if only for a moment. Isn’t it funny how we tend to let ourselves believe that what we have or who...

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Inspired by Henri Nouwen

Tweet Self Portrait, July 2008 I’m currently riding on a large wave of inspiration at the moment, much stirred by the beautiful quotations by the Christian Dutch writer Henri Nouwen that I’ve come across this past week, and hope to read more of his work. I can feel a concept brewing for a new photoset...

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Fashion – Oliver

Tweet Oliver was a true joy to work with. So talented, I really see him going very far with this career!

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new child image

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