Melissa | January 13, 2010
So after all those Christmas photo collages, I got a couple inquiries on how to do it. I’ll be completely honest here. I stole the whole collage idea from MckMama and I was too lazy, busy, and sleep deprived to write out a step-by-step tutorial for how I did mine using Gimp instead of Photoshop.
So I found [...]
Melissa | December 21, 2009
I recently had a chance to submit some work for an online magazine that published an issue focusing (pun intended) on photography. Check it out at Serious.Life.Magazine.
Seriously.
Melissa | October 1, 2009
If you missed the last photography post, you can catch up here.
So what do all those settings on your camera really mean?
Let’s start with some basic photography vocabulary that affects exposure.
Film Speed (more specifically ISO): If you want the nitty gritty, you can go here . But basically, the ISO number tells you how sensitive the [...]
Melissa | August 26, 2009
I found this adorable blog recently. They call themselves the Mamarazzi. I love it…maybe because I am one. They do a photo contest and the current theme is reflections. I captured this at a recent shoot and had to enter.
Melissa | August 15, 2009
To raise money for our MOPS group, I offered to do family portrait sessions and donate the session fee to our MOPS fund. The funds will be used to pay our childcare workers who graciously watch our kids so we can 2 hours of full-sentence conversation twice a month.
I figured it was time to launch [...]
Melissa | August 7, 2009
Please excuse me while I kill two birds with one stone again.
I’ve been wanting to write a post (or two, or three…) about photography since a lot of you have been asking. And it’s also Foto Friday. So allow me to share some photos while I (hopefully) help you take better pictures. Like I mentioned [...]
