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AZ Summer Survival - 10 Common Sense Tips to Summer in the Desert

June 14, 2016 • Leave a Comment

The summer heat is upon us once again, and while it marks the beginning of Senior Portrait and Wedding season in other parts of the country, not so much here in AZ. Why? Well, If you're new to our great state you'll learn fairly quickly, if you're a native however, the answer is quite obvious. But to illustrate the point, I'll share the experience...

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You have a right to choose!

May 20, 2016 • Leave a Comment

When I was in High School, the Senior Portrait was not a big deal. Before the start of senior year, the school would tell you where to go to have a formal portrait taken for the yearbook. The idea was that you wanted something better than the standard high school photograph; one that was not taken by someone whose photography training and experien...

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Should you hire a Wedding Planner?

May 13, 2016 • Leave a Comment

As a photographer, I get to be behind the scenes of lots of weddings. There is one rule that I have yet to see broken and that is this: Something WILL go wrong on your wedding day. It’s not always a big something, but it is the kind of something that often causes a bit of a frenzy amongst the wedding party and family. Why? Well, that’s an easy ques...

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Why I hate Instagram Filters!

August 03, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Do I really hate Instagram filters? Why? Don't they make my iPhone and Android photos look artsy? The quick and dirty answer is no. In fact, back in the film days, we were constantly striving for film that did exactly the opposite of what Instagram does. The photos that are created when you throw a bad filter over a mediocre image are not artsy. Th...

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Getting Married Soon? Consider an unplugged wedding.

July 13, 2015 • Leave a Comment

My first experience with an "unplugged wedding" was at my brother-in-law's nuptials early this year. Never heard of an "unplugged wedding"? Neither had I prior to then. The idea first caught on after the publishing of a blog post by Corey Ann Photography, an internationally award winning photographer out of Canton, OH. In it she details how the ide...

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