From the monthly archives:

October 2009

It’s always surprising how much Fall makes us feel like change, and new beginnings. This weekend we baked an apple pie and had friends over, after a summer of go-go-go. In Portland, the maples are all yellow now, and the nights are chilly. I think families change and regroup in Fall – ours always did. [...]

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Simply put, Dutch tilt is deliberately slanting your camera to one side before taking a photo. It creates the horizon to be at an angle to the bottom of the frame or person. Dutch tilt was originally called the “Deutsch” (meaning German) tilt and through mistranslations etymologically evolved to be called the “Dutch” tilt. History [...]

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Family with newborn

newborn portraits: patience

October 13, 2009

One of the most important lessons I have taken with me over the years is the importance of waiting for your shot. Patience. This becomes even more important with newborn portraits. We tend to underrate patience in our fast-paced pack-it-all-in society. I think we forget the value of quiet and doing nothing. In photography that [...]

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