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Ann finished her testing for Montessori certification on Friday and we left for Oregon on Monday.  As usual we took the ’slow road’ so we could stop and smell the roses and I could take pictures of the roses.  We drove west of Kalispell on Highway 2, which may not sound like a ’slow road’, [...]

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“By bridal-model photography I mean models in wedding gowns and occasionally a male model as a groom.  Why?  Every strong image is useful to me in many ways.
Some examples:

An outlet to bring out compositional concepts not always easy to accomplish at weddings.
Improving compositions and style.
Creating imagery for marketing and branding.

The problem is that often ‘your’ [...]

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A good deal of my summer was spent working on one project or another…or traveling.  Living near Glacier Park does not necessarily mean I visit it often.  I wish I could say that I did.  The best time for me to visit the park is after the ’season’ is over for tourists or before they [...]

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The dog was making a ruckus in the back yard and my wife looked out the window to see if she could discover the source of his attention-getting yaps.

We live near a slough area which is inhabited (at times) with a sizeable herd of Whitetail deer.  Said deer make their way up onto the streets [...]

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O’dark-thirty came even earlier because I’d spent the entire previous day shooting a wedding and finished as the sun was setting: 9:30.  Once I was home I spent another hour or more making sure the files were backed up and burnt, packed and went to bed.
I was on the road as the sun was rising [...]

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E-sessions are important.  The reason they are important is because it allows the photographer to get acquainted with the couple and they, in turn get to know the photographer.  Relationships are always important and getting accustomed to having a lens pointed at your face is a good thing, but you should also be able to trust [...]

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