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Living the Country Life – Pheasants on the Downar Bird Farm
One of the goals I set for myself this year was to improve my video production skills. Photography is still my first love, but videos are one more way to capture an event and help remember the em...
June 14, 2018 / Bird Farm Life
To My Daughter on her 6th Birthday
To My Sweet Daughter on your 6th birthday, What a year this one has been! You lost your first teeth, triumphed over kindergarten and became a social butterfly of your school. This mama gets sligh...
June 13, 2018 / Kids and Family
3 Reasons to Say Yes to Outdoor Play
3 Reasons to Say Yes to Outdoor Play Improving Your Kids' Quality of Life Through Outdoor Experiences One of our favorite places to go in my hometown is a children's garden. Officially known as t...
June 6, 2018 / Uncategorized
Grab Your Umbrellas
I am constantly humbled by my child. After a few days of thunderstorms and clouds and rain, I was grumbling about the weather as we set off to see the new pheasant chicks that hatched the previous ...
June 1, 2018 / Family Photography
Light It Up – Capturing Lightning Photos in Goshen County
Lightning and thunderstorms can provide for some dynamic and fun landscape images. A lightning photo I posted on my Facebook page a few weeks ago led to lots of questions from everyday photographers ...
May 22, 2018 / photography
The Elixer of Spring
My phone buzzed in my back pocket, calling me back to the present. It was my sister, wishing me a belated happy mother's day. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Taking pictures of flowers," I to...
May 16, 2018 / Uncategorized
3 Tips for Amazing Graduation Photos
Welcome to Tuesday Tips, a new section of my blog dedicated to helping you take better photos of your own friends and family. Look for more tips and suggestions each week, from graduation photos ...
May 15, 2018 / Uncategorized
Where the weather is schizophrenic and the rules don’t apply
I love spring. I love the feel of the warm sun on the backs of my arms when it's finally nice enough to go outside without a coat. I love seeing the first wildflowers, nay weeds, emerge and give us ...
May 10, 2018 / Bird Farm Life
The Boldness and Courageousness of Youth
Meet some of the Colorado University Class of 2018. I've been looking at the images from a photo shoot with these ladies and I can't decide if I want to laugh or cry. Laugh because they were just ...
May 9, 2018 / photography