PVC Pipe Photography Backdrop Stand

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I can not believe I have waited so long to do this. I have seen several DIY PVC Pipe Photography Backdrop Stand posts, but never took the time to go to the store and buy the materials. I used this tutorial. I love that this backdrop stand is so easy to take apart , store and [...]

Indoor Photography | Catchlights

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I decided to take a few photos of Dustyn using my new backdrop yesterday and wanted to give you a few tips about getting catchlights indoors. Catchlights definitely give the eyes more dimension so they don’t just look flat and lifeless. Catchlight : a gleam of reflected light in the eye of a person or animal in a photograph. I set [...]

Love Template

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Happy Valentine’s Day!! Hope you have a wonderful day. Dustyn was up most of the night sick to his stomach, but he hasn’t been sick since he woke up so hopefully we are done with that. Welcome to my new site! Over the next few days I will be redirecting all of my old stuff [...]

Life-n-Reflection Mini Canvas : Sweethearts {WW #79}

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Kristy from Life-n-Reflection, sent me this adorable Mini Canvas Set and I decided to actually make mini canvases. I bought a 4 pack of 6″ canvases at walmart for about $8. Then I bought Mod Podge because (gaspp….) I have never used Mod Podge in my life!! So I am definitely no expert but I will tell [...]

Heart Shaped Cupcakes for Valentine’s Day

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Want to make adorable cupcakes for Valentine’s Day but don’t want to buy a special pan? Well you can make heart shaped cupcakes by just using aluminum cupcake liners. What you want to do is fill the cupcake liner only half full. Next you shape the liner into the top part of the heart, then [...]

How To: Displaying Christmas Cards

I started this tradition last year and loved it so much. To display my Christmas cards I walk around my yard and gather the perfect branches, put them in a mason jar. For the cards, I star punch out holes and tie some ribbon. Then hang them on the branches. Easy as pie and you [...]

Carnival Photo Tips

Friday night we headed out to Suffolk Peanut Festival. I was able to take my camera and tripod and get some fun Carnival photos. I had been wanting to take photos like this for a long time. This is pretty similar to my Fireworks tips because I used a tripod, used bulb setting with remote. [...]

Resizing for Facebook {WW #59}

I used to have the perfect action that resized for Facebook but it doesn’t work well anymore. The photos get very distorted, blurry and all around look really bad. Well I tried out a few different things last night and made an action that works well with Facebook right now. Who knows when Facebook will [...]

Fun Family Photography Tips

Hello all! I know we don’t official do Tutorial Tuesday every week but I wanted to share some fun family photography tips today. I have been doing a lot of family photo shoots lately and the photos that the families have loved and I have loved are the ones that show their kids personalities. When [...]

Tutorial Tuesday | Watermarking

Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday! Ashley of Ramblings and Photos and I will be bringing you a new challenge every week, to stretch your shooting and editing skills. This week is our official last week of Tutorial Tuesday. Don’t worry I will still be sharing what I learn but they will not be on a certain [...]