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Images for a Cure – Give Back For Good Reasons!

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
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We are daughters, sisters, husbands and fathers. We are roommates, best friends and soul mates. We are photographers with a passion for giving back. On October 11, 2009, we will unite our talents to contribute one day of session fees in support of breast cancer research. 100% of all session fees collected on this date will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®. We are hopeful, that with your support we will find a cure in our lifetime.

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Along with Help-Portrait.com I’ve decided to join Images For A Cure.
Joel Meisels from Adorama (@joel adorama) had put up this post on FaceBook that caught my attention on helping out and raise awareness to find a cure for cancer. I for one know about the dreaded disease that has taken many loved ones from my life. So I clicked on the link and started reading about the information.

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Best Motivation Video Ever!!!!!!

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
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I got the strangest email today that turned out to be a scam…

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
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acai-scam I got an email today from a so-called “freelance modeling recruiter” from overseas claiming that he looked me up online and wanted to work with me on a photo shoot for FHM Magazine. At the beginning I was sorta flattered, but me being a person that knows how shady things can be ob the internet I did my research and found out it was a scam.

check out the email… click the images to view larger versions.

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CLS + Bokeh + Bordeom

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

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For you Nikon shooters out there that have not yet had the opportunity to experiment with the Creative Lighting System (CLS), you are missing out.  While at first it takes some adjustments, it is really quite fun.  And while not the solution for every shoot, it certainly has it’s place within the photographer’s toolbox. (more…)

Video Tip: Shooting sideways with your Monopod

Saturday, September 12th, 2009
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Here is a quick tip on how to easily modify and shoot sideways with your monopod… with tools you already have in your camera gear!

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New Black & White Photo Section Up… more to upload!

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
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I just uploaded a few B&W photos onto the main dot com. Click on the thumbnail on the top far left to check out the galleries and check out the Black & White photography section. I have a couple more to put up, just need to look through some out of a few thousand. So go ahead, check out the new upload and feel free to leave a comment here. Let me know what you guys/gals think … LataZzzzzzz

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