by Kim Bear | Nov 18, 2019 | Education, Full Blog, Tutorials
How can be it the almost Thanksgiving and Christmas… it all goes by so fast. Doesn’t it? I mean how can we hold on and truly relish in the important moments when they go by so fast? Well Amy and I obviously love to photograph our family times,...
by Kim Bear | Feb 5, 2019 | Tutorials
Sometimes a picture falls perfectly into place right in front of you. Usually when images fall in place right in front of you it is less about the elements just being “right” or “perfect” and more about your ability to see through the clutter...
by Amy Cyphers | Nov 26, 2018 | Education, Tutorials
Blizzard Bruce has blown in leaving buckets of beautiful powdery white stuff all over the mid-west. We haven’t had a good snow like this in years so of course we had to sled, dig tunnels, walk in the woods, skate around on our little puddle of a pond, and of...
by Kim Bear | Oct 2, 2018 | Education, The Lodge, Tutorials, Uncategorized
Still life is my hobby… my creative outlet. Does anyone else have that need? Even though I love photographing my kids and other people sometimes (well often!) I love working with still objects and get to explore light, shadow, and color. Plus I enjoy getting to...
by Amy Cyphers | Jan 14, 2018 | Camera, Education, Kids Photography, The Farmhouse, Tutorials
Is it cold and snowy where you are? Go for a hike, and bring your kids and camera!! The world is so beautiful covered in a layer of magical snow. Also follow the link at the end of this post to view some eye candy from another photographer friend, KC Crow, an Orange...
by Amy Cyphers | Jan 12, 2018 | Camera, Education, Full Blog, The Farmhouse, Tutorials
My photography was all black and white darkroom artistic mubo-jumbo before I had kids… I loved the creative process and I did what I needed to do to pass my college classes, which were mostly film photography classes. I can almost smell the chemicals… have...