Oct 2, 2014 | Wordpress Lessons
Have you ever taken a learning style inventory? It was something I had to do many years ago as a young teacher. We all learn through visual, auditory, or tactile/kinesthetic means; however, we all have one style that is stronger and comfortable to us than the others....
Oct 1, 2014 | photography
Well, I hesitate to say “finally,” because I know the glorious autumn leaves will be gone in four weeks. They never last to my birthday in mid-November. They flame up quickly and then fade away leaving nothing but a couple of long weekends of raking and...
Oct 1, 2014 | Wordpress Lessons
So you want to start a self-hosted WordPress blog. You’ve done the research —you know that WordPress.org gives you more control, more freedom, at less cost than WordPress.com. You know you need to find a host but how do you pick the best one? There are so...
Sep 30, 2014 | Wordpress Lessons
and tame the WordPress Beast! Have you been thinking about taking the plunge to a self-hosted WordPress blog? You know all about the advantages, right? The access to all the amazing plugins, the ability to monetize your passion, the complete control gained over the...
Sep 18, 2014 | Real Life, Storytelling
For the last eight weeks I’ve been working on a storytelling in photography mentorship program with Sam Breach through G+. For our final class, we were to produce an album using all the techniques that we had learned. We had to brainstorm a long list and then...
Sep 11, 2014 | Still Life
I don’t take a lot of online classes (at least not as many as I come across and would LIKE to take). After all there are only so many hours in a day and I feel just awful if I pay the fee and then can’t keep up with the work. It sits in the back of my mind...
Aug 28, 2014 | photography, Real Life, Storytelling
What difference does place make to a person? Does the setting of our lives, shape the story of our lives? For me, yes. This first week back to school has been hectic and busy and that busy-ness has led to looser routines. Loose routines always spell trouble. Stuff...
Aug 27, 2014 | photography
Still life photography can be a challenge. Sometimes you stumble across a scene, and with very little fussing you can create something beautiful. This orchid was just a such a shot — it was sitting so nicely in front of all those leading lines just waiting for...
Aug 25, 2014 | Storytelling
Luke is number six of seven kids. We joke that he will be our jet fighter pilot son. As you can see, he likes to be airborne — our own little superman. Video games are his kryptonite however. They will stop him in his tracks and keep him focused on the screen...
Aug 22, 2014 | Storytelling
You may have noticed that I missed my story post this week. Well, things were a little bit busy last week with a short trip out-of-town and getting our oldest son back to Alabama for his sophomore year. But that is neither here nor there. I want to shake things up a...
Aug 12, 2014 | flash, photography
An Excuse to Bake We had made plans last week to spend the day in Hershey Park. But then we looked at the weather and the forecast was for up to one inch of rain. Several summers ago we ignored the weather and went anyway — we learned our lesson. With the trip...
