Allen and I have been talking about intalling internet parental controls for awhile.  Ellie’s new purchase was really the kick in the pants we needed to get moving.  I did a lot of research and ended up with OpenDNS.  They’ve gotten great reviews and the controls are on our wireless router so all devices, and […]

Ellie did it.  Ellie saved enough money to buy herself an iTouch.  Ellie is known more for her impulsive shopping than her resolve, but the whole thing kind of snuck up on her. After Halloween we insist that the kids stop all shopping for themselves.  They have to put all of their hopes and dreams […]

The following pictures are examples I found on the internet.  Not that I don’t make these mistakes myself, it’s just that I don’t keep those images so I can’t show them to you! These first few pictures are also samples I found on the internet.  These are examples of how to use some of these […]

Barbara emailed me on Tuesday to book a photo session on Saturday.  (This is the time of year to do that!)  It was beautiful when she booked and we both had high hopes for our session because we were doing it outside.  She has a 4th, 5th and 6th grader and putting them all on […]

Austin won me over with his smile first thing.  I remember those big blue eyes and that happy smile from his last photo shoot when he was about six months old.  Now he’s two and a half and happy to share his smile AND his new little sister.  Okay, not so new as Miss Kendall […]

For those of you that don’t know my story let me share that for the first 8 years I was in business I had no idea how my camera worked.  I always shot in idiot, I mean program mode.  I knew how to compose a good picture because I had an eye for it but […]