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Photography Tips, and Utah County Nature and Portrait Photographs by Gayle Vehar
www.momandcamera.com
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Utah County Nature and Portrait Photography, Digital Photography Tips
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Nature: Chartreuse

Not a lot of words today–just love the monochromatic color of these leaves and this photo!

21 h ago

Take Better Photos: Exposing for the Skin Tones

Just a quick tip today! When taking photos of people, I take my exposure reading from their skin. This is the part of them that I want exposed nicely. I typically use spot metering for this. To do th...

1 day ago 1 person likes this

Artistic Inspiration: Beauty and Belief Art Exhibit

I love art museums. A lot. This is something that I have learned about myself fairly recently, though I have always like museums. I love looking at paintings and trying to figure out how the artist r...

2 days ago

Mine: Last Days of School

May always goes by in a blur. A happy blur. It is one of the months that I can always plan on being full before it starts. So today I want to share a few snaps from the last days of school and remind...

3 days ago

Nature: Spider Web

I have these visions of finding a perfect spider web covered in dew or rain with perfect morning or evening light. The truth is–I don’t like spiders or any insects for that matter. I̵...

24 may 12

Photo Recipe: Mid-Day Sun

Today’s recipe is for taking photos in mid-day sun. The above photo was taken at 12:33 p.m.—a time that most would consider less than ideal. Step #1: Position Yourself When taking photos at thi...

23 may 12

Love Your Photos: Where to Print?

Printing your photos online isn’t rocket science. If you followed the steps in the last post about calibrating your monitor it is even easier than you can imagine. Two of my favorite online pri...

22 may 12 1 person likes this

Mine: Playing Legos

We play! During the day, I work and I play with this little 3 year-old. I get asked to play blocks, trucks, and Legos on a regular basis. On this day, my son made a house and needed help with the roo...

21 may 12

Friday Favorites: Printables

Thought today I would share a few fun/cute/useful printables that I have crossed paths with lately. One is photography related. That’s okay, right?!? Fill-in-the-Blank Teacher Card: My kids hav...

18 may 12

Spring Blossoms: Ornamental Cherry

These blossoms are always a favorite–probably in the top 3 of my favorite spring blossoms. They bloom later than most of the rest and are sort of like the big finale of the spring blossoms. The...

17 may 12

Take Better Photos: 2 Tips for Capturing Candid Moments of Kids

Candid moments happen around us ALL. THE. TIME. As a mom, I want to capture these as often as possible and in whatever way I have available. Today, I have two simple tips for capturing those candid e...

16 may 12

Love Your Photos: 3 Steps to Help Your Prints Match Your Screen

Have you ever printed photos at a lab and been disappointed that they don’t look the way they did on your screen? Yep. I thought so! I certainly have. It seems so futile to spend time getting t...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Mine: Sidewalk Chalk

Sidewalk chalk is just one of the summer “things” like sprinklers and otter pops! We found these HUGE pieces of chalk at the dollar store and my 3 year-old couldn’t wait to take the...

14 may 12

Friday Favorites: HOT Tips!

Just thought I would share a few of my HOT photography tips this week! Photography 101 for Moms I watched a portion of this class offered at CreativeLive yesterday. I was curious since I teach simila...

11 may 12

Spring Blossoms: Redbuds

It took me a little while to learn the name of these trees. I have only noticed them in the last few years, and now I see them everywhere. (Does that happen to you, too! You take notice of something ...

10 may 12

Photo Recipe: Indoors on a Sunny Day

Today, I wanted to share how I take photos indoors on a sunny day. These were taken in the morning next to a north-facing window. I used the same window I used for this post (so that you could compar...

08 may 12

A Spring Walk

After a really long day of shooting, I was approached by my kids (and my daughter’s friend) to go on a walk to take some photos. I don’t usually get ASKED to take photos. I am usually the...

07 may 12

Take Better Photos Book–The Print Version is AVAILABLE!

I am sure you all think that I am the SLOWEST person on the planet! You’re right. I totally am. Ever since I began creating the Take Better Photos e-book/pdf, I meant for it to be in print, too...

04 may 12 1 person likes this

Spring Blossoms: Apple Trees

I always love to see the first perfect white blossoms pop out of the trees to signal the beginning of spring. But once all the other spring colors start to show themselves, the white color gets overl...

03 may 12

Take Better Photos: Focus and Recompose

How I Focus My favorite way of shooting and getting sharp photos is to move my focal point to be directly over my subject’s eye or the focal point of the image. Over the last 4 years, I have be...

02 may 12 1 person likes this

Artistic Inspiration: The Artist’s Way

By far, my best artistic inspiration in the last 6 months has been a book called The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Seriously! In January, I found myself feeling very artistically uninspired. Th...

01 may 12

80 Degrees of Awesome

80 degrees is our magic number for summer. 80 degrees means that we can break the water out, the sprinklers, and head to the swimming pool! This year, unlike most other spring’s in Utah, we hit...

30 apr 12

Friday Favorites

Friday favorite posts will be my place to list favorite things, places, or posts around the web. I am sure they won’t happen EVERY Friday as I have something up my sleeve that I think will also...

27 apr 12

Spring Blossoms: Crabapple Trees

So, if lilacs are my favorite flowers, the next string of blossoms are from my favorite blooming trees. I love how deep and rich the pink color is in crabapple blossoms. I also love how it contrasts ...

26 apr 12

Take Better Photos: 6 Tips for Buying your First DSLR Camera

This is a question that I get regular emails about, so I think it needs it’s own post! “What camera should I buy?” is such a generic question that it is a bit hard to answer. So, to...

25 apr 12

Love Your Photos: Little Prints

Today I am starting a new little series here on the blog about how to use, and thus LOVE, your photos. We totally live in a digital age and get to LOVE our photos online, on our computers, and on all...

24 apr 12

Mine: SLC Trip

We couldn’t go anywhere too far during Spring Break because my husband had a big work event that week. But, we did take one day and head up to Salt Lake City for the day. We really didn’t...

23 apr 12

Spring Blossoms: The Purple Patch of Lilacs

These will be out soon and I can’t wait! I’ve mentioned before how much I love lilacs. These are going to be blooming earlier than they have the last few years, and frankly, that caught m...

20 apr 12

Camera Gear Review: Mod Camera Strap

Announcing a winner for the Mod Strap Giveaway! My 3 year-old drew a name out of a bowl for me! I figured he was totally unbiased since he can’t read !! The winner is: BROOKE GORDON Mod Straps ...

19 apr 12

Photo Recipe: Indoors on a Dark and Cloudy Day

I got a request recently to do some posts on the blog where I share the settings and lighting that I used to get a photo. I hope these are helpful. Please let me know if you like these types of pos...

18 apr 12

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