Month: August 2008

  • TRUE??

    Do you ever look at your badges status? Silly me, I started checking when one of my friends mentioned she was trying to get her TRUE badge and was frustrated to be stuck at 98%. I searched and searched my account and finally found the little progress bar... yeah! 99%! How long have I been hovering on the edge of TRUE recognition and didn't know it?? This must be some kind of cruel tease! And why do I care anyway?? The fickleness of my own heart sometimes surprises me... *sigh*

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  • Christmas Card Season is HERE!

    I am scheduling Christmas shoots now and for the first 25 bookings I am giving away a FREE custom designed Christmas card layout, PLUS 30% off on card/print orders placed through TrulyTaken! (If you want to purchase the digital image for printing elsewhere, digital image fees apply.)

    Contact me for pricing information and personalized packages!

    Email: trulytakenphotos@gmail.com

    Office #: (816) 804-9151

    Goforth Christmas Card 3

  • HE PASSED!!!

    "Praise the Lord for His goodness! His mercies are new every morning!!"

    We just got the board results last night and Todd passed with flying colors!! Just wanted to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes! They really meant soooo much to us!!

  • More photography tips up on Momaroo

    by Photographer Jess

    Posing Your Subject

    So
    what about when you aren't looking for something spontaneous? Sometimes
    we don't always want to struggle for the spontaneous; just taking wild
    shots in the dark hoping for something amazing. How can we script our
    shots to get what we are looking for? Several people pointed out from my last post
    that the Afghan Girl was more posed than spontaneous. Good eye. You are
    right. While the look in her eyes spoke volumes and couldn't have been
    there for long, still this girl was just sitting there waiting for the
    photographer to take her picture. He may have taken 20 or 30 shots of
    her before he got this famous image. Just as placing your subject in a place with good lighting is always a first when posing your subjects, so is getting them comfortable.  Read More Here...

  • More of Tara

    I'm having way too much fun in Lightroom as you can see... Hope everybody isn't getting dizzy with all the widely different editing styles I got goin' on here. Lol! It's just too fun to not mess around with... and I just love these!!

  • Beautiful Tara

    One more before I head for bed... I just love this one! Shows off how fun Tara is to hang out with:

  • More Photos

  • Fun with Taracotta!

    Isn't it funny how when you have all these blog friends you seem to know them mostly by their usernames? Sweet Tara has been one of my most loyal readers for just ages now and I loved getting to meet her this weekend and do a long anticipated photo shoot! What fun we had!! Here are a few highlights to peek your interest:

  • The Colwell Family


    I had two super fun photoshoots this weekend and can't wait to finish editing them and getting them posted! So stay tuned for more... Lightroom totally rocks,by the way!

  • Before and After

    Ok, so everybody is asking how it's going with Lightroom... Well, thanks to a terrific kick start from my mucho amazing friend, Michelle, I'm off and running! Here are are couple of before and afters:
    BEFORE:

    and AFTER:

    BEFORE:                                                                                         and AFTER:

    It's amazing! I loved how this next one turned out...

    and AFTER:

    Isn't that incredible?? Brings tears to my eyes.... I miss her