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The learning curve ** keller, southlake child photographer

Welcome back! To... me. :)  

I just got back from good ol' Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I attended a super fun photography workshop. It always helps me to jam one of these into my schedule every now and then: I learn some new skills, brush up some old ones, and meet some great women!  

I think, most importantly, it really helped me pinpoint the types of pictures I want to take... and assured me that it's OK to not take the ones I DON'T want to take. :)   Meaning.... If you know me and we've talked about pictures, I may have mentioned that I am really not into the "family by the lake, sitting in the grass" thing. Which is not to say I dislike the PICTURE, it's just that there are 5 thousand (or more) photographers out there who already take that picture. (Well, maybe I do dislike that picture. But if I see it in your house, I will try my best to convince you that I really didn't mean it. Ha! Jury is still out for the white shirts and khakis on the beach.... :/)

ANYWAY- back to the point! I had a great time, and am unbelievably excited to start skipping down this new path with my clients, both old and new.  I am also adding high school seniors to the list- I'll tell you more about that soon... but you can probably guess we wont be shooting those on a small bridge or near any fountains. :)

Here's a few of my most recent shots... and I WILL take more of these!! Any takers? :)

I'm really doing this!

Welcome! Im finally a part of the blogging world, phew! I always thought I was "up" on things, but blogging seemed to have passed me by... now I'm really looking forward to it, as a great way to connect to all the Sillyheads in my life, and the new ones I've yet to meet.

I'm about two weeks away from a photography workshop in San Francisco, and I excited to get there- as I feel like I'm going to learn some tools and tricks. I hope to come out of there with some rockin' photographs to share, and the ability to recreate the quality for my clients. I haven't even started packing yet, and I'm getting inspired just by the thoughts of how inspired I'm going to be! haha I've read about the workshop from many other photographers, and from what they're saying (or blogging!), I'm in for some learnin'!

I had to submit a quick snapshot of myself for the workshop, so I asked Casey to take a picture of me in the backyard. At the risk of putting a horrible picture of myself out there-this is what he came up with. Note the grill in the background- and he didn't even tell me to fix the hair!

Upon review of this image, and with a roll of my eyes- I then asked Tate (middle, 9 year old son) to do the same thing, and here's what he shot. I'm fighting back the proud parent tears... :)