Category Archives: Deep thoughts – Photography style

Love…..and priorities

By admin | Published February 10, 2011
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The addition of my sweet baby Crew has taught me a lot. Just his presence in our home changed my whole perspective. I could wing it with 3 but with 4, changes had to be made. Then, he got sick. Really sick and we were so scared. We had been blessed with 3 healthy wonderful kids. Had we been given too much? Was is our time to suffer?

Spritually, Crew has taken us on a wonderful journey. Emotionally, he has made me really think about how essential these precious moments are with my young children. He is healing and doing well. He will be a healthy little boy. His smile and giggle brings a deeper joy than I could ever describe. The snuggles that my other kids give him melt my heart. Our family is whole, our blessings are deep and our faith is strong.

I had to make a choice. The one thing I could sacrifice is my blog. My time has been better spent with my children. But now, I have so much to share with you!! So many photo sessions un-blogged. 3 Weddings to be seen. Tutorials waiting on my hard drive. My re-acquaintance with the blogging world will be slow but I am excited for what is to come. Thank you for being so patient….

Here is a free download of this sign I made with baby Crew’s tiny toes. It is a 5×10 size but can be easily ordered as an 8×10 and cut to size. I think I will print it on styrene or foam board and place it on an easel.

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My highly anticipated new client:)

By admin | Published May 26, 2010
I feel terrible that I haven’t been doing any tutorials lately. Part of that reason is my new client booked for September!!
I am 24 weeks preggo! This will be our FOURTH!! I know I’m CrAzY:)
This little GUY has turned my late night editing sessions into tired afternoons and being in bed by 9. It’s okay, I’ll get him back when I wrap him in a coccoon, put him in a basket with a rediculous hat and take an insane number of photos:)
Thanks Owen for the pic:)
We are also moving next week. Things are crazy at the Bishop home but we are so excited for all of our new changes!!
I will be posting an AWESOME tutorial on lightening just the dark areas on a face/background etc. I totally forgot about this technique until I used it a ton on my latest wedding. Perfect for stubborn shadows on faces.
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I’ve been published!!

By admin | Published February 11, 2010
So it’s not a bridal magazine but a girl has to start somewhere!!:)

It’s just a bonus that it happened to be my cute niece! Thanks for sharing the spotlight with me Sadie…..oh and Clint Eastwood!!



uh, does she look a little out of place to you:)


oh, and for those of you that were wondering? The bakery totally won for BEST BAKERY and BEST BREAD in the IE!! Thanks for all that voted for the bakery!! I will post more about that on my fam blog.

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A PSA and a few of my new Nephew!

By admin | Published November 17, 2009
I have been MIA.  Mostly because I have been busy but also because…..MY HARDDRIVE CRASHED!!  Yep, that’s right.  Not even 1 year old and it just took a dive…THANK goodness I backed up all of my files.  I lost a few random templates and such but I am really lucky.  I had just shot a wedding too…..scary!
While you contemplate backing up all of your own files…..enjoy Jackson!!  This poor kid doesn’t stand a chance with his photographer Auntie.  I am already planning his next shoot!
Wanna see me totally exposed?….photographer-wise at least?
here is a pull back and the sooc…..

You didn’t think I would really leave my baby nephew hangin there…did you?:)  A little clone tool and stretching the canvas (I will do a tutorial…someday:) was all I needed.  Ideally, I would have brought a base board to cover the gap between the flooring but….you work with whatcha got! 
I have my beautiful Nikon d700 and 24-70 2.8 fresh out of their boxes and ready for a wedding this weekend!  Stay tuned!
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One more…..I couldn’t resist

By admin | Published September 18, 2009
I couldn’t resist. I had to go again. Oh how I hate my glowy phase :/…..
Notice that my sooc is totally better than my original edit….Ugh.
Bad white balance
Chronic under-exposer
WAY to much gaussian blur set to Overlay…..I LOVED doing that…..thank goodness I saved the original.
This was a tough re-edit. Just a reminder that when you underexpose and have color issues sooc, editing can be SUPER frustrating! Instead of using editing as a creative way to enhance your photos, you end up using it to FIX them…..not good.

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A trip down memory lane…..

By admin | Published September 17, 2009
I did a cool challenge for the photography forum. Go back to last year and choose a photo to see how far you have come! I bought my first DSLR (Nikon D80) in March 2008.
First, lets evaluate editing…..Oh man, that first edit is ORANGE…ugh.


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Now exposure…Getting decent exposure sooc has made a WORLD of difference in my editing process.

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I’ve definately come a long way as far as exposure! I wonder what I will think next year:) Interested in a new workflow tutorial? I’m working on a workflow tutorial and ACTION!
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A portrait session from Averi!

By admin | Published September 6, 2009

I have been puting off taking some self portraits forever. I need to have a photo for my ABOUT ME page on my website and had to buckle down. I enlisted my 6 year old aspiring photographer for the job. (She shot in RAW and Manual at 1.4!!) Yeah she’s got it. I’ve absolutely created a MONSTER!
We were a little limited in positions because #1, I was wearing red sweats:) and #2, she had to be sitting so she could balance on her knee. I toggled the focus and told her to put the little box on my eye. She’s a natural.
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Can I just tell you how awkward it is to edit photos of yourself. I feel weird:)
Okay spill it….which one should I use?
PS. That last vintagy photo is done with Coffee Shop Photography Vintage Honey free ACTION. Oh man, do yourself a favor and download that bad boy!! I changed the white layer to overlay to add contrast but that was the only thing I changed.

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My Packaging…..so far

By admin | Published September 6, 2009

Here is my packaging so far. I love all the fun stuff. I’m still playing around with it to get it just right but I am liking it so far.
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The CD tins are from HERE. I printed Printing instuctions and Print release that fit inside the tin and mounted to black cardstock. The Stickers are from HERE although I think I will get bigger ones and print them on my own in the future.
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The album is just from target and holds up to 80 4×6 proofs. THe thank you cards with my sticker on it are also from Target.
The Raffia and Tissue paper are from HERE.
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This is what I give after the wedding. It is a cool magnet (from Walmart) to hold my marketing materials to share with friends. The boxes are from HERE.
I still need to get boxes for shipping and then I would like to set all of this in paper moss.
Hope you can be inspired to SASS up your packaging!!

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Snazzy new LOGO=Snazzy new blog!

By admin | Published August 15, 2009

Things have been heat’n up over here! I am going to start using this blog to preview pics for clients (I will definately still do tutorials too!!) It was time to class up my blog like a big girl! This is a FREE template!! It took just minutes to set it up and get it going (the link is at the very bottom, along with the template name)

I have updated “the Goods” link list at the bottom of the page with with super helpful photography goodies like packaging, tutorials, free stuff….all the stuff I am LOVING right now!
I feel like I have had a concept of a logo in my head since I started, but I couldn’t organize my thoughts. So, I enlisted Christina Vance to design it for me.

She took my (very vague:) concept and really hit it on the head!! Now, I am super inspired to give my blog, website and packaging a face lift!
I have totally new packaging for my clients and lots of fun stuff to share with you. I will post pictures and links to all the goodies I am using to enhance my packaging.
I also have a pic of my Photo Wall in my house and a color tutorial coming up when I get a chance!
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A new set of PHOTOGRAPHY tutorials coming up!!

By admin | Published April 7, 2009

Just when you are thinkin you are doin okay, it is definately time to shake it up and really improve. I am ready for just that. I will be doing a series of Photography tutorials!! I’m really doing them to help me see visually where I need to improve. I am about to go back and REALLY study White Balance, Metering, Aperture, Lighting set ups, backdrops, reflectors, macro….I am going to do some visual comparisons with my camera so we can see how these things can enhance our photography.

I have become pretty okay at photoshop. I know that if I totally screw up a photo, I have a pretty good chance of salvaging it. If I have a great photo, I can do a decent job of making it better. But now, I am going to let go of my CRUTCH and try to get GREAT SOOC shots every time (well almost every time:/).

disclaimer…..(Okay, I can’t let go of Photoshop all together….I love it:) I’m sure I’ll throw some Photoshop tutorials into the mix!!

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