Just a few more days to help us save a smile!!!

Our clients have helped us raise $315 to date in October to save children’s smiles through Family Portrait Month! And guess what…it’s not too late to help us save another child’s smile! There are still a few days left to October. You can still book your December family portrait or other family photography session [...]

Noah’s First Birthday and Traditional Korean Career-Choosing Ceremony

Last weekend, I had the honor of shooting a little boy’s first birthday and, most importantly, his traditional, Korean career-choosing ceremony in Reston, Virginia. Dressed in traditional Korean clothing, Noah looks curiously at the items placed before him, as mother, father, sisters, brother, grandparents, and family friends watch eagerly. Should he pick the rice [...]

Lighting Up the Night in Rockville

Some of you might remember that I’m running a photography workshop called Light the Night: A Photographic Storytelling Workshop at the Light the Night charity walk in Washington, DC on October 16th.  In preparation for the 16th, Idrissa and I drove down to Rockville this evening to check out the Rockville event.  It was a [...]

2010 DC Carribean Carnival Parade

Last Saturday was the 2010 DC Caribbean Carnival, which is held every year during the last weekend of June.  It launches with a parade with dancers in traditional Carribean carnival costumes.  My husband and I rushed into DC early Saturday morning, still 30 minutes late, only to find that this really IS a Caribbean [...]

Going Crazy with Photo Frames and Adornments

I’ve been having going crazy with photo frames and adornments this morning.  So many options!!!  Which one do you like best?

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Bamboo Panels: New Mounting Option

 

Photograph mounted to Plywerk Bamboo Panel. Photo of the 2009 Gugak Festival in Virginia by John Jacks, one of my photography students.

In my last post, I mentionned that one of my photography students, John, brought a gift to me at his last lesson of one of his photographs of a dancer [...]

Syllabuses for Group Photo Workshops at VisArts

I’m teaching some photo workshops in March and May through the Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts (VisArts) in Rockville, MD:

- Art of People & Event Photography – Photographing the National Cherry Blossom Festival: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9:30 AM-5:30 PM

- Art of Architecture – Photographing the Franciscan Monastery: Saturday, May 22, [...]

Looks like I'll be busy teaching and talking about photography next year...

Washington National Cathedral

Looks like next month is going to be a busy start to the new year for teaching!  I have several new photography students starting next month with private photography lessons with me, plus I’ll be leading the first of several photo workshops/field trips through VisArts, and finally, I’ve been invited to speak before [...]

Animated photo-videos... A new offering...

So I’m having a really fun time learning how to use WordPress.  The book, “WordPress for Dummies” is essential!  Today, I read about how to add video to my blog, so I thought I’d practice by posting some samples of a new product that I started offering recently — animated photo-videos created from photographs [...]