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Casual Fridays

Old Dawn — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:53:46 +0000

There’s not enough time for a recent session post. Instead you get an image of our pup Bernie taking a snooze and a few links to help push forward to the weekend!

First up, since we are in a doggie mood, enjoy some gorgeous dog photography from photographers Erin Vey in Seattle and Anna Kuperberg in San Francisco. Both have an incredible talent in capturing a dog’s liveliness and personality.

I came across the next link via swissmiss, which is a great way to spend a Friday all by itself especially so if you love design and a bit of geekery. Blank is Like Blank is self described as “analogies to live by” and if you’re not living by them your missing out on all the fun! Here’s a little selection from the site:

“Apologies are like monsters:
They’re only real if you believe in them.”
“Facebook is like a gossipy friend with no interesting information.”
“Babies are like drunk men in bars:
They only crave what’s in their immediate vicinity.”
—Justin Feinstein—

Finally saved from an issue of Real Simple, a few unique sites for summer travels:

roadfood.com “The most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America”
momsminivan.com “101 Car Travel Games & Road Trip Ideas for Kids”
thebathroomdiaries.com “Few would visit a country without some advanced information, yet our tender bits are exposed to uncharted territories with no help or assistance. At our most vulnerable, we are blind. Well, no more. “

Happy Friday!

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Myra and the Thirteen Squares

Old Dawn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:20:00 +0000

The best part of the “shares” I’ve been doing recently is the inspiration from seeing what other photographers create with them. When Ann Arbor portrait photographer Myra Klarman gave my template a new spin by using two consecutive squares for one image I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.

On her weblog, Relish, Myra posted this combination of images from a recent children’s portrait session. I love how she captured this young lady’s lively spirit. You can feel the fun!

I’ve always admired Myra’s photography. She creates beautiful portraits of babies and children, but her amazing talent is best highlighted in her portraits of high school seniors. The connection she makes with her senior subjects is clearly visible through the vivid personalities that radiate from each timeless photograph. That’s what I enjoy most about Myra’s high school senior images. The “kids” look like real people. Real people that you want to get to know. Because of this, whenever I look at a new HS senior portrait from Myra I have to resist the urge to ask to see more.

f you are in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan don’t miss the opportunity to have Myra Klarman Photography create a series of portraits for you. I was lucky enough to meet Myra and her equally brilliant and adorable family during their visit to Chicago last year. She was as lovely as you can imagine. Would you believe neither of us had a camera in tow? Ridiculous, I say!