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Category Archives: photography

go big red

Most of you know I’ve been shooting sports the last year… I shoot a lot of Marcus High School sports…in full disclosure this is where I went to high school….what? I like the fight song… i never went to a volleyball game, basketball game, softball game, or soccer game in the 4 years I went...

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Me+Nature+Allie+Goatman’s Bridge+4 year old = a great morning!

Me and Nature are not the best of friends….it isn’t that I hate nature, we just don’t get together a lot. I love going out and hiking, I didn’t know we had great trails here until Allie told me about some. So yesterday morning we (moi, Allie, & her youngest cub) met at Old...

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We all have a photographer that inspires us

The photographer who inspires me to shoot portraits is Skye Hardwick (Work of Heart Photography). She captures the most beautiful color and skin tones! I have stalked her for a very long time on ILP and flickr…. okay on facebook too! (don’t tell her I don’t want a restraining order against me!! lol) She has...

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This print needs a home

Last summer when Jason & I ventured to Pittsburgh to see his grandparents, I had one request. I wanted 1 day in the city. I wanted to see the 3 rivers (after it took me all week to learn to say Monongahela), the old buildings and ride the incline.

Little Boxes on The Riverside was taken...

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Just a stupid girl.

Apparently someone thinks I am just a stupid girl. Fine…  Yes I am a girl. Yes, I work in a male dominated industry….well parts of it.  Aviation definitely has more boys than girls playing in the ranks. I know people underestimate me when I’m at an airshow shooting…until I open my mouth. I can talk...

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winks, and stuff

since it is my blog and I write the rules around here…I can post winks on monday!!!  lol!
-I’ve been playing with video on my camera.  (I was tired of being read the riot act by the local canon rep…so I sucked it up and played)  well my thoughts: its fun!!!  I need the adobe software...

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did you miss me??

It has been a while hasn’t it??  sorry.  I’ve been editing photos, taking pictures, and getting slightly addicted to twitter….again (i am @andiesmith)
What kind of pictures?  mmm a mix of things:

this is how crazy it has been around here…there is a path from my office door to my desk. Embarrassing!!  I promise to pick up...

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This little piggy went to the market

The Piggly Wigglys in Texas are closing their doors…well they did yesterday…so Travis (more on him later) and I went to Denotn for some pictures.  who knew you could spend an hour shooting in an almost empty grocery store?!?!

Okay so on to Travis. We “met” on flickr a few years ago. he’s a pilot who...

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backroads, buzzard billys and paper

odd combo, right???

Leslie and I went on a photo trip today.  I promised her I’d teach her some of what i know (okay i’d teach it all to her! if she wanted me too!) about photography (that should only take about 10 minutes.).  Today’s lessons was “lens choices: why good glass is important” and “aperture:...

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pete’s

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