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Craft & Vision – “Chasing Reflections”

One of the best resources of refining my photography is the site “Craft&Vision”. David duChemin and his team of professional photographers offer some wonderful e-books about refining your craft and encourage you in your own vision.

Today, Craft & Vision released Eli Reinholdtsen’s e-book “Chasing Reflections”. Eli’s book marks the third book in the series “The Print & The Process”. I am totally mesmerized by her timing of photographing reflections. I could look for hours at one of photographs, seeing new things every time. What I also like is that Eli is sharing how she took each photo, including F-stops, ISO and much more.

You can purchase the e-book in two forms: PDF or iPad. For the first four days only, if you use the promotional code REFLECT4 when you checkout, you can have the PDF version of Chasing Reflections for only $4 OR use the code REFLECT20 to get 20% off when you buy 5 or more PDF e-books from the Craft & Vision collection. These codes expire at 11:59pm PST August 1, 2010.

Thank you for stopping by today…


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‘Silent Auction’ for a Good Cause

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”
~ Psalm 18:2 (ESV)

Gentry Rose

My sweet friend Lori blogged about little Gentry Rose in this post. Gentry Rose has been on my mind over the past week. I was thinking about how I could use my God-given talent of photography to help others. Okay, so I am not a famous photographer (yet – 😉 ); I do hope that I can raise some money for little Gentry Rose. Please visit the family’s blog to have a little background why I am trying to help…

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My part: I have the above photo printed (16 x 20) by the printing house I use for my portrait business. H&H Color Lab is a professional printer based in Missouri. I will pay for the print, the frame and shipping to the highest bidder…

Your part: The minimum bid for this one-of-a-kind print is $25. The silent auction will run from June 30th through July 7th. Please use my contact form to submit your bid (US & Canada only please). After the silent auction is over, I will direct the winner to Gentry Rose’s pay-pal account (in other words – I will not handle the donation).

Would you consider blogging about this silent auction so others can put in a bid for the print?

Why did I pick the sunflower shot? I really like sunflowers (I hope you do too). If you have ever driven through Arizona in the Summer — it is hot. But for one reason or another, sunflowers can be found by the road-side. In the deepest canyon you can find them raising their heads toward the sun. A marvelous sight – believe me…

Thank you for stopping by today and your consideration helping a little girl fighting autism…

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Little Sunshine

I love you, O Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
~ Psalm 18:1-3 (ESV)

Over the last week, little Gentry Rose has been on my mind. Please read Lori’s blog post about Gentry Rose. I kept thinking of how I can put my God-given talents of photography to good use…

I am not sure if this idea will work out, but I will give it a try. Later this week I will have a silent auction where you can get one of my latest landscape photographs as a print:

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Photo Action by PanosFX

I hope you are able to stop by later this week to get the details 😛 .

Have a blessed Sunday.

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