*special announcement*

2008-10-05T19:47:38-05:00October 5th, 2008|Announcements, Client Work|

Because I had to reschedule two of the mini sessions originally planned for this weekend due to little toddler busted lips ( 🙁 )I will be opening up my calendar next Sunday, October 12th for a few hours to do three additional mini sessions.  If you are interested, email me at lstradtner@mac.com for details.  Three spots, first come, first serve!

Anne Oliver: A lesson in backlighting

2008-10-02T08:20:48-05:00October 2nd, 2008|Announcements|

I don’t know about you guys, but when I first started to learn how to use my camera, I was scared of the sun.  Scared.  As in only go out on cloudy days or find very large patches of shade, kind of scared.  But there is a whole world out there that I was missing, silhouettes, sun flare and backlighting.  It took some time, some research and a ton of practice to start getting it right.  I love the sun now, being able to use it to your benefit is powerful, especially for a pro.  I get lots of questions about how I shoot backlit photos, and since y’all know I’m not the best teacher, I thought I’d ask someone […]

giving back . hurricane ike

2008-09-17T07:03:39-05:00September 17th, 2008|Announcements, Client Work|

hurricanes, not my favorite subject.  especially when i think about everything katrina took from us.  all the heart ache and tears she caused us.  precious time she took away from us enjoying taryn as a baby.  and photographs.  she stole so many photographs.

that is one of the driving forces behind what i do.  why i love photography.  why i dove in to learning, capturing.  my instant and immediate need after the storm to have printed memories again.  they can’t be replaced, but many of them are etched in my mind.  i so wish we would have taken many of them with us, instead of just some.  but i can’t change that now.

when a hurricane hits, so many of us, feel […]

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