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For those of us who are hobby photographers, you might be thinking you're going to drop some cash on gear to shoot the eclipse August 21st.  Nope.  Your smart phone will be fine.

This was my very first Boise Music Festival. It was more than I could have ever imagined. From the tent experience with all of you to the brilliant performances from Andy Grammer, Coolio, Nelly and Daughtry to just walking around and smelling the amazing food...

I try to have professional family photos taken every 6 months. The kids grow so fast and look so different from one year to the next,  that twice a year seems to work best for us. Getting everyone looking in the same direction and smiling has to be one of the top 10 most frustrating things on my list. We ...

It's the time of year in Idaho when a wildflower patch can draw dozens of freshly bathed kids in their cutest clothes, along with those amazing parents-of-the-year armed with high tech zoom lenses ready to upload the photos to online scrapbooks right away to share with Grandma and Grandpa in Poughkeepsie.  And then there are the rest of us.  This was kind of a disaster.

If you, like me, end up taking frequent selfies (often mine are with my kiddo), you probably have a "selfie lean."  A habit of posing with your head in the same place.

As I was driving into work today, it hit me again how beautiful the Treasure Valley is.  The fall colors are amazing.

Ladies, if you're anything like me you have a "Mama Bear" streak in ya at times and the adrenalin kicks in, and you'll do anything you need to do to protect your young.

Do you ever get curious about the people you don't know, who are liking your photos online? Do you ever click over and see who in the heck they are, and try to learn about them?  It might be worth the time.  I just read about one girl who met her husband that way.

A 14 year-old boy with a history of running away found a place where he could run away to, enjoy almost any food he wanted, a variety of clothing choices, and moderately clean bathrooms.  He chose Walmart. He made a "structure" between displays and made it four days before store security finally caught on.  It...

Now that we're all being PHOTOGRAPHED all the time . . . and tagged on Facebook whether we like it or not . . . I'm guessing you'd prefer to look more like a MODEL in those photos, right?