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Jonny Love - Missouri City Family Portrait

Missouri City Portrait Photographer – Jonny Love

I went to high school with Jonny's father Brian but had lost touch with him for over 10 years. By chance, we got together via some mutual friends and ended up chatting for quite a while. After another person entered the conversation, Brian snuck off into the other room for a moment. Not knowing what he was doing I continued on, thinking he simply had to use the restroom. When Brian returned, he had a 5x7 photo that Jonny had taken...

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Amazing Photoshop Skin Smoothing: Portraiture Plug-in Review

The Portraiture Photoshop plug-in was initially intended for professional photographers. However, it is still a wonderful addition that every photographer should have in his or her kit. If you are the family photographer, you may be in charge of recording all family events. Now, this can turn out to be a thankless job since people do not seem to think much about it. However, the reality is the job of a family photographer is different from what people perceive or...

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Texas Drought 2011 – No Rain in Sight

  I've heard weather forecasters talk about Texas drought conditions several times in my life but never for this long. The whole ecosystem is being thrown off by the lack of water. We've had possums in our flower beds earlier in the evening and later into the morning consistently as the drought has continued. As much as I hate mosquitoes, the pesky insects play a part in the ecosystem. When they don't show up for a whole year, there has to...

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Houston Family Photography with Deborah and Jules

As a three time cancer survivor, Deborah is one of the strongest women I have ever met. She is so upbeat, energetic and always willing to help a neighbor out. Deborah grew up in a home in Houston where family photography was and still is very important. She has told me of 40" x 60" prints of her parents that the family still values as treasured possessions. After investing in a 24" x 36" canvas photograph from her session, Deborah's legacy...

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Houston Family Photographer – Deborah and Jules

If you don't mind me asking, what do you have on the walls of your home?  Mounted posters of vintage french food or liquor ads from Z-Gallery?  Various Tchotchke's from far-flung corners of the world? Framed reproductions of famous paintings?  Even better, I'm sure some have real oil paintings? The point is, you probably have some adequately-sized art work on your wall of varying cost and quality.  What matters to you is what this artwork says about who you are...