Kirschman Family Film at Cathedral Park

Kirschman Family Film at Cathedral Park

There is nothing dreamier than when the sun comes out in Portland, Oregon. The benefit to nearly year round rain is that even when it finally gets warm, everything is green and lush and beautiful!

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Getting Mom in the Photo with Self Portraiture: Timers and Remotes

Getting Mom in the Photo with Self Portraiture: Timers and Remotes

Finding someone to take our photos occasionally isn't always an option and for those spur of the moment creations you envision, it for sure isn't going to happen.  Maybe your budget is tight and you don't want to invest in a professional photographer, or maybe you ARE a photographer and can't bring yourself to pay someone else to do what you are perfectly capable of doing. 

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Balancing Life as a Mom, Author, and Lava Cone Bicyclist

Balancing Life as a Mom, Author, and Lava Cone Bicyclist

I am always inspired by women who after having children, find a path for creativity and success. Keira Dominguez, a friend and author, is just one of those inspirations. In the midst of raising 5 children, she published her first of what fans hope will be many regency romance novels.

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Avoid Guilt and Regret: Mom, Get in the Photo

Avoid Guilt and Regret: Mom, Get in the Photo

Parents die.  Children grow up and leave home.  It is a horrible, depressing and possibly harsh thing to start this post off with, but so often we are self-conscious of our looks or our body and don't want to be in the image.  If you were to pass away suddenly, would your children care one wit about those scowl wrinkles?

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