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All Hail the Graduates

By Annette Heidmann June 17, 2017 Art, Photography, Portraits No Comments
All Hail the Graduates

I have been slowly learning my craft as a photographer over the last several years, discovering what I like to see in a photo, learning a little about composition, learning…

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Respite

By Annette Heidmann June 17, 2017 Arizona, Art, At Play, Family Life, Fostering, Fun, Landscape, Out & About, Photography, Portraits, Ranch, Scenery, Sightseeing No Comments
Respite

If I were to pick a word to describe this past couple of years, I think “challenging” would be barely adequate. It’s not just the numbers – going from five…

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19 Years of Geneva Melody

By Annette Heidmann May 13, 2017 At Play, Birthday, Celebrations, Family Life, Fellowship, Food, Fun, Gatherings, Love, Macro, Photography, Portraits, Still Life 1 Comment
19 Years of Geneva Melody

Today, on the 100th Anniversary of Fatima, we also celebrated 19 years of Geneva Melody, our resident composer-piano/ukulele player-rapper-drummer-vocalist-music-producer-writer-comedienne.  Yeah, she’s crazy talented, low key, and awesome and we love…

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A Perfect Sunday Afternoon

By Annette Heidmann May 9, 2017 At Play, Family Life, Fun, Landscape, Out & About, Photo Walks, Photography, Photography, Portraits No Comments
A Perfect Sunday Afternoon

Sunday afternoon was one of the most perfect weather days ever, a complete outlier for the month of May in Arizona, when the temperature barely hit 70 for a high.…

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Sun Lakes

By Annette Heidmann January 3, 2017 Celebrations, Family Life, Food, Fostering, Fun, Gatherings, Holidays, In the Kitchen, Landscape, New Baby, New Years Day, Out & About, Photo Walks, Photography No Comments
Sun Lakes

A lot of years we have done a photo walk with the family on or the day after New Year’s Day. This year the holiday fell on Sunday, which doesn’t…

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By Annette Heidmann January 1, 2017 Birthday, Celebrations, Family Life, Milestones, Photography, Portraits 2 Comments
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Another New Year’s Day brings with it another birthday for my firstborn. This is the twenty-second birthday we are celebrating together, and I know almost certainly that it will be…

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Boxing Day at the Park

By Annette Heidmann January 1, 2017 Art, Christmas, Family Life, Fellowship, Food, Friends, Fun, Holidays, Landscape, Out & About, Photo Walks, Photography, Portraits No Comments
Boxing Day at the Park

After a weekend of celebration and crazy schedules and too much sugar, there’s nothing like getting out into nature a little to settle the minds and hearts of our kiddos.…

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Autumn on the Carrizo

By Annette Heidmann November 3, 2016 Arizona, At Play, Family Life, Landscape, Out & About, Photography, Ranch, Scenery No Comments
Autumn on the Carrizo

The last part of the afternoon on Saturday was divided between some shooting for Jake, Daddy and Laurent, and finally, one more hike down to the Carrizo Wash, this time…

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Sightseeing

By Annette Heidmann November 3, 2016 Arizona, Family Life, Fun, Landscape, Out & About, Photography, Ranch, Scenery, Sightseeing No Comments
Sightseeing

While the board members were meeting at our cabin on Saturday morning, I thought it prudent to remove the hoard of children from the immediate vicinity and take them on…

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Evening at the Park

By Annette Heidmann October 23, 2016 At Play, Family Life, Landscape, Out & About 1 Comment
Evening at the Park

While I made dinner one night this week, Dad took a bunch of the kids to a nearby park to wander around and look at the geese. Since I’ve been…

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In which I try new things with limited success

By Annette Heidmann October 11, 2016 Art, Photography, Portraits, Studio 1 Comment
In which I try new things with limited success

Another episode in my long, painfully slow saga of becoming a decent photographer. In this episode, I set up my new equipment. I recently acquired a set of light boxes, a backdrop stand,…

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