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Sneak Peak: Pittsburgh Senior Katie

by Jonathan 29 August 2010 Photography

I posted this story on the Dryrose blog about the senior portrait shoot we did this morning. Unfortunately, my crossposting gadget that keeps the Dryrose blog and the JJGM blog synched seems to have taken a semi-permanent nap. I’ll fix that, but in the meantime, here’s the post for your reading enjoyment: http://blog.dryrose.com/2010/08/29/sneak-peak-pittsburgh-senior-katie-2/

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A good teacher is always teaching

by Jonathan 28 August 2010 Photography
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A few weeks ago, we took the big family vacation to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We stayed in a pair of houses at one of our favorite spots there, St. Martin’s Point. This year, we were pleased to be able to have a bunch of people with us, including Jenny’s parents and two of her sisters, [...]

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Podcast: Basic Slideshow Creation in Final Cut Pro

by Jonathan 21 August 2010 Photography

This podcast describes the process for building a slideshow of photographs using Lightroom and Final Cut Pro.  I hope that it might be informative.  It’s a bit on the long side (about 34 minutes).  I’ll try to be more brief in the future.

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Desert Water

by Jonathan 20 August 2010 Photography
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Bexar County Windmill Water Basin I’ve been spending some time in San Antonio, Texas, and had some time to get out to do some photo-hiking. One of the hikes I took on Wednesday evening got a little more adventurous than I expected. This photograph is of a windmill water basin in Bexar County, in the [...]

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Some things go wrong, some things go right

by Jonathan 4 August 2010 Photography

We’ll start with the right stuff first.  Big on the top of that list are more booked jobs. Woo hoo!  My shoot schedule is starting to fill-up for the fall, so if you are interested and haven’t contacted me yet, please drop me a line soon!  If we’ve already talked, then you’re already on my [...]

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Meet Pittsburgh Senior Toma

by Jonathan 1 August 2010 Photography
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A week ago today, I had the pleasure of doing the senior portraits for a friend’s daughter, Toma. Jenny and I met Toma, her mother and grandmother at her home.  Her front porch had a spot with an interesting-but-neutral background, so I set up some lighting and we took a few photos there with Toma [...]

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Blog-like update!

by Jonathan 28 July 2010 House and Home
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Ahh, Tintern Abbey, UK, Fall 2009.  Sadly, it seems that we won’t be making it back to the UK or Netherlands this year.  The next time we get to go will likely be entirely for pleasure.  That has some advantages, of course–I won’t be occupied with work-related activities for any of our time there, for [...]

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Kayaking for Jenny’s Birthday

by Jonathan 18 July 2010 Outdoors
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We have a neat little tradition, my wife and I do.  When we get near each person’s birthday, the birthday person chooses a weekend, and then chooses some activities to do for the weekend.  The idea is that part of the birthday person’s gift is a weekend to do whatever sort of things they want. [...]

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Tunnel!

by Jonathan 14 July 2010 Outdoors
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The southern portal of the Kennerdell tunnel, from our ride this weekend.  We loved standing outside of this portal and getting blasted with the constant cool breeze.

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There’s something about being near water…

by Jonathan 12 July 2010 Outdoors
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Pittsburgh at night, bordered by water, is one of my favorite sights.  Here, we look across the Allegheny River, catching two of the Three Sisters (and, indirectly, Jenny!).  This is a continuation of the photos from the mini photo-walk that Jenny planned to help re-charge the Jonathan.  These are sometimes necessary, and I’m happy that [...]

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