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Apr 29th, 2008 | 13 Comments

Me: I just took 300 photographs. Innocent Bystander: 300?! Me: Yeah! And the memory card wasn't even full yet, I just got bored of pushing the remote button. Innocent Bystander: Wow. Me: Anyway, the point is, if one of these ... READ MORE ›

Mar 25th, 2008 | 9 Comments

also blue-ringed octopodes can kill you

Things: - C.K. Kelly Martin's book trailer for I Know It's Over. I can't wait to read it! - Last week I was thinking about Cracked Up to Be and emailed my rockstar editor and asked her if it was too late ... READ MORE ›

Mar 13th, 2008 | 9 Comments

bleh

A few hours in front of the camera, over 100 photos. Inside, outside. Not my favourite thing to do in the world (especially the outside bit!). Only one has gotten past Courtney's Critical Eye Test... Author photo attempt #1: So maybe ... READ MORE ›

Feb 26th, 2008 | 3 Comments

i am sorry

I think I am finished going through old photo discs. Now what else will I do with my time? I can't believe some of my old photographs, to be honest. I had somehow managed to block out that year I bleached ... READ MORE ›

Feb 21st, 2008 | 8 Comments

o to be this photographer again

I was rifling through old photographs and found these... ... And have come to the conclusion I need to find the photographic spark that drove me to take photographs outside in the freezing, blustering cold with no jacket or mittens on because I ... READ MORE ›

Feb 20th, 2008 | 15 Comments

lunar eclipse

My teeth were chattering, my eyes watered and my fingers are just now thawing out. I realized I am Pro Warm Weather Eclipses. You learn something new about yourself every day! READ MORE ›

Feb 17th, 2008 | 7 Comments

ready for my close-up

Susan wrote a great and very interesting post about author photos (keep your eye out for part two!). I don't know when I'll have to start worrying about my author photo in earnest but it has been suggested I table this ... READ MORE ›

Feb 12th, 2008 | 4 Comments

ew digital

The source of light is one of those fiber-optic light bouquets--I held the camera with one hand, the bouquet with the other AND PROCEEDED TO POKE MYSELF IN THE EYE REALLY HARD. Did you know those teeny little fiber optic lines ... READ MORE ›

Jan 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments

ay ya ya

It's true. January IS the longest month of the year. askljdfklhjasdf READ MORE ›

Jan 10th, 2008 | 9 Comments

potential author photo?

Author photo, Y? I would like to start a trend of author photos with less face. Faces are so overrated, in my opinion. My dream is to take an author photo holding a sign that says HI MOM but ... READ MORE ›