enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: photography
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I get questions often about how I organize my digital photos. I always respond that I really don't. This is what I do: I plug in my phone or my camera into my laptop. iPhoto pops up. I transfer all the photos there. I name the event something classy and super specific like like "mid-July…
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Really this post could be called my favorite tricks for photographing anything. I have about seven techniques (not included here are holding an object in my fingers against a clean wall (example!) or holding an object in my palm against a cool patterned ground (example!)) that I just cycle through over and over and over…
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A few weeks ago, Paul and I were watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother where Ted, the main character, is eating his first plate of bacon ever. He's obsessed and hovering over it like a wild animal; not letting anyone take the plate away and unwilling to share. Mostly joking, Paul turned…
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Awhile back I shared the Pinhole Press photo book I had made of my maternity shoot and our family photos. I was SO in love with the book that I decided to make one more that showcased some of the professional photos we were lucky to have taken in the years before Ellerie was born.…
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Two weeks ago, inspired by Tara Whitney, I took my film camera out on a walk. Ellerie in the stroller, music in my earbuds, camera in my hand. We took our normal walk up the hill to the market and back down. It takes about 40 minutes round trip and kills like six birds with…
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This past week I discovered the waterlogue app (so far just available on Apple products) and I'm having way too much fun with it. It takes your phone photos and turns them into pretty sweet watercolor "paintings." In Paul's words, the human faces look "creepy" – I think it's the eyes – but the results…
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So far, I have taken a photo each morning of 2014 and shared on Instagram. This project was not something I thought about much in advance but it's become a simple habit that brings me joy. Mornings are my favorite time of day. (I have blogged about this before.) I am having fun with this…
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I get a lot of questions about the TimerCam app on Instagram and so I thought it was about time I wrote a post about how I use it and my "tips." This app is hands down my favorite photo app and it gets used almost everyday. I love that it's free and doesn't come…
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Last week at Play! in Anaheim, I had the pleasure of listening to Tracey Clark talk about fun photography. She said a lot of good things, but the one thing that really stuck with me was her encouragement to get out of "snapshot mode." "Snapshot mode," according to Tracey, is standing up straight, facing your…
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You may remember that in May I had a maternity shoot with the fabulous Tara Whitney. Then, in July, after Paul was officially home from deployment we did a family shoot at the house. I have printed and framed a few of the photos from that shoot (hopefully more to come). But I really wanted…
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