Precious #family #memories: The old, lost, and new #RealTimes #ad

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Photography is always something I've loved. I enjoy taking pictures of the people I love. Perhaps it all started in my childhood when I remember seeing our family pictures. There was one in particular that I adored of my little brother. Actually, scratch that, all of his pictures were adorable. As I grew up, I enjoyed taking pictures of my friends and family. Before the digital age, I would love processing the film and seeing our memories etched onto pictures for future generations to come.

8 #Tips on how to take great #Selfies #sp

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Selfies...we all know it. It's the new thing to do these days. Snap a quick selfie by yourself, with friends, at an event, or whatever. It's the thing to do these days and it can create fantastic memories. Do you do them? Know someone who does? There's always the ones that look fabulously glamorous and the ones that straight up look hideous. I've had my share of both. Ever wanted to take them better? Or for fashion bloggers like myself, it drives me nuts when the hubby can't take the photo from an angle that I want. It'd be so much easier if I could do it myself.

The convenience of the #DRApp #cbias #SocialFabric

I love my photos and I certainly love my Duane Reade, being that they're so convenient. So when the new #DRApp came out, I was one of the first to hop on and give it a whirl.

#Klooff...the #Instagram for my #Dogs & Pet Bed #Sweepstakes 06/27 US #Photography #Pets #App

So you like Instagram? I do, you've seen me post tons of review pics using Instagram and now there's something like Instagram for your pets too. It's called Kloof. I'm a picture freak...you might also call me a pawparazzi. I have thousands of pictures of my two babies on my phone! So, this app is perfect for me.

Shutterfly Holiday Card Review -They're In!

Okay, remember a while back, I did this post about these really cute designs from Shutterfly for Christmas cards? So, I finally found some time to design my own cards and omg, the process was so easy and there were so many effects that I still had a hard time choosing. I'm a little shy about my cards so I'll blog about what I did instead. I thought it'd be fun and hilarious to make a storyline involving my puppy and use the card to break the news to our family and friends that we recently got a new pup. 

Here's the design I used, I liked how it was simple and elegant.  So, basically, in the center frame is our adorable pup and then surrounding that center picture are pictures of us with funny or shocked faces like "Oh no, what have we done!?" I know, I know, you have to use your imagination but they turned out great! There were even effects for the pictures, you could make them black and white or do that hazy look that makes everything kind of dreamy. I got the cards within a week of designing them and I was very pleased with their quality and speed of delivery! I was expecting paper thin cards but they came on these thick high quality photopaper and wow, I am definitely impressed! I think our families will get a pleasant and shocking surprise when they receive these cards.

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I love to take pictures...so here's another freebie!

I like to call myself an amateur photographer. I love taking pictures of pretty much anything. Here's one of my favorite pictures that I took when I was in Edinburgh, Scotland. 


When I saw this freebie I'm about to share, I couldn't pass it up. Fellow photographers, here is a link to grab "The Essential Guide To Digital Photography [PDF]" for free. Enjoy! Happy picture taking!

Until next time,

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