photography

Festivities & Photos

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on December 11, 2011

in photography

For the last few years, my friend Kristin has hosted a glorious holiday party for all her friends. She goes all-out, filling her friends with the warmth of delicious food, good wine, and the unmistakable feeling of friendship. This year was no exception, and we spent a good portion of the night discussing how 2012 [...]

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Family Photo Shoot: Kim & Family

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on October 16, 2011

in Photo Gigs, photography

This was the second weekend in a row with a photo shoot, and I officially have NO idea how wedding photographers do this every weekend! Kim is a coworker of mine, and I met with her and her family (M, N, & B; names hidden for privacy) today at her beautiful home. I was pleasantly [...]

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Engagement Photo Shoot: Erin & Matthew

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on October 10, 2011

in friends, Photo Gigs, photography

I’m going to toot my own horn for a minute. I know that I’m fairly decent at taking pictures of things that sit still. Food, beverages, sleeping animals, and things in nature. A few times now though, people have trusted me to take photos of themselves or their families for specific events. Christina’s engagement photos, [...]

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Photo & Fingernail Friday

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on September 2, 2011

in nails, photography, random, Side Dishes

I toyed for about five minutes with calling this post “Five Photo Fingernail Friday” but I thought that might be a tad annoying. As promised, today is Fingernail Friday in which I indulge you all in photos of my latest addiction (which conveniently helps me from snacking when bored!). First, a student-requested cupcake manicure which [...]

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Photo Friday: Welcome Home!

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on August 19, 2011

in photography, random

Well, I survived! 10 weeks of camp, dozens of kids, endless sunshine and fun… And I. Am. Exhausted. But one thing after a long last day made me incredibly happy. See, we’ve been watching my mom and stepdad’s goldendoodle, Stella, for the last week. That means 3 happy dog faces when I get home!! I [...]

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Sensational Sunday: Looking Back

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on August 14, 2011

in family, friends, photography, Sensational Sundays

I truly cannot believe that it’s been almost 10 weeks of summer already. Camp ends on Friday, and school stuff starts again on Tuesday. It’s been a long and busy summer, as many of you can tell by my general lack of posting! I’ll be back in the kitchen more soon (which my waistline will [...]

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