Youngblood Photography

Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival Photo Contest!!

2010-06-23T13:19:00.001-06:00

So, today is a great day!.. I just found out that I won the Tulip Festival Photo contest at Thanksgiving Point. I decided to share the images that I submitted and also the WINNING PHOTOGRAPH.. Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them!!!

Here is the WINNER!!!!!

and here are the runners up!

Dyana

2010-05-24T18:42:00.001-06:00

OK this was one of the funnest shoots ever.. I had so much fun with this girl.. I love love love having "little sisters"
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Eachus Family

2009-12-30T00:42:00.003-07:00

This was a fun shoot!! A little challenging in the cold but we made it work! :) Thanks Steve and Ranae for the fun time~

Hendricksen Family

2009-11-29T10:34:00.000-07:00

This was a fun shoot.. They are such a cute family and the weather cooperated perfectly! :) Thanks again for sharing your family with me.

Carol

2009-11-14T21:17:00.009-07:00

This was a great day... I love this woman, she is the strongest, most passionate and loving woman I know and I am very proud to call her my MOM!!

Mike, Rena and Cody!

2009-11-07T21:42:00.003-07:00

OK... Talk about a cute family..... This shoot was so much fun! Thanks to Cody he kept everyone smiling on que....1..6..3..4..2.."Smile"..

Playing in Lightroom!

2009-10-29T17:42:00.005-06:00

The more I learn about Lightroom, the more I love it! Im a lucky Girl!!

John and Family

2009-10-22T14:52:00.004-06:00

I had the opportunity of taking some family portraits for a long time friend of mine. It was such a great day. Great fall colors, great fall smells, and wonderful company!! Who could ask for more!
~Thanks for sharing your family with me!

Children

2009-09-27T11:37:00.000-06:00

I Love taking pictures of kids.. There is something about there honesty that just makes me smile!

Family Portraits

2009-09-26T11:27:00.000-06:00

Here are some family shoots that I have done recently!

Ethan and Rylan

2009-09-25T18:19:00.012-06:00

Oh how I love these two boys!

Its so much fun watching them grow up!

Portraits

2009-09-23T19:41:00.000-06:00

Boy to I love to see smiles! Seeing someone smile makes you smile no matter the mood your in!

Summer Fun

2009-08-01T15:18:00.002-06:00

Pow Wow

2009-07-25T15:16:00.003-06:00

Kadence

2009-07-05T23:56:00.010-06:00

Random Moments In Nature

2009-07-02T14:58:00.000-06:00

A Walk around the yard!

2009-06-17T20:45:00.000-06:00

Today I took a little walk around my yard and found some great colors and flowers. Thought I would share some of the photos.

This is one of the many Burning Bushes throughout the yard.

Here is one of my favorites.. African Daiseys!

And WHO could walk past my ROSE without stopping for a photo! What an amazing rose bush this has turned out to be ;)

50 Things I Have Learned About Photography.

2009-06-05T19:24:00.000-06:00

I found a list of 100 things to learn about photography and I just picked my favorite 50. I wont take credit for these as others do.....because No..I didnt come up with them.
*****To View the whole list go to http://digital-photography-school.com/100-things-ive-learned-about-photography

1. Never do photography to become a rock-star.
2. Enjoy what you are shooting.
3. Prepare well for your shooting, realizing that your battery isn’t charge when you’re setting up for that sunrise shoot is too late!
4. Pay attention to your thoughts and emotions while you are shooting
5. Set goals you can achieve.
6. Never go shooting without a tripod
7. Be pleased with the little prosperities
8. Watch the place you want to shoot first with your heart then with the camera
9. Always stay calm
10. Know that you tend to overestimate yourself
11. Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much
12. Keep your camera clean
13. Never compare yourself to others in a better or worse context
14. DONT copy friends work. Find your own style of photography.
15. Try to compose more and to hit the shutter less
16. Don’t copy other photographer’s style
17. Be bold
18. Take self portraits
19. Read books about photography
20. Always shoot in RAW
21. Discover the things you think are beautiful
22. It takes time to become a good photographer
23. The best equipment is that what you have now
24. You can’t take photographs of everything
25. Break the rules of photography knowingly, but not your camera ;)
26. Clouds increase the atmosphere of a landscape
27. You are not your camera
28. No image is better than a bad one
29. Everyone has to start little
30. Your opinion about photography is important!
31. Always remember what brought you to photography
32. Always turn arround, sometimes the better image is behind you
33. It’s who’s behind the camera, not the camera
34. Mistakes are allowed! The more mistakes you make, the more you learn!
35. If you have an idea and immediately you think : No, this is not going to work - Do it anyway. When in doubt - always shoot.
36. Know your camera, because searching the menu button in the night is time you don’t want to waste
37. Shoot as often as possible
38. Believe in yourself !!
39. Don’t be afraid of getting dirty BE THE BUG!!!
40. Your photographs are a personal map of your psyche.
41. Be thankful for long and thoughtful comments on your images
42. Learn to enjoy beautiful moments when you don’t have a camera with you.
43. Always arrive at least half an hour earlier before sunrise / sundown, composing in a hurry is a bad thing.
44. Visit the same place as often as possible. Light never shows the same mountain.
45. Print your images in big size. You will love it.
46. Don’t think about what others may say about your image. If you like it, it’s worth publishing.
47. Never address reproaches to yourself. Learn from your mistakes and look forward, not backward.
48. Photography is never a waste of time.
49. There will always be people who will not like what you are doing.
50. Henri Cartier-Bresson was right when he said that “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”