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How to Look Your Best in a Portrait

A portrait can either bring out our best qualities, or it can make a normally beautiful face seem not so attractive. As a woman and a person with a normal amount of vanity (my husband might say a little more than normal, but he’s a scruffy man. What does he know?), I can attest to […]

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Interesting Portraits from Flickr

I’ve got faces on the brain tonight!  I usually don’t like portraits that are too contrived, although there is the occasional exception.  I don’t know…I like what I like and I know it when I see it.  I’m such a shut in taking care of my babies these days so most of my photography time […]

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Six Tips to Create Amazing Outdoor Family Portraits

There’s no end to the joy of a beautiful family portrait hanging in your home. Getting up every morning and enjoying an adequate sized family portrait hanging on your wall has a wonderful power to remind us what is most important to us each and every day.  Here are six important tips to help you […]

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Portrait Professional Review

I just downloaded the trial version of Portrait Professional.  I love it! I try a lot of different photography software and most of it ends up uninstalled and not purchased, since I usually find that what I already have is better.  At this point my entire arsenal of photography software includes: Photoshop CS6 Adobe Illustrator […]

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Pictures Of Male Faces

Recently, I wrote a post about female faces and feel that it’s time to feature some pictures of male faces as well. As an aside, I am about nine weeks pregnant, often sick as a dog, and always bone tired.  I don’t have the energy to post much at the moment as a result.  So, […]

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Photos Of Female Faces – Self-Portraits

So, I have been taking a lot of photos of my own face, which I promise I won’t subject you to!  However, this practice has spurred me to write a new post in photoluminary.  I suppose that I’ve had a bit of writer’s block in recent days.  It happens to everyone from time to time […]

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