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Feb 10, 2012

PhotoPlay: When God Makes the Outtakes into the Real Thing

Kelly Sauer

"A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." (Proverbs 16:9) Few things in life ever go exactly as planned. Everybody knows the inconvenience of reorganized schedules and the frustration of unfulfilled dreams....

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Jan 27, 2012

Art May Not Be Truth, But It Tells It

Kelly Sauer

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and for the artists, this may never become cliché. We walk around in constant wonder, proving it true again and again. Art brings the eternal into the boundaries of time....

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Jan 13, 2012

Photoplay: Budgeting Relationship in 2012

Kelly Sauer

One of my business goals in 2012 is to invest more in clients and fellow vendors....

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Dec 30, 2011

PhotoPlay Gallery: Sounds of Your Season

Kelly Sauer

In December, our PhotoPlay and Random Acts of Poetry prompts focused on the sounds of the season. Our PhotoPlay gallery (below) is a festive collection of the sounds of your Christmas that has left us wanting more....

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Dec 16, 2011

PhotoPlay Christmas: Do You See What I Hear?

Kelly Sauer

  “Jingle bells, jingle bells….” The sound of my daughter’s voice came down the hall, accompanied by a nonsensical piano tune. Just a few minutes earlier, I had heard her instructing her younger brother on the proper procedure for Christmas....

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Nov 18, 2011

PhotoPlay Gallery: Look Up!

Tina Howard

For our November PhotoPlay, I challenged you to lie down to gain a different perspective. I appreciated that some of you, like Ann Kroeker (above, top), risked being laughed at by onlookers. Mark Charles (above, middle) showed how perspective can create some truly fascinating images—even with a camera phone....

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Nov 11, 2011

PhotoPlay: From My Back

Tina Howard

My brain was full and I needed some time to think. I had come to this place to rest - to retreat - but so far, more had been stirred than settled. Julia’s words from the prior evening lingered in my mind: I lie down there under Orion’s belt until snow melts through my hair to the back of my neck....

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Oct 21, 2011

PhotoPlay Gallery: The Kelly Effect

Kelly Sauer

For PhotoPlay this month, I shared how the use of contre-jour helped me through a difficult time, and then asked you to try to imitate the effect with your camera. High Calling members, Mark Ettinger and Susan Etole, respectively, took the two featured photos above. L.L....

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Oct 14, 2011

PhotoPlay: Contre-Jour, a Reason to Take Pictures

Kelly Sauer

I remember the darkness. The darkness and the photos. In the two years after the birth of my first child, I lived in the shadow of severe postpartum depression that erased all memory except the moments and light I captured on camera....

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Sep 23, 2011

Rust: A High Calling Gallery

Claire Burge

We're trying a new format for the gallery this month, which requires less technical work on the back end to publish. We hope you like it. For PhotoPlay and Random Acts of Poetry, we asked you to think about rust and how it alters an object....

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