Diane K. Miller, Naperville Portrait Photography

Summer's ending

September 04, 2014 • Leave a Comment

While it's not the meteorological end of summer, with the kids all back to school, some for several weeks already, and with Labor Day past us, it feels like the psychological and practical end of summer. Summer and it's long days free of responsibilities (well for the kids) but at work there may be certain freedoms. Now it's time to focus, get ba...

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Drowning

September 02, 2014 • Leave a Comment

I have been wanting to do a photo like this for years now, really ever since Florence and the Machine released "Never Let Me Go", which was my inspiration. (Listen below.) When I first heard the song and had ideas in my mind, I didn't know how to execute the images I wanted. but I kept it with me and have been working on the idea this year. Some...

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Five tips to improve your work

August 29, 2014 • 1 Comment

I've been struggling to keep up with my blog. I have been working on lots of new photographs however. Some are working out while others are total failures. But I'm learning and so failing at a photograph isn't as terrible as it may sound. Some are failures at the start but then after a break and retry they have worked out. That is the process I tak...

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Thoughts for Tippy

August 25, 2014 • 1 Comment

My son's cat Tippy is not feeling well. I can't get her to eat and she is so sad. I thought I'd share a few photos of her, even though it's not my normal subject here. I hope she feels better soon.

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A girl and her horse

August 20, 2014 • Leave a Comment

I had been wanting to photograph myself with this horse for a while. It was my son's toy when he was younger. I had a similar one when I was a child. There was just so much sentimental memory there. I finally cleaned out the basement and did the photos. Above and below are the creations I came up with. I was going for a left in the basement/forgott...

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