Overcoming fears

July 15, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Today I want to share that I am incredibly self concious when taking self portraits. I always feel silly, I try to avoid areas or times with lots of people and there have been times I skipped the photo altogether because of it. Well, I'm trying not to let that stop me. I wanted to do a photo in the water by the river. It's at a popular park and was...
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Scouting for locations

July 13, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
It couldn't be a more perfect summer day so I went out looking for interesting places for portraits. I also had a nice nature hike while I was out there. Here are some of the locations I came up with. This is all at Knock Knolls Park in Naperville. I might have to go tomorrow morning. I also took a nice hike through the forest and prairie....
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Arcangel Images

July 10, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
I'm excited to share that I am now a contributor on Arcangel Images. You can see my portfolio there with a search of my name Diane K. Miller. Being accepted has reminded me not to give up just because I hear "no" from one place or person. In this business the word "no" seems to happen more than "yes" sometimes but if you find a good fit, then it st...
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Dramatic Skies Ahead

July 07, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
I know I shared my free sky backgrounds/textures in a post about a week ago but I thought I'd share some recent images where I used sky backgrounds from the same shoot to give you an idea of how you can use them. These two images were photographed indoors against a white background (a wall can work for this) using a single speedlight flash for l...
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Happy Fourth

July 04, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
I remember when I was a kid, going to fireworks on the fourth of July with my family. Laying on the ground staring straight at the sky in wonder as the fireworks went off, seeming so close that embers might land on me. Now I go with my grown up family consisting of my husband, me and our son. I remember the first time my son saw fireworks. He was a...
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