Diane K. Miller, Naperville Portrait Photography

The Making of Amphitrite

July 23, 2014 • 4 Comments

As promised, here are some of the before images and the after image of my photo Amphitrite which was taken in early June at the Indian Dunes/Lakeshore in collaboration with Shelly Schwegel. I also include my initial sketch at the end of this post. Please be kind as I am not a sketch artist. The top three images on the left of the below picture are...

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Suburban Wasteland

July 21, 2014 • Leave a Comment

This is a bit of a study on suburbia today and a general environmental piece. I went to what once was a Domincks and used the empty parking lot of the strip mall and the abandoned grocery store as my background. I floated several empty plastic bags around me. They are everywhere and a problem. Many places are moving to paper, give a choice and enco...

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Drowning in my own Tub

July 18, 2014 • Leave a Comment

I tried my first take at some photos with me emerged in water which is something I have wanted to do but been hesitant for a variety of reasons. One, I don't really like getting into pools, ponds, etc. especially with cloths on and I struggle to ask models to do things I don't like to do. I do have the image of Shelly in the lake with water half wa...

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Opening Today

July 17, 2014 • Leave a Comment

That's right, it's today! If you are in the Orlando, area, stop by between 6 and 9 pm tonight or visit some other time during the exhibit. If you do, please share a photo on my Facebook Page DK Miller.

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Feast of the Mosquito

July 15, 2014 • 1 Comment

I ordered three vintage dresses and they arrived so Sunday I did a bit of an unplanned shoot with one of them. Today, I'm sharing some of the photos. I haven't finalized titles yet but am jokingly calling the above photo "Feast of the Mosquito" because I was swarmed by mosquitoes to the point I really just took a couple quick pics and ran as fast a...

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