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Monthly Archives: May 2010

Digital Image Cafe Photo of the Day

Congratulations! Your submitted image, High Key Hattie, has been selected in our ‘Photo of the Day’ contest for 5/26/2010. Please take this opportunity to give back to the Digital Image Cafe community by visiting the Critique Corner and commenting on an image awaiting a critique. Again, Congratulations and thank you! Todd & Cathy MacMillan Awww…this…

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Retouching

One of the most important steps that a professional photographer takes with a client’s image is retouching. This is a matter of personal taste and style, but in portrait photography it can be as simple as removing a few blemishes or smoothing skin tone, or as complex as applying digital makeup, removing braces or appling…

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Digital Image Cafe Photo of the Day Selection Notification

Congratulations! Your submitted image, >Expectation, has been selected in our ‘Photo of the Day’ contest for 5/21/2010. Please take this opportunity to give back to the Digital Image Cafe community by visiting the Critique Corner and commenting on an image awaiting a critique. Again, Congratulations and thank you! Todd & Cathy MacMillan Digital Image Cafe

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Backyard Chickens?!

We may be setting off on a new adventure–my ambitious daughter informed me that she wants to raise chickens, well, hens specifically, you know, ‘farm fresh eggs’ and all….   I crossed my fingers and sent her to present her plans to the neighbors, as we do our best to be, well, neighborly.  The look on her face as…

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Garden photos

I knew I had to get a picture of my bleeding hearts, as I had to tear them out to plant a new Japanese Maple. The new tree replaced an old vine maple that was threatening visitors who walked up my sidewalk…:o) I found this little visitor in one of my potted plants enjoying the…

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