Category Archives: musings and inspiration

Welcome Photographer Megan Drane to the Cafe

Megan Drane of Firefly Nights Photography is here to tell us about a particularly special photography specialty.  Her work with photographing children with special needs has been featured on Chicago’s ABC News,autismpodcast.org, has been published with Celebrate Differences, and will be published in the international magazine, Autism File.  Thank you, Megan, for the priceless work...

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the oh so lovely Joyce Smith and her gorgeous new studio

Joyce is one of my favorite people.  So incredibly talented and smart, with impeccable taste and style–is there anything Joyce can’t do– and do phenomenally well?!   Her photography is, of course, inspirational:  Joyce Smith Photography.  Her Wordsmith products are can’t-live-without:  Wordsmith for Photographers.  And, now she is offering amazingly practical and thorough workshops:  Extraordinary Workshops. ...

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we are celebrating with a SALE!

Whew!  We have to say that cleaning a virus off a server will now forever be ranked up there with being in labor for 24 hours or having a root canal.   Thankfully, this blog is now up and virus free thanks to our hard working tech guy who went through and cleaned code in thousands of...

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featured studio | Michelle Carr Photography

If you dream of having a studio someday or just want to give yours a little WOW factor… have we got some eye candy and inspiration for you!  A huge thank you to Michelle from Michelle Carr Photography for giving all of us a visual VIP tour…  As you will see Michelle has an insane talent...

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Are you WPPI-ing?

Who knew WPPI could be turned into a verb?! In case you hadn’t heard WPPI is hosting their annual, huge, fantastic convention in Las Vegas beginning this weekend. We have attended in recent years and always enjoy the gigantic tradeshow, the inspirational and educational print judging, the classes, and probably most of all, the opportunity...

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