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    ... going on hikes, my three cats, my blackberry storm, going hunting. my macbook pro, going fishing, my homemade PC, exploring new places, taking pictures of people when they least expect it, Venti Caramel Macchiatos, going snowboarding, southern sweet tea, Canadians Eh?, first person shooter games, skateboarding, hanging out with friends...

    ...and I would love to get to know you. Hit me up with a phone call and lets meet for coffee to talk about your wedding day (or portrait session).

    - Jeremy Dwayne

Old Friends, and Falling Into a Frozen Lake

Ok, so lately I’ve been pretty busy. An old friend of mine came to visit me this past week. I haven’t seen her since I lived in New Brunswick, Canada over 10 years ago! She hasn’t changed a bit. Seeing she is Canadian, she wanted to go to this “America Mall” (Mall of America in Minnesota). So, obviously we went there on Friday.

Camp Snoopy (I think its still called that… correct me if I’m wrong) was fun, even though I didn’t fit in most of the rides. Legs are too long, the safety bars wouldn’t shut far enough I guess…:(

Anyways, I’ve been doing school work, being lazy, playing video games, drinking mountain dew…

…In my Professional Selling class today we talked about Lifelong Customers and if they actually exist. I am definitely a lifelong customer to Pepsi, and more specifically Mountain Dew. Some might call it an addiction, I call it heaven in a can. To help you bring it into more perspective, I drink 4-8 cans of mountain dew a day. I can taste the difference between MD from a can, bottle (glass and plastic), and a fountain… erm… dispenser?

Now, for the falling into a frozen lake part. I personally didn’t fall in, but I was filming the next episode of the Matt and Mike Show (skit for Friday Night Live at the Eau Claire Wesleyan Church ran by the Youth Group). And, Mike, was demonstrating to Matt that he would not fall into the lake, and if he were to, it would be at the edge. As he was saying this he was stomping his foot… which broke the ice… and his foot fell in… Too bad I wasn’t recording it!

Thats my random rant for the day… Happy March Everyone!

-Jeremy Dwayne

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Emailing the Obvious

So, I was sitting in my Professional Selling class the other day, bored out of my mind. Ok, so maybe I should be paying attention. WHATEVER… And, they’re teaching us how to “use our student email”… I’m sorry, but I grew up with computers, so I know how to use email.

But, this brought up a thought. Sometimes it’s a good idea to refresh ourselves with what we learned many years ago. For instance, as a photographer its good for us to revisit the basics and refresh our knowledge on how to pull off a great shot.

Some things to focus on:

  • Reading the Histogram correctly
  • Composition
  • Correct Lighting
    • Natural Ambient Light
    • On-Camera Flash (not the pop-up flash of death)
    • Off-Camera Flash
      • Once you discover soft, directional lighting you’ll understand why it is so much better than having a small flash on top of your camera.
  • How to use your gear efficiently and effectively
    • Learn to get away from the Auto Modes. I use Manual Mode 100% of the time, work your way to full manual by using shutter priority or aperture priority. With full control over your images your creativity is not limited by what the camera “thinks” the picture should look like
  • Nailing exposure

If you master those things, I can guarantee you’ll take much better pictures. Even if you just have a small Point ‘n Shoot camera. Those cameras do limit you some, but many of the newer ones give you the manual controls. At first it will be tough to transition to choosing everything, but once you get the hang of it you’ll never go back.

If anyone wants more information leave a comment on this post, and I’ll make another post with more detailed information. I might do a little video series to help teach people how to use their gear properly.

-Jeremy Dwayne

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Back To School

Well, I’ve been a little blog shy lately because I’ve been busy at school! The new semester has started, and I’m busy with homework once again. Christmas break was so nice. Sleep in till 4pm, ughh I want it back!! 8am classes are not fun, but thankfully my teachers are all nice.

I went to Rod n Gun park today with my friend, Austin, and his dog, Larry. We had fun walking around taking pictures and made fun of some drunk guys singing out on the ice while fishing in their small hut.

My attempt at Macro Photography… horrible, I know.

Allen and Jessica Garcia

I had the privilege to attend my cousin Allen’s wedding in April of 2009. It was such a nice venue in Mesa, Arizona. 110 degrees that afternoon! I was just a guest, so the images during the ceremony were taken from the crowd. The days after the wedding my family traveled to the Grand Canyon, the Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, and we finally finished up our long trip in Vista, California (near San Diego). I’ll post some pictures from those adventures soon. I know these are WAAAY overdue… but I figured better late than never!

The whole family (Mom’s Side)


The area the ceremony was in was amazing. It was out in the garden of this modern castle. So beautiful.

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My brother is finally home from Iraq!

Thats right! My bro is home. Well, almost. He’s in Wisconsin, he just has to stay at Fort McCoy for a couple days to be debriefed on stuff. So yeah, thats where I was all day. On the road and at Volk Air field on Camp Williams. We only got to spend an hour with him, but it was worth the 2 hour drive. And of course I took my camera with. Here are some photos I took there.


My Parents


Meet everyone else that was standing outside in the cold with us. Oh wait, there were more on the other side! So many people were there.


Of course mom is excited to have her son home.

And I handed my very expensive camera over to my dad, who… well doesn’t know how to use it. This is actually out of focus, I tried my best to fix it in post processing.
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