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Hello all! Gosh it's been a while since I've posted a journal!

I've been around, lurking in dark corners and enjoying your work... so much wonderful art, you are all soooo talented! Life has been a bit busy for me, had a lot of stuff to do with/for my kids plus all sorts of other things that have been popping up. October snuck up on me and flew right past!

I have been poring through my images trying to choose my best ones for a portfolio... trying to make it perfect. An acquaintance of my husband has connections to a Professor of Photography who is on the national board of directors for the Society for Photographic Education and arranges gallery showings. I'm not expecting a lot (I know I have a lot to learn still), but I'm taking the opportunity to have her critique my work so that I may learn and improve. It's very exciting and scary at the same time. Right now I'm in the process of having trusted friends proof the portfolio for any spelling/grammatical errors and in the next couple of days I'll be doing a headshot. When it's completed, I'll share with you as well.

It may seem, due to the lack of new work from me, that I haven't had the chance to get out and do photography of late. That is partly true, but I'm also beginning to concentrate a little bit more on portraiture and because my subjects are very young, I don't feel comfortable uploading those images here. I will share portraits of adults as soon as I find willing subjects.

I've been asked to be the photographer for my cousin's wedding next year... at first I was hesitant to say yes; obviously my forte or preference has been nature photography. But she assured me I'm quite the capable photographer, and because it's a second marriage she wanted to keep everything small and informal, including the photography. So I'm approaching this with a bit of optimism; I have nearly one full year to hone my skills in "people pictures", it gives me an opportunity to learn something new, and I get to step out of my own personal "box".

Now, if only Santa would bring me a Canon dSLR with a variety of lenses (maybe throw in a tilt-shift and lensbaby too )! A girl can hope and wish, right?

I hope you all have a great day! Talk to y'all later!

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Thanks, as always, to everyone that has viewed or ed my work... I hope you enjoyed your visit to my page and that browsing my gallery has been worthwhile.

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Until the next time, &

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I am now also selling my best works at RedBubble... You can find me at redbubble.com/people/janinebenedict

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Did you know?
The word "photography" comes from the French photographie which is based on the Greek φώς (phos) "light" + γραφίς (graphis) "stylus", "paintbrush" or γραφή (graphe) "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light." Traditionally, the product of photography has been called a photograph, commonly shortened to photo.

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