Can our children resist strong and obtrusive influence of advertising? We can teach children to be more critical to advertising, presented in attractive and imperative form.
Renaissance Costumes – A Popular Choice For Halloween
With the current popularity of Renaissance fairs, it’s no wonder that traditional Renaissance costumes are equally popular. Not only reserved for the fair workers and those who attend them, Renaissance costumes also make charming additions to Halloween and costume parties.
People Skills for Portrait Photography
Taking great portraits is as much about people skills as it is about technical ability, or using the latest and greatest photographic equipment. Unless you can first see through your subject’s eyes, and understand her as a unique individual, and then build rapport with her so you can unveil and accentuate her finest qualities, your portraits will remain mediocre at best. Some lessons learned along my journey as a photographer may help those who choose to follow.
Robin’s Rainbow
When my daughter was very young, one night she was saying her prayers. She paused and asked me, “Mom, if I pray for a rainbow, will God make one?” Well, what could I say? Anyone who can part the Red Sea, can make a rainbow for a six-year-old. I hem-hawed around for a few seconds, and then told her that, yes, if she believed… Then I thought, “What have I done? What if there’s no rainbow tomorrow? What if there are no clouds?
Montana People: Weird In Their Own Special Way
We have all heard tales of strange people living in Montana; the Unabomber, the freedom militias, the poor sods stuck in the Federal Witness Protection Program.
I assure you the majority of people living in Montana are friendly, polite, are reasonably sane, and will go out of their way to lend a hand to strangers.
Now, I am a cynical Californian transplanted in Montana. I cannot help but feel suspicious of helpful strangers.
Oh, the clerk wants to volunteer the use o…
Why casinos need 24 hour day care
By requiring casinos to offer daycare they could help save the lives of children of gambling addicted parents, and could help the parents receive help for their addiction.
Truth – Just How Does One Know?
Most people think they know truth because they went to church, bible studies, read books and received information from sources other than straight from Jesus Christ.
Cassies Creepy Candy Store – Review
Cassies Creepy Candy Store by Sheila Sauvageau-Smestad is a 40-page storybook for children that will be a favorite for the Halloween season when candy is not only unavoidable, but is abundant. Halloween is also an appropriate time to purposefully gross out the kids, with humor and light-hearted fun…
A Picture of Perfection
Never work with children or animals… easier said than done when you’re a parent. Over the last few years I have tried many times to get the perfect photograph.