Archive | August, 2009

Kristel and Michael + Jepson Alumni Executive Center

Washington DC Wedding Photographer: Terra Dawn Photography This wedding was one of the craziest, sweetest, most gorgeous weddings I’ve shot to date!!! NO EXAGGERATION!!! Kind of like the couple’s engagement! Kristel adores the Christmas Holidays. So Mike surprised her, in the dead of winter, with a trip to NYC. In front of the huge christmas [...]

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Bokeh(s) I Luuurve You….

Washington DC Wedding Photographer: Terra Dawn Photography Bokeh, in case you don’t know, is a beautiful effect…usually seen in the circular or hexagonal shapes, caused when the patchy light in the background is incredibly out of focus and at a great distance from the subject in the for-ground. There is a way more detailed description [...]

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The 2009 IPA/Lucie Awards

What are the International Photography Awards? They have been described as the “Oscars for the photography community.” In 2008, over 24,000 entries were received from over 124 countries around the world. The categories range from fashion, to pets to architecture. If you take the photo, there is a place for it in the competition. This [...]

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Ryan and Laura at The Mimslyn Inn

This post, ladies and gentlemen, is going to be short on words and long on images!! Ryan and Laura were an absolutely awesome couple that got married on July 25th (I know….seriously behind on blogging, right?) This was actually an awesome wedding, being that I got to hang with the guys for once!! Mike Lesnick, [...]

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JC + Esther, The Marantz’s and Gene Higa = Lots of Happy

Two Wednesdays ago was the best Wednesday of any Wednesday I have ever had in the history of Wednesday-dom. (Although that may not be completely true, considering I don’t remember what I was doing on every Wednesday of my life…..I may have been born on a Wednesday…I don’t remember.) It was a day of learning…mingling…..getting [...]

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I Am Not a Photographer, And You Shouldn’t Be Either

KEEP READING FOR THE FREE DOWNLOADABLE WORKSHEET “MORE THAN JUST A PHOTOGRAPHER” This was a hard blog post to write, [...]

Give Me 2 Hours, I’ll Get You Published

Give Me 2 Hours, I’ll Get You Published

Wedding Photography eBook – “Publish Your Photography: Let’s Get Physical” “Give me 2 hours, and I’ll get you published!” All you [...]

City of Fun…City of Gum

Washington DC Travel Photographer: Terra Dawn Photography So Seattle. Seattle. Seattle. Seattle. I. LOVE. SEATTLE. My FILM camera loves Seattle!! [...]

Terra Dawn Workshop

Washington DC Destination Wedding Photographer: Terra Dawn Photography Workshops OH MY LORDIE!!!! It’s seems like forever since the photography workshop [...]

Italy Update!!

Washington DC Destination Wedding Photographer: Terra Dawn Photography Hey guys!! I’m working on the slideshow for Italy and will try [...]