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My name is Karen Schmautz and I live in beautiful El Dorado County of Northern California.  I am a photographer specializing in weddings, portraits and events. 

Monthly Archives: August 2008

Moving objects vs. Non-moving objects

Last week most of my photography was of stationary objects like stamp mills, gold mines, old buildings and landscape type photos.  Those are always a lot of fun because I have a lot of time to think about my subject, what type of light is on it and how I want to compose the photo....

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And the winner is…

I got an email this morning notifying me that I had won our Photo Walk Group’s best shot.  I looked at the photos taken by the other walkers and I am truly honored to have been chosen for this award.  There were some really creative and wonderful photos in the pool.
So, I win a copy...

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In the running

Well, I got an email this morning that I’m in the running for winning the “Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk” best shot in our group – South Lake Tahoe, CA.  The leader wanted me to send him full size images of these photos:

(click on the picture for full size…also posted further down the...

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Here’s a couple more from my photo walk

There were a couple of old cars and a trolley on the Tallac Historic site property that the photographers were attracted to like flies to honey…bees to honey…some kind of bug to honey. Anyway, I enjoy photographing cars but it is hard to get an angle that has never been done before, so I...

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Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk

I just participated in the most fun photo event. Scott Kelby (king of digital photog books) organized a photo walk that took place today in 2500 cities across the world. I participated in the one at Tallac Historic Site in South Lake Tahoe, CA.

Baldwin Estate Patio

There were about 15 photo walkers and my...

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