Author Archives: Karen Schmautz

I'm a photographer living in El Dorado county specializing in wedding, portrait, fashion and social network portraits. I work in El Dorado County, including Lake Tahoe, and the Sacramento area.

Photo a day: First month Done! (El Dorado County Portrait and Wedding photographer)

So now I have a half of a month for which to catch you up. You can catch up over a couple of days if you find it’s a bit overwhelming to look at 15 pictures in one sitting.  I should never have let my blog go this long, but life does come up. The...

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More Dailies: Week Two (El Dorado County Portrait and Wedding Photographer)

If all else fails, take a picture of my husband’s food.  My husband (I call him “Yes! Chef”) is one of the best cooks I know.  He studied under a local chef (John Evans of Zack Jack’s) for a year or so working in his restaurant.  He also does some catering for some of the...

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Take-a-photo-a-day Challenge or I must be crazy to try this. (El Dorado County Portrait Photographer)

I think I might have mentioned that I decided to try the 365 Challenge:  Take one Meaningful Photo per day.  I think the key word here is “meaningful”.  I can click the shutter all day long at any shiny, pretty, colorful thing I see.  I call it Crow Photography.  (I have coined the phrase, so...

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2011: My favorites (El Dorado County Portrait and Wedding Photographer)

I know I am a bit tardy in posting the “Best of” for 2011.  After all, it is almost the end of January.  Most photographers put up their “Best of” a week into the new year.  Not me.  Always behind the curve.  It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to say...

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Garage Graffiti {El Dorado County and Sacramento Area Portrait Photographer}

I had a last minute opportunity to participate in a photo shoot in a wonderful old garage in downtown Sacramento with two great (and very handsome) guys and a beautiful woman. Two other photographers also grabbed the opportunity and we all met down at the garage, which was heavily graffiti laden.  There were four huge...

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