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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. 

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I’m a Christian, wife and mother of three. I’m also a photographer who loves to take photos of God’s glorious creation…people, animals, landscapes and anything else I find interesting.

A Retro and Pin Up Kind Of Day

I had a great time Saturday at the Heinrick Agricultural and Hays Antique Truck Museum in Woodland, CA.  Lookpw.com put on a great workshop with fabulous models at a fabulous location.  A great group of gals called the Vicious Betty’s dressed up in their pin-up finest and other models who came with their retro (1940’s)...

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Valentine’s Day this year was a little out of the ordinary.  The hubster spent most of the weekend at a lovely local winery cooking for a two-day winery release event.  The winery is called Paravi and it is located in Camino, CA.  It was a sit down dinner for about 350 people at 4 sittings. ...

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Maternity Bliss

This is Brittany and she is pregnant and beautiful. I’ve photographed her before about a year ago and she just gets more beautiful.  And she is as gracious as she is beautiful.  Congratulations, Brittany…you will be a great mom.

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Alisha

I had a great time with Alisha, who is a senior in high school.  She was fun and comfortable in front of the camera.  We took this series of photos in Old Town Sacramento.

The forecast of rain made for some beautiful skies for this shoot.

I loved working with Alisha and her adventurous spirit made for...

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Old Town Sacramento

I participated in a photo shoot on Saturday in Old Town Sacramento.  What a fabulous place for pictures. We were able to get some fabulous shots, even though it had been raining on and off all day.
Towards the end of the day, the sky began to break up and we were able to get some...

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