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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. 

Category Archives: Event photography

The Great Reno Balloon Race and me.

Monday, September 14, 2009

I talked my husband into going to Reno, Nv, with me on Saturday. This was a supreme sacrifice for him because he works hard all week and values his rest on the weekend.
The alarm went off at 2:00 a.m. and we dragged ourselves out of bed, showered, loaded up the camera gear and were out...

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Moving objects vs. Non-moving objects

Friday, August 29, 2008

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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