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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: Old Town Sacramento

Pyramids and Redheads/Sacramento Bridal and Fashion Photographer

A couple of weeks ago I attended a photo shoot and workshop in one of my favorite locations, Old Town Sacramento.  I never get tired of shooting there because there is so much excellent background.  For example, the above photo.  The sky didn’t quite look like this, so I tweeked it a little to match...

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I won!

well, the Sacramento Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk competition, that is. (Sacramento, CA USA (Old Sacramento & Railway Museum)) Now…on to the Worldwide competition. This shot was a last minute edit and entry.  I saw and photographed this train early on in my walk through the museum. I saw lots of other photogs taking pics...

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Makeup Artists and Hair Artists: They help make my pictures pretty

These are the people that make the photographers job easy.  Hair and makeup, done properly, can cut down the processing time for me by 10-20 minutes per model.  When I have 5-600 photos to go through, that’s a lot of time for me.  I am very grateful to these hard working artists. The models are...

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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...

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I did a fun photoshoot in Old Town Sacramento a few weeks ago in a place called “Laughs Unlimited”.  It’s a comedy club and there were some models there to audition for a new fashion designer who will be having a fashion show in Sacramento next month.  It was a lot of fun and I...

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