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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: Photo Walk

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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Trust your photographer and have fun.

This is Gabrielle.  She was a very fun bride.  She danced and jumped and sashayed around in this beautiful wedding gown.  I could not have asked for a better bride for this set of bridal portraits. I didn’t even have to direct her too much.  She was playful and came up with all sorts of...

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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...

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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 page.)...

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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 settled...

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