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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: Photography Business

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

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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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My First Solo Print Showing

Friday, August 7, 2009

…right in downtown Placerville.  They will be hanging in River City Bank, Placerville, CA through September, 2009. What a rush!  Many thanks to River City BAnk for allowing me to show my prints.

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Light, light, light.

Monday, March 16, 2009

I was beginning to feel like I had hit a wall with my photography…especially with the last photo shoot I did up in Woodland with the pin ups.  I really felt the need to branch out of my natural light comfort zone and head into the “artificial” light, so to speak. Plus, I want to...

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What the Duck?

Monday, January 5, 2009

I’ve been following this comic strip for a while, now…but this one really hit home. Heh. Go here for more.

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