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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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Happy Thanksgiving

to you and yours…
We’re heading out to Plymouth (California not Mass) to celebrate with over 100 relatives at an old one-room school house.  What a treat.

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Some fantasy photoshop work

CD cover
I’ve been taking an advanced Photoshop class at the local college.  It is taught by a Sacramento Wedding/portrait photographer and I have learned so much.  The class has also sparked interest in learning to do more with the photos that I take.
Here’s a couple of examples:

Movie Poster

Ipod image

Fantasy image (the young man and yoyo...

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Use the light, Luke

You just can’t take a bad photo when you make good use of window light…especially windows that are huge and grimy like those at Preston Castle. Here’s Brittany with a beautiful Renaissance outfit on. Just look at the light on her face, will ya?  Good, huh?  Here’s another:

Now this gal has got so much good...

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Happy Birthday and Happy Halloween

Where was I 19 years ago today?   Oh yeah, I remember.  I was in the hospital giving birth to my darling daughter.  I don’t think she’s changed much from the darling little girl, to the beautiful young woman she is today.  She’s still goofy, fun, stubborn (she gets that from me) and fiercely independent.  She’s...

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Double Yo

This young man is a long-time friend of my youngest son.  He came over for a visit the other day and I asked him if I could photograph him.  He was game and he happened to bring his yo-yo with him. I thought it would make a fun prop and so we shot a couple...

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