Studio V Photography

I’ve started a separate blog/site where I can direct clients so they won’t have to deal with sifting through all my ramblings on life in general to find info on my services. But if they like my ramblings they will find a link to the Eccentric Mother blog there.

Click on the picture above to check it out.

Music Review- J Minus

So one of my myspace friends is a band named J Minus. I believe they are from Washington State. Probably Seattle where so many great musicians are born. Must be something in the water out there. Anyway they are

Movie Review- Topper Returns

A Classic Comedy Murder Mystery.

All I really have to say about this movie is…Billy Burke is in it. She is so funny in this movie. I just love her portrayal of Mrs. Topper. Topper Returns is a screwball comedy/murder mystery about a happy go lucky beautiful ghost who

High-Key Photography- Simply Baby

I finally learned, after years of lugging around babies, that getting down to their level is not only easier on my back but also more comfortable and interesting to the baby.

I now shoot babies without a tripod while flat on my stomach or sitting cross-legged. I prop my

Digital Editing- Color Touch Portraits

Monochrome Before Color

In the past photographers used dyes, oil paints or watercolors to brush color onto black and white or sepia processed prints. This was known as hand tinting or color touching. Color touch portraits have a dreamlike quality for me. I tend to reserve color touching for images that are all ready exciting or surreal.

I use a simple technique for color touching digital images

Tuesdays Lunch- Octopus Garden Bento

Babes laughed her head off when she saw these little octopus dogs. These guys were boiled for a couple of minutes to make their tentacles spread out. I discovered later that

Portrait Photography- Painting With Light

Is Portrait Photography Art?

Is Pablo Picasso an artist?

“I have discovered photography. Now I can kill myself. I have nothing else to learn.” -Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

I think portrait photography is most definitely a form of art

TV Review- Goosebumps and a Rant About Spongebob

It never fails- when most mothers learn that I allow my kids to watch horror movies and TV shows they look at me as if they’ve just seen a cockroach. Meanwhile, their child is mindlessly running in circles mimicking Spongebobs laugh over and over and over and over……

Recipe- Yeast Risen Doughnuts

                                                                             After the dougnuts had risen for the second time, we set up a doughnut making assembly line.

 My job was frying, draining and moving the slightly cooled doughnuts to the glazing area. Babes was in charge of glazing, decorating and quality control. 

We made plain glazed, chocolate and maple iced and used nuts & sprinkles. The doughnuts were a bit time consuming but not too difficult to make.

Recipe- Southern Fried Steak and Gravy

This recipe is so simple you don’t even need to write it down. I use tenderized round steak from my favorite grocery store- Food City. If I can’t find tenderized round steak sometimes I use cubed steak or if I’m feeling particularly violent that day I buy round steak and beat it with a meat mallet. Traditional southern style or country fried steak is much thinner, and served with white gravy.

My family likes brown gravy