by Dawn Camp | Dec 18, 2010 | holidays, Lightroom, motherhood, photography, Photoshop
We’re not always consistent in our Christmas gift giving. Because we don’t pay for gifts on credit, each year is different. Last year we told our kids to be prepared for a slim Christmas, but they thought it was one of the best. How? When there’s...
by Dawn Camp | Nov 24, 2010 | a day in the life, faith, family & friends, motherhood
I replied to an email of Heather’s last night and admitted that I was at Barnes and Noble because I’d run away from home. Not in a dangerous, abandon-my-family kind of way—Daddy was home and I was 20 minutes and a phone call away—but in an I can’t do...
by Dawn Camp | Sep 4, 2010 | a day in the life, family & friends, it's all about me!, motherhood, NAPP, photography, Photoshop World
Photoshop World was Tuesday-Friday this week in Las Vegas, and while I would have loved to have been there, I had a great week at home. Wednesday I took head shots for a lovely young actress. Thursday night two of my kids and I went to a Latin party. If you’ve...
by Dawn Camp | Aug 5, 2010 | family & friends, motherhood, photography
The past couple of weeks have been bittersweet. We’ve often had all 10 of us together, as our oldest son has been doing summer work in town and coming home with my husband in the evenings, but we’ve been preparing to take our second son to college,...
by Dawn Camp | Jul 19, 2010 | a day in the life, family & friends, motherhood
Communicating with teens is not always easy. One of my biggest problems is a tendency to want to project a maturity of thought onto my kids beyond their years, and being dismayed when they don’t achieve it. We’re all a work in progress, and it takes time...
by Dawn Camp | Jul 1, 2010 | a day in the life, family & friends, motherhood
Last year we noticed a bird building a nest in our front porch light. My 15-year-old son wrapped some packing tape around the bottom to block the bird before it could lay eggs. Unfortunately, he was too late. We later noticed bird’s feathers stuck to the tape,...
