Lunasara Studios Photography

This time of year I'm reminded of how pictures keep us in touch  with our friends and family as well as with our memories. Robert and Lisa wanted to make sure they didn't forget  their four-legged family in their photo album this year. Don't forget yours! PJ was a little skittish but here he gets distracted long enough to capture. and a little close crop lets you see his personality more. BK was very cautious but her strong eyes and an intense gaze were just too intrigueing. A tight cropping shows how big and beautiful her eyes are. And a quiet moment between Lisa and Jamie really shows how much they mean to one another.  I just love how Jamie's tail curls around Lisa's arm. Do it today. A closer crop makes Jamie's eyes pop. a little vignetting and B&W processing makes her just too adorable for words. When was the last time you got some great pic...

I love the way the sunlight can play upon a flower.  This rose sat in my kitchen for a few days and I loved watching how the light and shadow that played across it made it seem at first shy...  then full of possibilities . and finally singular, strong and intimate.  Try it yourself. Get out that camera and look around at the ordinary things that are sitting right there on your table. Look at how the light changes them and take some shots to remember... Check out our website at lunasara.com

If you ever get to Jackson Wyoming check out my new favorite thing to do there - Dog Sledding! I booked a trip through a great outfit, the Jackson Hole Iditarod Dog Tours . I had heard they did an excellent day long trip up to Granite Hot Springs where you sled to the hot springs, take a soak, have some lunch and sled back. The trip didn't disappoint. Up Hoback Canyon, south of Jackson, owners Frank, Stacy & their guides keep 170 dogs active and happy with beautiful mountain scenery for a backdrop. It's an awesome sight to see all those dogs jumping and playing in such a beautiful setting. After we meet our guides and make sure we are outfitted for the weather we get to meet a few of the new puppies who are being socialized. They are incredibly cute. Then head out to meet our teams who are, to say the least, enthusiastic! They bark & yelp excitedly in anticipation as our guide puts each dog in its harness and attaches it to it's position. Each dog has a sp...

I can't say enough how important good soft light is to anyone's portrait - including your pet's. The next time you make a portrait find the room with the most indirect light, turn off your flash and crop in tight. This is my Mom's cat Leo. She wanted a portrait of him but I didn't want to lose the color of those deep blue eyes to redeye or to darkness so I faced his body toward a large north facing window and hung out while he got comfortable. Below is the exact same image as above except it is cropped in a little tighter. See how much more intense his eyes appear. In the previous picture you say to yourself "That's a pretty cat." With a tighter crop you have a stronger sense of his personality. And just to bring the point home here is the exact same image as the previous two, cropped only tighter so as just to include his head. You get a much stronger sense of his state of mind and you can't take your eyes off those baby blues. My favorite wa...

Hundreds of people survive by anchoring their homes and businesses at the migrating shores of Cambodia's largest lake as it's shores expand and contract with every wet and dry season. To give their houseboats a protected anchorage they move their homes to follow the shore and use their smaller boats to head out into the deeper waters of the lake to fish. Or they build homes so close to the changing shoreline that they build roads on levees and homes on stilts to accommodate the flood waters when they arrive. They fish during the wet season and farm rice and trade during the dry season when their land reappears. Those without land or houseboat make their living ferrying goods and services back and forth; fish from the lake, fruits and vegetables from the dryer land. And the road that connects the land and sea supports vendors and craftspeople who offer all kinds of goods and services like small stores, beauty parlors, woodworkers, sewing centers and basket vendors. Many commer...