Wootness | the blog of christine walsh-newton
master photographer | photographic craftsman | certified professional photographer
Do you ever wonder who the voice is at the other end of the phone? Who sends out the emails? Who process your dues payment? Well, meet the answer to those questions… The Three Ladies. For some reason, that’s just what we call them. Please meet Sharon, Susan and Kristin – the force behind all …
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One of the cool events at convention is the big party on Saturday night (March 22 8:30PM – 12:30 AM). That’s the night where awards are passed out for the annual image competition as well as some organizational awards for service. After that’s over, the fun will continue on for several hours with beverages, food …
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One of the very cool things that not everyone knows about is that each convention signals the stepping down of one president and the stepping up of another. There is an official “pass the gavel” ceremony somewhere for formality, but more often than not, there’s a couple of other cool things involved that you’ll want …
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Oh, hello! Brush the dust off the chair and take a load off. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? It’s 2014 and I didn’t bother with the resolution nonsense, it never amounts to much and with my ADD personality… let’s just say weekly resolutions are more my speed. I spent last week in Phoenix, AZ for …
Dear R: I have this thing, this cold piece of metal that once belonged to you. At one point in time it served as a lighter, but try as I might, (and being your granddaughter, I mightily tried), I was unable to set it to working order. So, it sits. And I wonder… where did …
The title of this article is a bit misleading, as the space allotted to the right of having letters behind your name will be minimal. It’s not a debatable topic. Every set of letters has a requirement; if you met those requirements, you are entitled/have a right to slap those babies behind your name and …
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2013 was my first trip to IUSA. It was an important event in my photographic career, I was receiving my Master’s Degree, so I was going to make this trip the absolute best it could be. I volunteered to help set up the print exhibit and work the ASP booth, and I attended several …
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I’m changing things up. Texts and emails are out. Handwritten notes and phone calls are in. I’m ditching devices and emails for convenience and replacing with personal service. It’s got to be an improvement over where things are right now. I miss phone calls. And letters. And people that just knock on the door because …
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Today I was doing a Google search on my name, just checking to see what showed up in the image search, and this blast from the past showed up: Wow! This is an image I shot somewhere in the early 1990’s. I was walking around my yard, saw a leaf on the ground, ran in …
Last summer I shot a session that’s been 11 years in the planning. Let me back up. I took this photo in April 2001. Mr. Wootness and I were on the trip of a lifetime to Ireland. We were warmly ensconced within the tea room at Aillwee Caves in County Clare. This was our first …
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