Have you heard of a little magazine called OC Family? Noel was asked to write a photo blog over there, but it won’t be your average run of the mill photo blog. It is a blog that is centered around the idea of using your camera phone to capture the anytime moments you experience everyday as a mom. It is called Mommy imoments. It is an opportunity for YOU to share some of the great imoments you might have been taking with your camera phone. Today’s post is the first imoment Monday. Click over to leave a link to your blog where you share your imoments with us. 
An anytime moment NOT taken with my iphone….
OC Family: Anytime-art
April Workshop Sold Out!
Our April 24th is sold out at this time. Please email us at mali@maliworkman.com if you would like to be on the waiting list. Here’s some anytime-art for today:
Models Wanted Again!
As we get closer to April 24th, it’s time to find some models again. If you are interested in bringing your children, please let us know. You will receive a CD with the images we take at the workshop. Here’s some anytime-art from a recent trip I took with my family:
With our busy season starting, this will be the last workshop in a while. So if you are thinking of attending, we only have 2 spots left!
Kite flying Pictures at the beach
When you want good pictures of your family together, sometimes you have to orchestrate a better location than someone’s home. So what started as my family Easter gathering, turned into a fun playdate and eventual photo session with all the cousins in one place. It took some convincing to the parents to meet at a windy cold beach, but they all admitted in the end that it was a great idea. So, in case you are planning your next family gathering around a location, here is some inspiration:
And in case you were planning on signing up for the next workshop, there are two spaces available.
Gift. And give back.
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Anytime-art is partnering up with Powell’s Sweet Shoppe , Laguna Niguel, on a super fun event to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure® (Let’s do our part in finding the cure for Breast Cancer!). Mother’s Day is just around the corner, so if you donate $45 and come to Powell’s on Friday, April 30th between 3-6pm, Mali or Noel will give you a beautiful portrait of of your child.
To reserve your spot, please click below. After you make your donation, please email noel@boshimages.com ASAP to reserve your individual appointment time. Appointments will be made on a first come-first serve basis. One family CAN make more than one appointment.
How Sweet it is: April’s Photography Workshop Scheduled
Anytime-art is in the works with a sweet friend, drumming up an event that will be out of this world. But before we can announce any of the details of that event, we would love to announce the opening of April Workshop seats. We have already been selling seats to this event, and have sold out of the last three workshops very quickly. We hope to see you there.
When: Saturday, April 24th
Location: TBA
Time: 10-2pm
Includes: Hand-on Class, Delicious Lunch, Practice Photo shoot, and endless encouragement from Mali and Noel.
Workshop Recap: Good times,
It is such a joy meeting 20 new friends at our last workshop, and although I sorta sound like a kindergarten teacher, it is true. Everyone that attended the workshop was so excited about photography, and not only willing to learn, but so quick to learn all that we threw at them. The best part is the model shoot at the end. It is always fun to see what everyone comes away with. These pictures above are by an attendee, Jennifer. She did a great job capturing the personality of the models we had! Thanks Jennifer!
Photo Tip: Pictures in the snow
So you spend the time to pack the car, find snow gear in the right size for each one of your children, and you plan a trip up to the snow. It is only an hour drive, but it takes you three hours to get from point a (your house) to point b (the snow). You have invested some time in this trip, and you would love a great picture that will remind you of this effort, and the fun you had. So here are a few Anytime Art tips for you.
1. The snow is white and bright. This can be a huge problem in a few ways. You might have too much light coming into your camera, so in compensation, your camera may underexpose the subject. (so you get dark faces) How can you fix this? The two easiest ways to fix this is to either use your flash and fill in the faces of your subjects, or to change your compensation to +. Look at your settings on your camera for how to do it.
2. Snow play is usually a quick moving, action packed time, so it can help to have a quick shutter speed. If you don’t know how to change the shutter speed, look for the action mode on your camera.
Hope this helps, and that you find time to play in the beautiful local snow.
PS- Although our February workshop was sold out, contact us to be the first to hear about our next class.
February Workshop Sold Out!
Thank you to everyone who signed up! We are very excited and can’t wait to meet you in person. Please email us if you want to be the the first to find out about our next workshop.
We’ve been sooo bad about our Tuesday Tips, so here’s a random tip just for fun. If you have a child who puts on their stinky attitude every time they see your camera, try to have an older sibling/cousin/friend help out by tickling the little one and running away. The older child feels really good about being the helper and the little one is sure to give you a cute smile. Well, sometimes…. if they are REALLY determined to be a stinker, it may not work, but you still turn out with something cute like this:
Happy Shooting!!
We have our models!
We picked names randomly, and got Jennifer Ames and Jane Posner. Jennifer and Jane, please confirm that you’re available on February 21st at 12:30pm to come to Mission Viejo. For everyone else, we have another opportunity coming up very soon, so we’ll keep you in mind. Thank you so much for your interest!!
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