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About a month ago,  I decided to enter into the Matilda Jane Photo contest.  I thought it was a long shot, as there were over 1000 entries all competing to be picked for the top 50 (ended up at 54) photos.   Matilda Jane is an incredible “small” business organization, that donates their time and […]

Matilda Jane Photo Love Contest | St. Louis Child Photographer

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Dec

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I was SO incredibly honored to have the amazing Lemonade and Lenses feature one of my photo sessions! If you have time, make sure to go check out some of the inspirational work on their blog and of course in their beautiful magazine! Click Here to see the feature!

Lemonade and Lenses Magazine Feature | St. Louis Child Photographer

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Dec

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I feel so lucky to have been featured on the amazing Lilian Grace Blog this week!  She did a little interview and featured some photos for everyone to see.  Take a peek, maybe you will learn something fun about me haha 🙂   Newborn Photographer Feature – Emily Lucarz Photography

Newborn Photographer Feature – St. Louis Newborn Photographer

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Nov

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Wow! I am SO honored to have been chosen to be on the cover of the Best Newborn Photographer! There is some amazing talent on their site and page, this is truly an honor.  Now I need some help to win! 🙂  If you are on Face Book, it would mean the world if you […]

Best Newborn Photographer Finalist | St. Louis newborn photographer

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Sep

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Tutorials (Intermediate)

Everyone asks me how I get soft skin. How do I get sparkly eyes. How do I get great light.  Well my friends, I will tell you!  Well, I’ll TRY to show you how easy it is to get fantastic photos with minimal editing.  This post will have lots of photos of my photoshop screen, […]

How To Do a Clean & Easy Edit in Photoshop

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Mar

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The literal meaning of Matthew means “the gift of God”.     Matthew Donald Erickson was sure named accurately. I am going to attempt to write a bit about Matthew.  I know I will leave a ton out, but I hope to give everyone reading this post the gift of knowing a bit about Matthew.  A miraculous […]

Matthew Donald Erickson | God’s little soldier

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Feb

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Exposure.  The most critical piece of a photograph.  What is exposure you may ask? Well I will tell you, and please note that this will be the MOST technical thing in this blog post.  🙂  Exposure is how you and your camera use the ISO, Aperture, and Shutter Speed, to determine how light or dark […]

How to get great exposure with natural light

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Aug

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Well, I have written a few tutorials for all of my photographer followers and friends. This time, Jodi Friedman from MCP actions, contacted me to be a guest blogger and write about a photo that I had edited. Well, anyone who knows, MCP is THE place for photographers to go learn about photography and photoshop […]

How to clone, lasso, burn and use actions in Photoshop | Child photographer

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Aug

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