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Real Life Photography : A review & giveaway

I was so excited when Rebecca sent me her newest ebook to review. I am a HUGE fan of Rebecca and her work. I have always loved Rebecca’s classic, simple & beautiful style – in both her scrapbook pages from back in the day to the photographs she takes present day. One look at her beautiful blog, Simple As That, and I bet you will fall in love with her style, too.

I love to take photographs. That is true, but what I don’t love is all of the mumbo jumbo that comes with learning to take GOOD photographs. LOL. I’m the first to admit that I’m an amateur. I’ve been the “family photographer” for awhile now and yes I have been lucky and gotten some awesome shots of my kids and family, but I’ve always wanted to learn MORE about my camera and about taking better photographs.

I squealed when I saw the title of Rebecca’s latest ebook, “Real Life Photography: How to find magic in the everyday moments.” I’m all about those everyday moments. In fact, the everyday photos are my favorite kind of photos to take. :) 

Here you can see the table of contents for the ebook:

Rebecca breaks it all down so easily and I love how it’s filled with photographic samples. It’s 70-pages and full of lots of tips, tricks, ideas and inspiration. I’m not kidding when I tell you that I pulled out my camera as I was reading it, tried some new things, took some photographs and was SO happy with what I learned so quickly.

 

I love how real, genuine and easily explained everything is. It’s information that you can put to use TODAY and get a better result from right away. Love that! Rebecca also has a couple of other ebooks that I’ve read and loved as well:

I definitely think the above two are must-reads as well. Rebecca just keeps it coming with awesome insight, great tips and beautifully sweet photographs. I love how it’s digital and I can revert back to it whenever I need to, reread it over and over again and I’ve got the photograph examples to look at and get ideas from, etc. It’s awesome. Definitely worth checking out! Go HERE to purchase your copy at the introductory price of just $9.99!

And guess what? Rebecca has sweetly allowed me to give one copy of her new ebook away to one of my blog readers! Yay! To enter, just leave me a comment telling me what kind of photos are YOUR favorite? I’ll randomly pick a winner to win a copy! Giveaway ends on Monday!

Have a great Friday and weekend ahead! Oh, and don’t forget that you can win a roll of washi tape by checking out this post HERE, too! Lots more fun in store on the blog next week, including ANOTHER awesome giveaway! Yay!

  • Disclosure: I was given a copy of “Real Life Photography” to read and review. I was also given one copy to give away. All opinions on this blog post are my own. I truly love this ebook. :)
  • Jan
    June 29, 2012 at 8:01 am

    My favorite photos are beautiful ones! Ha. Actually, lately, my favorites are very old photos of family. I have been working on scanning all our family photos and identifying and organizing them. There are some real treasures in there.

  • Yvonne Williams
    June 29, 2012 at 8:39 am

    Grandchildren, playing, sleeping, eating, and just being adorable. My pets come a close second tho! Lol This looks like such a great book. What fun!

  • Nancy L.
    June 29, 2012 at 9:17 am

    i love taking candid pictures! thanks for the chance to win this fab ebook!!

  • Shannon S.
    June 29, 2012 at 9:52 am

    I love taking pictures of my kids and everyday life, our routines, etc… I love Rebecca’s blog and her simple style too! Thanks for the great giveaway offer :)

  • Sara
    June 29, 2012 at 11:23 am

    I love taking a picture that gets it all – mood, background, cute subject. This looks like a great book to help me do that. Thanks for an opportunity to win!

  • Heather Moll
    June 29, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    i love taking photos of the everyday moments. thanks for the chance to win. hope you have a great weekend, kristina!

  • Amy Coose
    June 29, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    I would love to win this, because I love taking pics of my kiddos and this would really help my photography skills.

  • Melinda T
    June 29, 2012 at 6:42 pm

    I love taking pics of my girls. They’re 2 and 6 and my life is great because of them! :D I’m literally watching them through my camera, capturing everything they do!

  • Lindsey
    June 29, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    My favorite photos are the journaling ones, the impulsive ones that capture glimpses of life that would fly by elsewise.

  • Angel
    June 30, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    i love photos that are candid and natural. When one is not aware or conscious of the camera, it brings out the best in people. Those photo moments are priceless!

  • Kristina
    June 30, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    I would love to win a copy! My favorite photos to take are snapshots of my children playing when they have no idea I’m taking photos. Love them!

  • Kamisha Sullivan
    June 30, 2012 at 11:25 pm

    I love pictures with a colorful background. I just found the defocus setting on my camera and am in love with close up shots of my children.

  • Heather Crawford
    July 1, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    Hmmmmmm? Favorite photos? I love it when I catch a shot of someone’s child that they swear will never look at the camera or that they can’t get pictures of…and it makes a Momma happy :)

  • Erika
    July 1, 2012 at 11:20 pm

    Photos of my kids are my favorite!

  • Leslie Marquez
    July 2, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    I love outdoor photos of the kids. They just come out clearer and they look fun!

  • Caitlin Hoffman
    July 2, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    My two month old son has just begun to smile at us, so my favorite shots are ones when I actually capture his laughter!

  • Kimberly Loxtercamp
    July 2, 2012 at 4:39 pm

    Love taking pictures of my boys…thought it’s hard to get a decent shot these days with their running around craziness!

  • Kelley
    July 2, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    I love to take photos of my little girl. She’s about the same age as Rebecca’s oldest daughter, so I’ve always got great ideas from her books.

  • Amy H.
    July 2, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    Photos of my daughter are my favorite!

  • Rachel L.
    July 2, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    I love taking pics of my kids (3 boys) at the playground! Especially when they’re wearing matching shirts and jean shorts! So cute.

  • colleen
    July 2, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    I love pictures of kids in pensive thoughts!

  • Brandi
    July 3, 2012 at 8:23 am

    Good lifht makes the photo for me!

  • Suzy
    July 3, 2012 at 9:17 am

    My favorite photos that I capture are of my three blondes in their everyday life along with all the little things that can go by unnoticed… I try my best doing this in natural light. :)

  • lIZ
    July 3, 2012 at 9:26 am

    i love the blurry background photos!! I’m just learning how to use our new camera and I love when I figure out a great shot!!

  • Small T
    July 3, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    I love taking “artsy” photos, as I call them. When we are somewhere, I will usually get up close to what I’m taking a picture of. I’ll have that sharp and the background blurry.
    Also, I take pictures of all the cards I make. It’s a constant struggle to get the lighting and the colors right. But I’m learning new things all the time. :-) xx

  • Heather
    July 3, 2012 at 11:04 pm

    I love taking outdoor photos of my niece!