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Purposeful Photography Adventures with Lisa Mize
“Creating the extraordinary through YOUR lens.”
How to Photograph Summer Wildflowers: From Alpine Meadows to Your Own Backyard
July 03, 2026
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How to Photograph Summer Wildflowers: From Alpine Meadows to Your Own Backyard A complete guide to finding, framing, and capturing the fleeting beauty of wildflower season!
Wildflower season is one of the most anticipated windows in a nature photographer's year and one of the most humbling! You can do everything right and still arrive two weeks to...
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How to Photograph Fireworks: A Complete Guide (Including Tips for Your Cell Phone!)
June 30, 2026
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How to Photograph Fireworks: A Complete Guide to Settings, Safety & Getting the Shot! Everything you need to know before the sky lights up!
There's a particular kind of chaos to fireworks photography. You've got moving light, unpredictable timing, smoke drifting into your composition, a crowd pressing in around you, and exactly one shot at most of...
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Finding Your Photographic Soul: A Mindful Journey to Passion
March 26, 2026
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Are you struggling to find your voice in your photography? Here are some steps, questions to ask and ideas to do to help you find your passion, for the first time or to renew what is already there!
Finding Your Photographic Soul: A Mindful Journey to Passion Photography is more than pressing a shutter, it's an act of listening to the world and to...
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Sharp Photo Checklist! Stop Going Home with Blurry Images!!!
March 23, 2026
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Sharp Photo Checklist Everything a beginner needs to capture crisp, clear images!
Before You Shoot & In the Field Before You Shoot ☐ Charge your battery fully
☐ Format your memory card
☐ Clean your lens with a microfiber cloth
☐ Set image format to RAW (or RAW + JPEG)
☐ Check white balance setting or set to Auto White Balance AWB
☐ Set ISO to...
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Quick Explanation of the Histogram and WHY You NEED to Use it!
March 23, 2026
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Again: judge your exposure by reading your histogram on your camera and not by what you see on your screen!!! Keep on your histogram for your image playback. You no longer will get home after a shoot, kicking yourself that you missed the exposure!!! Let me know if you have any questions!
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2 Day WOMEN ONLY Photography Workshop: Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge and Waterfall Chasing!
March 15, 2026
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Saturday-Sunday, April 11-12th, 2026
Cascades & Creeks: The 2-Day Ridgefield Refuge & Yacolt Waterfalls Workshop!
Get ready for an action-packed weekend exploring the wild side of Southwest Washington! Join me for an unforgettable two-day, WOMEN ONLY photography workshop combining incredible wildlife and birding opportunities at the Ridgefield...
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