THE GET EDUCATED CONTEST

Prizes: 6 CHANCES TO WIN!

Winners will be picked and announced on Sunday, May 23rd. Winners must contact me by May 25th to claim prizes.

1. Dane Sanders’ Fast Track Photographer:

Dane Sanders has offered to give away one of his books, The Fast Track Photographer to 5 lucky people. Along with his resourceful book (I’ve read it and can attest to it!) he is also offering one month free to his Fast Tracker forum where you’ll be able to connect to other photographers who are in the beginning stages of launching their business.

2. 503 |online| Workshops for “Oldies”:

I am going to be giving away 1 free spot to my totally sold-out June workshop. If you’re looking to jump-start your business join me! I’ll make sure you do it right knowing how to take beautiful photographs!


How to enter:

Add your entry in the comment section of this MCP Blog post (not on Facebook) by answering the question: What aspect of your photography training do you feel is lacking?


Free classes are always great! I could really use some photography training. I entered! Did you?

This weekend my nephew turned 7 years old and he really wanted a Jayhawk Cake. So I whipped up a delicious 2 tier Chocolate Fudge cake with Chocolate Fudge icing. I added fondant dots colored blue and red, a fondant #7, and a fondant Jayhawk made by me. The Jayhawk was surprisingly not as difficult as I thought. It just took some time. I traced a Jayhawk onto parchment paper then rolled out each color of fondant and using an exacto knife cut out the corresponding colors. Then using vanilla I pasted them together. For the finishing touch, I added a blue ribbon border and fondant letters spelling out Happy Birthday Tucker. I'm pretty sure he said this was his best birthday ever!  Here are few pictures from the party.

Delicious Scraps has some cute freebies like always. Check them out here.

There is also the 7 Days in May at JessicaSprague.com with freebies every day. Today is Day 5 and there's a free template along with challenges. Check it out here.

Hopefully, I'll get a chance to create a page with this template. Have a great weekend!

Enter to win a white standout mount up to size 20×24 from Color Inc.

Also, Color Inc. is offering an exclusive discount code for MCP readers of 15% off all White Stand Out Mounts for 30 days.  Just use the code “wso15” for this great deal. Aren't these mounts great looking? I hope to win one for a wedding photo. For contest info, click here for the mpc blog. Good luck!

I was on my way to my last Basic Photography class up North near Zona Rosa from work and drove by a pond with geese in it. I have driven by this pond several times before and have always thought it'd be a good picture opportunity. But of course, I never had my camera with me. So last night I had my camera! Yay! It was a nice and sunny evening as well. I got out of my car and walked over towards the geese. Well guess what? They just kept on walking away, including the baby geese. They were cute though. Unfortunately, none of them were in the water but I still got a few good pictures of them. Enjoy :)

Last week, I took a stroll around River Walk in Leavenworth during my lunch hour. It was very sunny and warm out and I was wearing heels. My feet didn't feel so good after that. I took a bunch of pictures trying to practice what I have learned so far in the Basic Photography class I am taking at Photographx in KC, MO. I now have a favorite picture, which is of the Missouri River from the River Walk.  I used Aperture Priority mode with f4.5 aperture and 1/1600 sec shutter speed. Then I took the photo to Photoshop and added a vintage look. I LOVE how it turned out. I hope I can take more photos like this!!!