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Family portrait session with Molly and her Mommy at the Dallas Aboretum.
Family portrait session with Molly and her Mommy at the Dallas Aboretum.

I had a chance to meet up with an old friend of mine, Cori, along with her 6 year old daughter, Molly. The weather was just perfect at the Dallas Arboretum- not too cold, not too hot, but just right. The gardens are absolutely beautiful with a good handful of tulip bulbs that just started to blossom. It wasn't a busy day for a Saturday at the arboretum with a few families taking in the sun rays on a well manicured, green lawn.

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photography, family portraitsWalter AfallaThe Dallas ArboretumDallas Arboretum, Mother & Daughter, GardensComment
The camera owner vs the photographer
The camera owner vs the photographer

Ever since the technology of digital photography became more commercialized, it seems like everyone is a photographer. You have companies like Canon creating some cameras that are consumer based using their amazing digic 4 image processor for many of their consumer based cameras, Apple iPhones that can take amazing photos, and software like Adobe Photoshop Elements that can filter your photos to make them look like a pro took them.

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photography, senior photographyWalter AfallaSEO, pre-session, post-session, shoot-and-burn, Canon digic 4Comment
Why does custom photography cost more?
Why does custom photography cost more?

The digital revolution has brought amazing flexibility and ability to control various factors during the image taking and making process. Photographers, the hobbyist, the professional, the amateur all benefit from this ability to manipulate pixels. However, with flexibility comes a price. Digital camera equipment is still considerably more expensive when you factor in . . .

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photography, senior photographyWalter AfallaAfallaStudiosphotography, SEOComment
The start of our new photography studio - AfallaStudios
The start of our new photography studio - AfallaStudios

In the next few months, AfallaStudios will be turning the upstairs studio apartment into a renovated photography studio. This weekend, we tore out the old carpet, got rid of the electric stove and refrigerator (thanks to the junk collectors stopping by to see what we were throwing away), and old junk that I just needed to get rid of. And the part that I really enjoyed doing today was pulling carpet staples from the base floor so that we can prepare for the new hardwood floors.

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branding, photography, senior photographyWalter Afallarenovation, AfallaStudios, constructionComment