Through the Lens of Kimberly Gauthier

Here’s a great photography tip that’s a fab test to see if you know your DSLR camera (or point and shoot). Let someone else use your camera.  And if you really want to test yourself, make sure they’re shooting in manual mode and explain what they need to do to capture the shot.  I gave [...]

Nigel Barker of America’s Next Top Model (he’s actually a professional photographer too) shares pet photography tips and the first pet photography tip is so smart; I wish I would have thought of that one when I was an aspiring pet photographer.  I’ll have to try it the next time I’m having fun in the [...]

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This is a post I shared last year, but I was going through old pictures and came across these again and couldn’t stop laughing at the memory.  Johan got into the habit of feeding the dogs fruit when they were rambunctous puppies who were still in training.  On this day, they double teamed him, because [...]

Sunday was a gorgeous day and I was stuck  inside with a sinus headache and my camera.  I don’t let colds get in the way of taking pictures when inspiration hits.  Sydney left my lap for a spot in the sun and I grabbed my camera and here’s what I got. Which picture do you [...]

I’m going to share a teeny bit of information about me and my boyfriend.  We’re disgustingly in love with our dogs.  Even our cats have started to get used to the rug rats.  I’ll admit that it’s mostly me that spoils them, but when my boyfriend joins in, he goes big. One of the many [...]

Wow, our vacation was two weeks ago and I’m still editing the pictures, but here are the highlights of our trip.  Instead of sharing my camera settings, I’m going to tell you about the photography tip I re-discovered on our trip to Lake Wenatchee. Double Check Camera Settings Before Shooting We lucked out with a [...]

The May pet photography contest was so much fun that I thought I’d do another one for June… Beginning June 16th (that’s a Thursday), I’ll start collecting photos via email (kimberly@kimberlygauthier.com) and will continue collecting photos through Saturday, June 18th.  That’s three days to get your photo in for the contest (one entry per pet/per person). [...]