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Father-Daugter dance

I am a princess not because I have a prince, but because my father is a king. — Anonymous

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/80
  • 800
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Lew Ross

The bones of Fickle small-batch Skateboards manufactured just outside Cincinnati. Here he's set carving the new side of Kanis Park with his custom-made board, during Kanis-Bash 2017 -Arkansas https://fickleskateboards.com/

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/3,200
  • 100
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Sisters

A sister is like yourself in a different movie, a movie that stars you in a different life. — Deborah Tannen

  • Nikon D610
  • 50mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/4000
  • 100
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of Love

One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without and find that breath is of little consequence. — Karen Marie Moning

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/320
  • 250
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Mother's Love

When a child is born, so is a mother. — Osho

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/125
  • 100
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#creatives

The creative adult is the child that survived. — Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/60
  • 125
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Higher Plane

Reach as high as you can, and then reach a little higher. There you will find magic and possibility. And maybe even cookies. — 🍪

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/60
  • 500
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Mary

A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. — Richard Avedon

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/60
  • 100
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The Waiting

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. — Henry Van Dyke

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/800
  • 500
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Bond of the Bridesmaids

Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest. It's about who came, and never left your side. — Mikaela Tiu

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 1/60
  • 400
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Bouquets

After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.— Christian Dior

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/60
  • 500
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Red

You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone. — the Wolf

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.6
  • 1/640
  • 200
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Eyes of happiness

People are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. — Abraham Lincoln (possibly!...)

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/100
  • 100
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A Kiss

If you ask to borrow a kiss, promise to give it back. — unknown

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/125
  • 800
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Inspiration

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl? — Ann Frank

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/160
  • 500
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Love

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. — George Sand

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/60
  • 500
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Mother's Love

Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom. — Harriette Hartigan

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/125
  • 100
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Senior

You have brains in your head you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. — Dr. Seuss

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/60
  • 500
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Senior

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. — Marcel Proust

  • Nikon D610
  • 35mm
  • ƒ/1.4
  • 1/80
  • 200
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Kris Sikes

Always create something from life to look back and smile.

I always try to capture something truthful in someone when I photograph a portrait. Even if it is an other wordly scene or they are out of their element. Those things show in a photograph. And that is the secret to a candid photograph that speaks out and says something to the viewer.

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Pictures By Album

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Wedding
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Senior
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Pets
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Model
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Maternity
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Family
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Newborn
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Couples