Author Archives: Dwight Atterholt

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Don’t Smile!

  Why do we always insist on people smiling for our photos, especially kids? We’re complex beings with a full range of emotions. Why fill our family photo albums with people trying to look happy. […]

Posted in DailyLife, Portraits
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Shutter Meets Shutters

Here’s another shot that I took in New Orleans. What attracted me to this set of shutters was the repeating pattern broken by the one detached slat. What I hadn’t seen until I reviewed the […]

Posted in US
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Grunge and Enlightenment

I took this photograph mere days after I bought my first digital SLR. My wife and I were walking down a side-street in New Orleans and I caught a glimpse of the light flashing off […]

Posted in US
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Maine Atmospherics

It was summer, 2009.  This was the view from the front porch of our rental “cabin,”  a beautifully-restored craftsman-style home with a full gourmet kitchen– not exactly roughing it here.  Those of you who have […]

Posted in Travel, US
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New Toys

Christmas and birthdays are great times to get new toys.  This year not only did I have the pleasure of spending the first white Christmas in 17 years with family in our cozy home, thanks […]

Posted in Portraits