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Crush on the Lazy Days of August

The dog days of summer are upon us. The deep heat and two months of adventures have us moving in slow motion. We don't walk. We stroll. We don't go to bed. We fall into a slumber. We don't wake up. We rouse from our dreams by the tap of a sunbeam. Today's photographs are from our adventures and walks to and from the pool, with our friends, with our wish that summer was endless...

the heart warrior

the old soul

the junior olympian

the sisters

the animal whisperer

the brothers

the snyders

the wildfires of feather canyon and night time in the luvshaq

photographed with a Nikon D200 and Nikon D800 : lenses: 50mm, 10.5mm, & 28-105mm

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Crush on Senior Portraits | Reno Nevada Portrait Photographer

The high school seniors are finishing up the last few weeks of their K-12 education and standing at the fork in the road. College? Job? Both? Trip? What did you do?

Alec | Reno High School | Reno Nevada
Where are we headed?

Alec | Reno High School | Reno, Nevada from the fastest senior session in history! 10-15 minutes!

I graduated a semester early from high school. My last day was a Friday and I started college that Monday. Got an apartment over the weekend and headed up the hill for wisdom early Monday morning. I learned that I liked having my own apartment. A lot. My first semester in college didn't fare that well due to that freedom space of an apartment. So, I packed the VW as full as I could and took off to San Diego. 


My bestie was already there and could hold my hand in my first big move away from home. 

My bestie, Leslie and her daughter. | Reno, Nevada | Ranch San Rafael Park

From there, the travel bug bit and I ended up in Mexico, Seattle back to Reno to get that degree I had started. 3 years later, off to England, Greece, and Scotland. Home bound to sell my belongings in yard sale that would leave me with two filled suitcases. I still miss that 300+ collection of lady musician cds that sold for $3 each. The car and brand new Mac that sold from the lawn--paid for lots of adventures in Scotland. I returned to the motherland again and began my career as a freelance photographer and received my masters degree. If history repeats itself, it seems I am due a move and a degree.

Me running the hills of Bath and Avalon England

What would you study if you went back to school or are starting college? Why?


If you could move, where would you go?


Here's a few more senior shots from this year's class of 2012:

 Shruti | Carson High | Carson City, Nevada Arlington Avenue Reno

 Sahar | Sage Ridge High School | Reno, Nevada Bartley Ranch Park

 Kate | Wooster High School | Reno, Nevada | Downtown Reno

 Bartley Ranch, Reno Nevada

Charlie | Manogue High School | Reno, Nevada 

 Sam | Reno High School | Lake Tahoe, Nevada

 Road trippin' in Las Vegas | Las Vegas Nevada MGM Grand Hotel

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Crush on {TUESDAY TRIV} 11.16.10

Good Morning. {TUESDAY TRIV} normally takes place over on our Facebook Page. But we are shaking things up a bit. The games will now be here on the blog and the current theme will be PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES.
1) The first correct answer wins $10 SKOSH BUCK$ ( $$$ that can be redeemed at Skye Snyder Photography toward our full line of services and products.
AND
2) All the rest of the guesses will go into a hat toward a drawing. Keep guessing and commenting even if you think the person before you has the right answer. You could win the drawing portion for $10 SKOSH BUCK$.
3) You could win $20 SKOSH BUCK$ if you get the first correct answer and win the drawing! Cool.

ALL ANSWERS MUST BE ON THE BLOG.

QUESTION: In the photograph below, there are many photography techniques at work. What type of LENS was used AND look at the little girl on the left. The one pointing at you. What photography TERM explains the blurriness in her pointer finger? 

Crush on Reno

15 years ago, I landed back on US soil after intending to stay away forever. As I collected my bags, disappointment and relief collided.  My head was empty as I travelled home again. It was in that emptiness that I was introduced to a new view. The desert Virginia Range Mountains.

I had grown up with a majestic view of the Sierra Nevadas. A stark contrast to the ugly, dry, barren mountains to the east. But that day, my view had changed.  Ethereal clouds cast themselves onto the rolling dirt. What once seemed dead blossomed with subtleties.  And the sky. The sky was endless. The universe was blue. The eastern view offered an ocean of thought, possibility, inspiration, a muse.  It was the first time I loved anything Reno.

I change my name to Skye. It represented where I was from and where I was going.

Perhaps these photographs will help to complete the story:

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Above text excerpt from GrassRoots by Skye Snyder.

There is a moment during our getaways when Joshua and I vow to live like tourists in our own town. See the streets and attractions from a fresh perspective.  Adventure on new trails, find new food delights and fall in love with Reno, again. 

How do you fall in love with your town?
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GrassRoots - The Story - Part II

I had to make a timeline for a college education class--Social Studies: Lesson Plan:  How to Make a Timeline. Materials list = white butcher paper, pencil, markers, images (drawn, decopaged, or stolen from the internet). Objective = to chronologically account one's life over a timeline of historical events.
The class displayed their masterpieces, their lives of mini milestones dotted by pink highlighters and star stickers. I learned of their births, their first cars, marriage, and babies. I knew nothing more about them after this project than I did before. I was told by a classmate later that night that the teacher thought I "wasn't cut out for teaching". My timeline did not begin on my birthday. It began with one of the most powerful photographs I have come to know in our family's collection; Vietnam, 1970, there was my Dad with a gun pointing to his temple while holding a portrait of my Mom and brother. This was my beginning.

copyright © 2010 Skye Snyder from  GrassRoots by Skye Snyder

GrassRoots ~ the story ~ Part I

Food saved my marriage. I even considered divorce.  What had once given me freedom was beginning to feel like a noose and it was getting tight, real tight.

And then I found it. A subject I admire; one I want to understand more deeply, respect fully. It started by happenstance. We had been chucking our lawn clippings from the summer and the leaves from the fall into a pile, too lazy to actually bag them and haul them to the curb. A few years of this practice and we finally decided to clean up our backyard. We discovered rich, beautiful soil colonized by the most magnificent Red Wrigglers. It smelled of the pinot I had fallen so madly in love with before I was married. It had the scent of life, the scent of living. We madly pierced the earth with our pitch forks and laid the soil to rest in our newly constructed garden beds. We felt proud. We shopped for seeds.

There is no chronology, no linear order of events to this story. As far as I can remember, moments have spiraled in and out and back again like the Blue Angel I watched as a child tumble through the sky.

to be continued...

A Crush on Violet

I have a little crush on violet.

Punchy purple wedding accessories. These little violet accents are as feminine and flirty as our bride, Claire. Afraid of color? Let Claire and Jon's wedding in Lake Tahoe inspire you to go for it. Make it your own.

Want to see more? Check out www.skyesnyder.com You will want to watch the Tahoe, Today, and Tomorrow slideshow to see why we have a crush on violet. What's your favorite detail of this Stateline Lake Tahoe Wedding?