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Sustaining the Powers

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On Meal Plans and Jellyfish //Currently Sustaining Us

February 26, 2016 by Steph Powers 1 Comment

This Week's Meal Plan Monday: Individual Huevos Rancheros from Lauren Caris Cooks (gf, vegetarian) Tuesday: The Best Chili from Lavender and Macarons (gf) Wednesday: Easy Tofu Lettuce Wraps from The Wetherills Say I Do (gf, vegetarian, vegan) Thursday: Leftovers. Friday: Pizza Night! My Perfect Pizza Dough (vegetarian) Saturday: Date Night - eat ...

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Filed Under: Currently Sustaining Us, Meal Plan Monday, Photography Tagged With: currently, jellyfish, meal plan, photography

On Meal Plans and Waiting // Currently Sustaining Us Week 1

January 22, 2016 by Steph Powers 16 Comments

Currently Sustaining Us Week 1 - Sustaining the Powers

This week's meal plan and a peek inside my journaling Bible! This photo was taken from a friend's backyard. Such a gorgeous sunset! Happy Friday!! Has anyone else's week just flown by? I love working short weeks because Friday takes you by surprise instead of us longing for it to just be here already. In addition to Wednesday's Simple Hospitality series, I'm starting another new series this ...

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Filed Under: Bible Journaling, Currently Sustaining Us Tagged With: bible, bible journaling, currently, illustrated faith, meal plan, neocolor ii, photography, psalm 130, studio l2e, sunrise, watercolor

Food Photography Friday: Build A DIY (Lowel Ego) Tabletop Softbox for Under $30!

January 16, 2015 by Steph Powers 36 Comments

Build A DIY (Lowell Ego) Tabletop Softbox for Under $30! Great, thorough tutorial with lots of step by step images.

Build A DIY (Lowel Ego) Tabletop Softbox for under $30! I am super duper excited to share this tutorial with you today! For the longest time I have been forced to make my meals according to when the best natural light was available to photograph it. This meant either not photographing the foods we eat for dinner, making dinner at 2 pm so I could photograph it before reheating dinner at dinner ...

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Filed Under: Blogging, Food Photography Friday Tagged With: diy, food photography, lowel ego light, photography, product photography, softbox, studio light

Food Photography Friday: My $2 Secret for Better Lighting in Your Blog Photos

January 9, 2015 by Steph Powers 21 Comments

My $2 secret for better lighting in your blog photos!

Want better lighting in your blog photos? Check out my $2 secret! What's the secret you ask? Well, if you saw inside my camera bag last week, you may remember that I listed a white piece of foam board as one of my essentials. That's the big little secret! I wanted to share a few comparison photos with you in this post to show you what a difference using a reflector for "fill" light can make in ...

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Filed Under: Blogging, Food Photography Friday Tagged With: beet, DIY photography, foam board, food photography, frugal, photography, reflector

Food Photography Friday: What’s In My Camera Bag

January 2, 2015 by Steph Powers 10 Comments

Whats in My Camera Bag- Sustaining the Powers

Whats in My Camera Bag? It's not as fancy as you might think when looking at my photos.  I get a lot of questions and comments about my photos, so I thought it was about time to start a food photography series. I want to kick it off with a quick run down of the gear and software I use. Although my photos might look like I have a lot of fancy gear, I really don't. In fact, you could ...

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Filed Under: Blogging, Food Photography Friday Tagged With: blogging, camera equipment, canon, food photography, lightroom, photography, photos

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I'm Stephanie. I'm an Austin, Texas native living in Denver, Colorado who blogs about my favorite Tex-Mex and travel-inspired recipe creations, food photography tech resources for bloggers. I want to make it easier for you provide sustenance to your family and show hospitality to others. Click here to learn more about me.

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