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EMILY CRALL BLOG

I'm Emily and I'm so happy you're here! This blog is a journal about my life and my latest work. Stay a while and say hello!

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the adventures of flav’s fried chicken

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Personal

We were looking for the KFC sign. Not because that’s where we were going, but because we could use that as a landmark since it’s new rival is next door: FFC. Not Flame Fried Chicken or Flade Fried Chicken or RAV4 Fried Chicken (Dad kept getting confused about the name so he’d just make things […]

ordering: paper types

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Tips

Ordering your photos can be overwhelming. There’s a lot to choose; which photos, what sizes, and then, the ultimate confusion, what paper type. Paper type? Yep. So here’s a little run down to make sense of it. E-Surface Paper (Matte Finish) Kodak Professional Supra Endura VC Digital Paper (yeah, just call it Traditional E-Surface Paper […]

Dana & Blake

A Kalona Iowa Spring Farm Engagement Shoot

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Engaged

“I pursued her,” he said. I had just asked him how they went from friends to a relationship. Swoon, tell me a girl who doesn’t want to be pursued. They told me they’ve known each other their whole lives and even went to the same high school, but he was several years older than her […]

tips: names and non-mirroring

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Say my name, say my name… Most of my communication is with the bride. Generally, she is the one who contacts me, meets with me, emails me, and plans the day with me, setting up the time template and the location ideas. It’s easy to think that she’s the only one involved in the wedding. […]

stranger danger

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I want to be real. Being real isn’t easy. I’ve been backstabbed a few times that left long-lasting wounds and the scars still appear; more visible some days than others. There are a few people in this world who I trust explicitly, otherwise, I like to keep my guard up. Going out on a limb […]

dralion

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Personal

Every show is amazing. There’s just no other way of saying it. I kept gasping and grabbing Kevin’s arm and saying, “No, that didn’t just happen. That’s not real!” Jumping rope in a pyramid of 12 people on top of each other, balancing and walking on large balls with a person standing on your shoulders, […]

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