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Hello and welcome to my photo blog. I am Karen McKinnon, a Vancouver Island based photographer - a gal fortunate to be living my passion. The blog is where you can see recent sessions, keep in touch with what is new around here (and I promise you it is never dull) and get a better sense of who I am, what I love and how I show it. 

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March 10, 2011 // my life portraits
Back at it. That's how I am going to feel this morning. I intend to have a coffee with my sweetie, and then get back at it for the next few hours. Then it is a meeting at a child's school then hopping in the car for a jaunt to Victoria to teach and then an interview for Helping Hearts (more about that soon.) I currently am in the middle of a portraiture teaching contract at the professional photography school Western Academy of Photography. I head to Vic every few weeks to teach 40 students about the art and business of portrait photography. I really am crazy for taking the contract, but crazy often equals fun and inspiring. Each time I have to juggle to make it work,but it's worth it. 
I look at these students, and see their passion and fear - it is a daring move to take the more challenging road that often comes with pursuing your dream, but people are doing it all around me. As my friend Erin would say, they are choosing to be amazing. 

Such is the case for Sean.. the juggler. He is pursuing a future in juggling, in circus arts, a future in being happy. 
His session in the studio was brilliant, in that he is amazing. At such a young age, he sees to have figured so much of "it" out. 
You can imagine how much fun we had.

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Mackenzie:

Amazing Karen!! Sean teaches Payt Juggling/Circus at the C.R.A. She is enthralled with him. He's pretty great!! :)

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