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The BEST WORST week of my life; the week gramma died

Today was her birthday. December the 7th, on her last birthday she turned 90. I couldn’t return home last year and it was her last birthday… For the first time since her death, she came alive in my dreams last night. She was the size of a child and we each took turns holding her...

Photography Tips to help you Shoot like a Pro

Do you want to take better photos but don’t know where to start? Do you currently have a-zillion photos on your phone and no plans with what to do with them?? In this post I’m going to share a few photo tips to get you thinking like a pro! Just like everything, Photography has some basic...

Starting Kindergarten; Survival Tips

It’s hard to believe my little daughter is heading into third grade next week. Just yesterday, it seems I was preparing to send her to kindergarten. Since it’s been a few years since we began this journey, I thought I’d share a few tips on how I prepared for her first year in school. Starting...

Julie Burton went viral: Part Two

It started with a litter of kittens someone abandoned in downtown Kansas City. The artist in me, jumped without thinking… I had a concept for a photograph that involved a bunch of kittens. Listen to Part Two with Julie Burton If you haven’t checked out part one, you’ll want to go back HERE and do...

When Julie Burton went viral: Part One

Julie Burton is a mother and a writer who uses her sense of humor to relate to others about daily life. As a mother of two girls she’ll flat out tell you her job is raising strong, proud daughters. She always puts them first but that doesn’t mean she takes things too seriously!

Accepting Social Media and finding the Positive

Accepting Social Media; How can you BE part of a positive change? #bethechangeinsocialmedia The connectivity that comes with Social Media A decade ago, I heard about this innovative photographer, Jasmine Star stopping through Kansas City on tour and I made a point to see her speak. She talked about authenticity and selling yourself to your clients...

Parenting in a Digital Age

Parenting in a Digital Age All at once, my little girl is nine. Just like that… she is nearing the end of her childhood and I feel as though I’ve missed everything. In second grade, he classmates began showing up with cell phones? WHAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!? Why does a SEVEN year old need a cell phone? Silly...

Conversations with my Grandparents

What’s in a photograph? A moment frozen in time? A feeling we don’t want to lose? A memory? That’s me, in the bottom corner of the photo below. Those are my grandparents reading to me when I was  about three years old.  I was too young to remember these moments, but Papaw appears to be...

Photography and Podcasting;

I’ve been keeping some pretty big secrets. Behind the scenes I’ve been rebuilding my life and career as an artist. Taking control of my future and guiding my daughter by the example I lead. Over the last ten years, I’ve watched as photography and social media have stolen our lives from the present. And as...

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Adrienne Maples

 

Kansas City photographer, Adrienne Maples, weaves together powerful narratives with her photographs to create mood and evoke emotion.

 

She's an AI enthusiast, passionate about teaching others how to use technology responsibly for the greater good. Known for her 'spunk & pizazz', she directs from behind her camera, finding impromptu designing to transform mediocrity into the extraordinary.

 

She a board member of AIGA and KCAC. As a committee member of KCDW, she organized the 2024 talks: The A.I. Asset, Creator as Curator.

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About

the Photographer

Adrienne Maples

 

Kansas City photographer, Adrienne Maples, weaves together powerful narratives with her photographs to create mood and evoke emotion.

 

She's an AI enthusiast, passionate about teaching others how to use technology responsibly for the greater good. Known for her 'spunk & pizazz', she directs from behind her camera, finding impromptu designing to transform mediocrity into the extraordinary.

 

She a board member of AIGA and KCAC. As a committee member of KCDW, she organized the 2024 talks: The A.I. Asset, Creator as Curator.

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