4 year photographer; Mother of 4 wonderful children, happily married. Retired competitive dance instructor and martial artist. I love photography of all kinds, but most portraits as I love to show my clients how truly beautiful they really are! I specialize in dance event photography and portrait work.
Kelli Lauck :
My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the Boston Marathon tragedy
Sinbackkk : Ditto Kelli! My hometown...
April 15 at 4:51PM
Kelli Lauck : My prayers are with you especially Sin...
April 15 at 5:17PM
Flight_of_Raven : Ditto. I had friends running in that marathon but to the best of my knowledge they're all fine... I don't understand what's happening to the world.
April 15 at 5:42PM
Sinbackkk : Have friends running as well Kev. This shit is not going end, unbelievable, tried to call some people, can't get through, all cell service is off. I hope some "concerned" citizens find the M$%@&r F%&$ers before the Feds do. Thanks Kelli.
April 15 at 6:23PM
webster : Thanks Kelli. very sad and very scary. Still trying to get through to our friends :(
April 15 at 6:26PM
Kelli Lauck : i pray you are able to reach them soon and even more that they are safe...please keep me posted!
April 15 at 7:20PM
Life is but a dream. : My husband ran the Boston. The people were wonderful and we had the best time there. This news had us in tears.
April 16 at 5:50AM
webster : Thanks, Kelli- all is well thank goodness. Praying for the others...
April 16 at 8:55AM
FanArtReview wrote to Kelli Lauck :
Congratulations! Star Struck is the new Mixed Media Photograph of the Month!
helvi2 : Congratulations Kelli, You had my vote! :o) Helvi
February 22 at 12:27AM
Life is but a dream. : Love your work, always have, always will. Congrats Kelli.
February 22 at 12:41AM
phil1950 : Congrats! well done
February 22 at 1:06AM
ducilla : See the big smile on my face????????
February 22 at 1:15AM
Skyangel02 : Congratulations Kelli.
February 22 at 5:32AM
Cassandra01 : Yeah Kelli! An amazing piece to be sure!
February 22 at 7:40AM
avmurray : Congratulations !
February 22 at 12:26PM
Kelli Lauck : Thank you all so much for the congrats and for the votes!
February 22 at 1:15PM
Echo7 : You deserve this Kelli. Well done my friend =D x
February 22 at 7:04PM
donkeyoatey : congratulations..a lovely picture!
February 22 at 8:43PM
Sange : YIPPEEEEEE! GG! You GlOW GIRL! Love you and your work!! =)
February 22 at 9:28PM
Kelli Lauck :
I am reposting this again because I believe it's an important topic...hoping someone will listen!!!
Anonymous One : Sweet! Great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 5 at 7:57PM
MGTF Blue : As I said before it is a great idea and should be a 'given' that each category is voted for by us the members.
January 5 at 8:26PM
Skyangel02 : As I said in Echos profile page last year. I think if we want it done we will have to do it ourselves and not wait for Tom to grant our wishes. I posted a suggestion about it on the general forum but so far only two have commented on it.
January 6 at 12:49AM
Kelli Lauck :
Think it's awesome that this site is featuring an Artist of the Year - Congrats Olga - Life is But a Dream! Now since it's been raised twice now - once by me last year and once by Echo - how about the Photo of the Year in each of the categories?? From all of the monthly winners??? I was told last year it would be put on the wish list...
MGTF Blue : I will have to congratulate Life is But a Dream here as I can't comment on her own page as she has muted me for deducting stars off of my ratings of her work due to my own personal preferances (seems a bit daft to me, how can I award top marks for work that I think could be improved?)
January 5 at 9:56AM
Echo7 : Yeh Kelli, i definatly agree. The contests would be fantastic & more encouaraging for many members to submit over the year.
January 5 at 10:40AM
MGTF Blue : Like I said I couldn't congratulate Olga on her page and explained why.
January 5 at 10:48AM
Echo7 : So why not just congratulate her then?....Rather than letting everyone know why?.
January 5 at 10:50AM
MGTF Blue : Wouldn't it look odd it I congratulated her here and didn't explain why I hadn't done it on her own page?
January 5 at 11:00AM
MGTF Blue : I tend to think that your comment says more about YOU than it does me Sinbackkk. The comment has been reported to FAR.
January 5 at 11:42AM
Kelli Lauck : Alright enough....it would have been fine to congratulate without the explanation. This is not the point of my post though. Please get back on topic or refrain from commenting.
January 5 at 11:55AM
Badger : Wasn't Tom also going to speak to committee members with a view to making an award to the most improved artists in their chosen field to reflect that FAR is a learning site?
January 5 at 6:57PM
Badger : ...or did I misunderstand your reply to my recent suggestion Tom?
January 5 at 6:57PM
Kelli Lauck :
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas - may you have a wonderful holiday filled with love, laughter and peace; may you be bestowed with many blessings. Love, the Lauck Family
Kelli Lauck :
thank you all for the kind words on my previous post of not renewing...i still have a little while left so i will continue to post on occasion but business is doing really well and my time is devoted to it...the rankings here are just not realistic or truthful in my opinion and it's just not a good value of my time at the moment. I love the friendships I have made --that's the best I can take away from here. I certainly wish you all well...
Skyangel02 : It's great to hear that your business is doing so well. I agree that rankings here are meaningless and totally understand why you feel it is a waste of time posting anything on this site when your time could be spent more productively elsewhere.
December 22 at 1:32AM
blairwacha : ditto, Skyangel, and you Kelli!
January 3 at 1:13PM
Kelli Lauck :
Once my membership runs out, I will not be renewing.
donkeyoatey : We certainly will be poorer on here without you!
December 19 at 10:01PM
Skyangel02 : I will miss seeing your work Kelli. In my opinion you are one of the very best photographers on this site and your high quality work will be greatly missed. However, if you don't renew your membership I wish you all the best in your photography career. I am sure you will do wonderfully well. Thank you for being the inspiration which you have been.
December 19 at 10:43PM
blairwacha : Sorry to hear that, Kelli. I'm pretty sure I'll be doing the same, but I've got a long way to my renewal.
December 19 at 11:53PM
helvi2 : SO sorry to hear you're leaving the site Kelli. I will definitely miss your work and your reviews! Wishing you the BEST of luck wherever you may go! :o)
December 20 at 12:03AM
Sange : GG... send me your email..you know I adore you and think you are amazing in craft and as a human! Lol.. I feel the same! Probably will not renew either.. you were a light and youare always helped me to learn and grow... I THANK YOU!
December 20 at 12:10AM
ducilla : You know how I feel about your work..Miss you on FAR but you are not lost!!!see you around!....
December 20 at 1:42AM
Keri Harrish : Sorry to read this Kelli
December 20 at 2:02AM
Shakeadog : That's no good, will see your work on fb instead?
December 20 at 5:14AM
avmurray : Not good news at all. I will mis your photos.
December 20 at 4:35PM
Kelli Lauck : thank you all for the kind words...i still have a little while left so i will continue to post on occasion but business is doing really well and my time is devoted to it...the rankings here are just not realistic or truthful in my opinion and it's just not a good value of my time at the moment. I love the friendships I have made --that's the best I can take away from here. I certainly wish you all well...
December 22 at 12:26AM
Kelli Lauck :
If you wish to make a donation to the Sandy Hook Elementary Fund, take a look at my facebook page and see my offer!
Keri Harrish : I seen it and what a great gesture Kelli!
December 18 at 1:26AM
Kelli Lauck :
MANY prayers to the victims and families of the school shooting in Connecticut. My heart is just breaking...i can't wait to get my kids home from school today.
Echo7 : I just read about it. Its simply devastating. How anyone could commit acts like this.
December 14 at 1:47PM
helvi2 : What happened there is unimagineable!MY heart and prayers are with all the families there.
December 14 at 2:34PM
Kelli Lauck : It isn't just about "gun control" - and trust me if they want a gun, they will get it regardless of laws (current or future) that are in place- not every gun owner is going to become a murdering maniac! THIS WAS AND IS ABOUT SELF CONTROL AND COMMON SENSE!
December 14 at 3:08PM
phil1950 : My heartfelt thoughs go out to the families
December 14 at 3:35PM
phil1950 : I hope the press and electronic medias respect the families privacy.
December 14 at 3:48PM
donkeyoatey : Another senseless and heartbreaking event. My thoughts are with the families at this time, and I hope that they will be given enough room to process their grief.
December 14 at 4:55PM
Kelli Lauck :
Last night and today I have had a great conversation with another member here regarding reviews vs. views. We were both thinking along the same lines as to if members here get a lot of views on their photos, but not a lot of reviews if they are not promoted. I rarely promote my own work, I have been fortunate to have a couple different members be gracious enough to promote some of my work (thank you!!). But I do find that when I don't promote, I may get a lot of views on my photos (most likely from fan email notification) but only a couple of reviews. I do have a couple of people who always review no matter whether promoted or not - to you I say thank you!
blairwacha : I tend to be just the opposite, actually. I find it easier to review good shots. Sometimes very minor changes suggested are the ones the artist may not have noticed. Although most everyone says the take negative reviews kindly, I don't think it's true. I soon learn who takes negative reviews kindly and am happy to help. Those who just get mad can have someone else review their work.
November 21 at 8:12AM
Keri Harrish : Sometimes I don't review the way I should as I simply look at others work without commenting even though I may think it's very well done. I have felt that if I come across someone's work that I think is at such a high level, what can I possibly offer? I had never considered this to be an issue so point taken Kelli. I have had the same feeling as you with having more lookers than reviewers. Often I'm left thinking "Ok, that post sucked." Either way, I appreciate all the reviews I get, which isn't always many unless I or another (thank you) promotes my post.
November 21 at 3:07PM
Skyangel02 : I think the whole problem is that no person has enough time to comment on everything they like every day.
November 21 at 6:13PM
Intrepid : I just like to share my work and hope some people appreciate some of the photos that I post. Last year I worried about rankings. This year, I do not. Rather than worry about reviews, I tend to enter photos into contests. For two member dollars, I can have a photo viewed by 30 - 40 members.
November 21 at 11:09PM
Kelli Lauck :
Sometimes, just sometimes....being unspoken is much more powerful than being outspoken.
MGTF Blue : And other times simple words can be misinterpeted as being "outspoken".
November 15 at 8:06AM
MGTF Blue : And sometimes they are (this could go on for ever)
November 15 at 8:37AM
Badger : Hey, hairdressers car, why not quit while you are behind?
November 15 at 8:40AM
donkeyoatey : Ouch!! Hairdressers car? hmmm..
November 15 at 8:52AM
Sinbackkk : Your comment was uncalled for Carl, truly shows your lack of maturity, as well as a sexist and mysogenistic attitude.
November 15 at 9:33AM
Badger : Your point sir?
November 15 at 10:39AM
MGTF Blue : Who says I am "behind", many people seem to misunderstand my postings and it is quite laughable for me to be described as "outspoken".
November 15 at 1:00PM
Kelli Lauck : i'm curious Blue - what on earth makes you think for one second that I was referring to YOU??? I never once referred to any one person in particular - it was a general statement to you are assuming was aimed at you...(are we seeing a theme here yet...)
November 15 at 1:32PM
Kelli Lauck : *that you are assuming
November 15 at 1:33PM
MGTF Blue : I didn't say that I did think that you were directly refering to me Kelli - it is YOU who has assumed that.
November 15 at 1:37PM
Kelli Lauck : quote: Who says I am "behind", many people seem to misunderstand my postings and it is quite laughable for me to be described as "outspoken".
November 15 at 1:39PM
Kelli Lauck : I didn't assume - I was merely touching upon YOUR own statement
November 15 at 1:41PM
MGTF Blue : I said that in response to Badger who did refer directly to me.
November 15 at 1:47PM
Kelli Lauck : I don't see at all where he referred to you as outspoken...but hey, if the shoe fits...
November 15 at 2:00PM
Skyangel02 : Hi Kelli, Regarding your original statement, are you referring to face to face contact with people or are you referring to messages written on the net?
November 15 at 5:01PM
Badger : Gervaise, I have more put downs than you have had hot dinners son.
November 15 at 5:09PM
MGTF Blue : I wouldn't call 0-60 in 6.9 seconds and a top speed of 137 poor performance. It is widely regarded as having superb road handling and aesthetics is all about personal tastes.
November 15 at 5:31PM
Badger : Sadly you have bought a lifestyle statement that is slower than my diesel engined Citroen C6 and can't out accelerate either of my elderly Rovers, both of which are significantly faster too. My Cerbera would be doing the ton a long time before you even get to 50 and my Scimitar farts in the general direction of a TF when it comes to top speed, it could probably out accelerate it too if it wasn't an auto.
November 15 at 6:40PM
MGTF Blue : Badger the trick when pulling someones chian is not to pull too hard or it will break - MG Maestro Turbo - lol
November 16 at 5:05AM
Badger : Pull your head out from your arse. Even today it is only surpassed in acceleration by the MG RV8 and the XPower SV/SVR and has truly blissful handling, you really could chuck a Maestro into a corner safe in the knowledge that it would still be facing forward as you exit. It's faster than the MG TF 160 too.
November 16 at 7:08AM
MGTF Blue : Badger - I was SURE you were winding me up but I do believe you are serious.
November 16 at 8:19AM
Sinbackkk : So lovely to see you two bonding! Weeping tears of joy! See, we CAN all get along.
November 16 at 9:13AM
Badger : On the same website the same author wrote: MG's transformation has been stunning. In just a couple of years, it has gone from being "that company that used to make crap cars" to "that company that makes crap cars."
November 16 at 6:09PM
Badger : Sinbackk, don't even get me started on how poor American cars are!
November 16 at 6:11PM
Skyangel02 : Sinbackkk is weeping tears of joy. I am crying tears of laughter. You guys crack me up. Too funny.
November 16 at 7:33PM
Kelli Lauck :
I wonder if some people realize the picture they have painted of themselves on here...
blairwacha : Kinda makes you wonder, Kelli...
November 15 at 12:05AM
Skyangel02 : Self portraits are always interesting. ;-)
November 15 at 4:34AM
MGTF Blue : I take it you do relaise that firstly you only get a tiny glimpse of what a person is like from what they say on a web site such as this and secondly they might be deliberately acting out of character. It is easy to be something that you are not when using a keyboard.
November 15 at 5:30AM
phil1950 : Some paint a real ugly picture of themselves.
November 15 at 6:51AM
MGTF Blue : Maybe so Phil1950 but the chances are it is not a TRUE reflection of themselves.
November 15 at 7:15AM
phil1950 : Chances are it is a VERY TRUE reflection of themselves.
November 15 at 7:26AM
Cassandra01 : I think phil's point is that if someone is acting "out of character" in a negative way online it is truly a less than desirable character trait...and that is the true reflection.
November 15 at 7:44AM
blairwacha : I think a person's true character becomes more obvious through their actions than through what they say about themselves.
November 15 at 8:13AM
MGTF Blue : Well said blair - none of you can know what anybody is REALLY like from mere words on a web site (which can easily be taken in a way they were not meant).
November 15 at 1:09PM
Kelli Lauck :
I am going to ask you all for a huge favor, because I believe in the power of prayer. My father in law is in intensive care and has been intubated and is taking a turn for the worse. Please please say a prayer (or two) for me and my family. Would be greatly appreciated.
webster : Done.
October 27 at 8:31AM
Kelli Lauck : Thank you both so much. He's still not doing well...had a really rough night and is not responding to current treatments. Continued prayers are appreciated.
October 27 at 10:24AM
Happy Snappy : Prayers and thoughts for you and your family at this upsetting and worrying time. Hope he pulls through.
October 27 at 6:52PM
cynnocence : for sure my friend
October 27 at 7:23PM
donkeyoatey : I certainly will, I wish you and your family all the best.
October 27 at 8:41PM
filly421 : I will Kelli, and all the best.
November 3 at 9:07PM
briansintransit : thinking of you at this time,hope thinks work out
November 11 at 3:46AM
blairwacha : The power of prayer is something incredible. You've got it!
November 13 at 12:22AM
Kelli Lauck :
Happy Birthday to my buddy Shakeadog! Enjoy your day Troy!
avmurray : Me too. Happy Birthday !
September 14 at 8:31AM
MoonWillow : Happy Birthday, Troy!!
September 14 at 11:25AM
adr1an : congrats on another year gone my friend-have a great time!
September 14 at 1:30PM
Life is but a dream. : H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y
September 14 at 7:56PM
ducilla : I gave up b-days! Counting is so tiring...But enjoy anyway!..
September 15 at 10:52AM
Shakeadog : Thanks so much guys!
September 15 at 11:40PM
Kelli Lauck :
wow.....
Passionate1 : What's up doc ? :). By the way loving the new programs. :D
August 3 at 10:48AM
Kelli Lauck : I am just blown away....
August 3 at 10:53AM
Passionate1 : Something good I hope.... I had a few surprises too. Mixed feelings but overall doing good. :D
August 3 at 10:55AM
Passionate1 : Don't know if you know this.... But I credited you for you guidance and help on my wall . Sincerely thanks again :)
August 3 at 10:56AM
Kelli Lauck : Awww, thank you! I didnt see it! But will check it out!
August 3 at 11:34AM
ducilla : DOUBLE WOW!
August 3 at 12:03PM
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