An Ordinary Post
I know everyone out there in the blogsphere is posting Christmas posts. I am getting ready to enjoy the Christmas season...really I am. I just take a while. I feel like I have to have my X's checked...
View ArticleLight Show
Check out our lightshow this afternoon, just before sunset.And, here is my oldest daughter standing in the orange glow admiring the clouds.Fantastic.
View ArticleChristmas Ornaments
I am a little behind on this post, but here it is nonetheless. Here are some of our Holiday Decor photos for the You Capture weekly photo challenge. Next week's challenge is Your Holiday.The following...
View ArticlePhotoshop Shapes
One of my main goals in having this blog is to have a place to be able to experiment with Photography Techniques and with Photoshop and Illustrator. With it being a New Year and with everyone talking...
View ArticleHigh Contrast Photo
Over at Graphic Illustrations they call this technique "Lomoization". If you like the technique, you'll want to head over there and follow her video tutorial. In a nutshell we're creating a strong...
View ArticleCow Collage
I made this collage using this tutorial http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/collage-warp/. The only thing I would add to the tutorial is that when you make a copy of your warped photo and...
View ArticleTutorial Reminder
I want to go back and try some of these tutorials. This is just a reminder to myself.www.tripwiremagazine.com/2009/03/stunning-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials.html
View ArticleColor Cast
I've been playing around with an old flash I have. I have a ring flash that I purchased a long time ago to take better pictures of products with my old G2. Unfortuneately, even though I owned a fancy...
View ArticleA Picture Of My Daughter
I've been under the weather. We're expecting another child come next August and I am in that dreaded first trimester. I have not been doing much, if any, photography, nor playing around with Photoshop....
View ArticleBraids For The Toddler
My toddler got braids today. I can't believe how long her hair is getting. She definitely has the most hair for her age of my girls. And, despite being a brunette myself, I can't help but fall in love...
View ArticleThe Moon
This was the moon tonight. Not completely full, but according to my husband very close to the Earth right now and it was way huge when it was on the horizon (which, of course, is really the atmosphere...
View ArticleNot Much Excitement Here
I have been very short on pictures lately and on anything related to photography and web design. But, as of the last few days, I have been feeling a bit better and so I'm playing with Photoshop and...
View ArticlePlaying Outside
Here my middle daughter playing outside. She's organizing Heather flowers on an old cutting like it was a Christmas tree.
View ArticleA Few Pictures
I saw my middle girl outside today without any shoes and I had to run outside and try and capture her. This is so my daughter. As soon as she learned to take off her shoes, if the car ride was over...
View ArticleNeat Trick - Enhancing Skies
OK. Here's a neat trick that I read about in one of my Photoshop books. If you have a washed out sky, you can darken or intensify the sky pretty easily. I did notice that it intensified some of the...
View ArticleEnhancing Skies
Thanks to Marla, I learned a second method for enhancing dull skies. Part Two of this tutorial: http://www.layersmagazine.com/exposure-blending-in-photoshop.htmlThis technique is also good for high...
View ArticleI Heart Faces - Bundled Up
I Heart Faces theme this week is "Bundled Up". This photograph popped right into my mind. It is one of my absolute favorites. I love the rich tones and the sweet moment in time when my littlest girl...
View ArticlePhotoshop Shapes
I came across a Photoshop Shape Tutorial. Photoshop actually has quite rich shape features. They are a lot of fun to play with. Here is the...
View ArticleI Heart Faces - Angles
This week's theme at I Heart Faces is angles. So, I submit a photo I took at an interesting angle. This photo was taken just after a late spring rainstorm and jumping in puddles and being silly is a...
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