Fall at Freeway Lakes

 

 

Avery Park Family Session

I loved seeing this family again. I had a session with them last year, here and here, before their sweetest new addition joined them. Its so fun to have a second session and see how their family has grown!

Brooke, Rae'ven & Sg. Dad Willamette Valley, Oregon Family Photographer

Brooke and Rae'ven are two of the sweetest girls! Their mom, Michelle, and I are good friends, so I was excited when she asked me to do a shoot with the girls and their dad when he arrived home from Iraq! I felt honored. Derek just returned from a 15 month tour in Iraq (which I believe is his second!)

So I am editing away on this session. I wanted to post a few pictures while I finish working on the rest.

Willamette Valley, Oregon Family Photographer

Fix it Friday at I ♥ Faces

I finally get to try Fix it Friday again...I have missed it for several weeks. This week is a picture of a little one with some rocks. I love the blurred background look, but the subject is a little bit blurred too. So I tried to boost the colors and sharpened the image. The first image I left vertical, but I wanted to try a horizontal image as well. So on the second image and I cropped the picture and stretched the canvas. Once I had some blank space to the left I cloned in the rock to fill up the rest of the "frame". Check out the other "fixes at I ♥ Faces.

Original

A Freebie

First off...happy birthday to an old (ha ha) high school friend! She is celebrating all week long by giving things away on her blog. She is a VERY crafty and talented person, so go check it out. Just leave a comment to enter!

http://columbialily.blogspot.com/

This is a shot I took a few weeks ago, I love the two stars (? Planets? I guess I don't know much about the sky!)

I got some more pictures finished and wanted to post a few more for you. Again, I had a good time with your family. Sorry I left my tripod there! Oops!

~Amy~

I had the chance to take a few pictures of my sister Amy yesterday. She was feeling a bit silly, like most moms who are used to being behind the camera, but I think she did a great job "faking" it for me. :) We used my dads old truck as a prop which was kinda fun.

She was just being silly above....I love the one below!

Close-ups

I have been working with a few different lenses in order to perfect my close up technique. Mainly it is just fun! I love the purple daisy!