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!)

Christmas Self Portrait

Just for fun...I saw the idea on another blog. Merry Christmas! You'll probably have to click on the picture to see the "portrait". :)

101 Posts

This is my 101st post! Wow...can't quite believe that. My photographer friend, http://www.jennifertibbettsphotography.com/ had a post about the some actions she uses. I had not found a picture that I liked one of the actions on yet, and decided to try the same thing she did. (Just call me a copy cat!) I really like the results. Here are just a few more snow pictures that we took this morning! Of course, they feature my three faithful models!

I absolutely LOVE the snow!

I used the 70's action on the picture above and below.

Oh, the FREE actions are from http://thepioneerwoman.com/

In the Snow

Don't you just love the 80's sweater? She insisted on wearing it...and since they were just going to get wet and dirty, who was I to argue! :)

The G Family

Brr....it was cold when we took these pictures! Though the snow had melted, I had thought that it would make a great Christmas card picture if there was a little snow. Oh well, I think we got some cute ones!

Oh Baby!

This adorable little baby is part of my Weds morning group that I go to. I am the unofficial photographer for the group meetings so I snagged her from her mom and took a few shots. Her eyes are so blue!

11 Grandchildren

On Saturday I met with a family to take an annual shot of the grandkids. There are 11 of them ranging in ages from 16 down to 2 years old. It was pretty challenging to get them all looking at the camera at the same time. But I think we got a few good shots. The youngest of them all was having a hard time being in the pictures, but mom and dad would plop her down, run out of the frame and we would snap a few pictures (while she was crying) before she ran off. :) Even crying, she was an adorable little girl.

I have not gone through the entire lot yet, but here are 2 images I have found so far....this family is blessed with good looks!

The Principal's Office

I have always remembered how to spell principal (vs. principle) because the principal is your "pal". :) I recently took family pictures of the principals family. Pam and I work together on the leadership team for the mom's group that I attend and her husband is the principal for a local school.
Their kids were so sweet and ready to pose for pictures. Their littlest one wanted to see the picture after we took each one...he is just too cute!

Night Photos

These were taken from my front porch and driveway. This is my first real attempt at night photography and I really like how the sky turned out. The moon is just a thumbnail moon tonight, but looks full. The tree is illuminated by the lights on our front porch.

Sweet "P" Family

Some of my good friends let me take some family portraits this weekend. Their daughter is so funny. She has the biggest, brownest eyes and is absolutely adorable. I don't feel like I know her all that well, she is only 1 afterall. But take a look at these pictures and I think her personality is captured here. (Beth, tell me if I am wrong...)

I absolutely love how the picture in front of the holly (above) turned out so "Christmas'y'"

Just click on the pictures to see them big.

The one above just absolutely cracks me up. This is what I know of Miss E. Always on the go....her arms are flapping away in excitment!

I love playing with color tones, but can never quite decide which I like the most. The top picture is straight out of the camera color, and the picture below I adjusted using an action called "Creamy Toffee Latte". It makes the colors warmer and adds a softness to the picture.

I said they were going to be hard!

I am just now finishing up with my friend Erin's pictures. I had to interupt her pictures to work on a family session. (Which I just finished up!) I knew her pictures were going to be hard. But yet, in a way they were really easy. Just hard to decide which pictures to keep and which to throw out. So, here are a few more of my final favorites.

I couldn't decide which collage I liked better, so I put them both on. And...this is exactly how I know Erin. Always laughing and full of fun! I love that!

The picture below is one of my favorites...minus the shadow from a branch. I didn't notice that til I got home! Oh well...