tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72548326013100576882024-03-13T23:42:52.281-07:00Looking for Strawberries...Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-1559482766295860322011-06-02T03:53:00.000-07:002011-06-02T04:24:08.468-07:00Shoot & Edit : Up! - Edit<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5789404417/" title="SOOC by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/5789404417_91d90032e0.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="SOOC"></a><br /><br />Here it is with the basic things I do with my edits....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5789962008/" title="_MG_8229 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5789962008_a07b9cec80.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_8229"></a><br /><br />and a more extensive edit :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5789406177/" title="edit2_MG_8229 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/5789406177_6f6245a65a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="edit2_MG_8229"></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-22479997498870873302011-05-30T04:11:00.000-07:002011-05-30T04:27:29.373-07:00Shoot & Edit: UpHey there.....remember me? lol<br /><br />Things have been nutty in my neck of the woods. I've been shooting/editing like CRAZY.....I started this fitness routine that has me walking every, single day for miles.....and.....AND.....<br /><br />I got a puppy :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsOT3cJgZcVTcXL0PBltuY9beocH6VKm22yCPTQ4lPz6L8UeNq-792wmRtlznG7EUFybtEWfrZydPONBr4k8dNsTmR6sG8lTVhJJu89_CS7e3TPdbsXDLg1kxuaPDnQeE79xJL9Jdp8Q/s1600/RUHE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGsOT3cJgZcVTcXL0PBltuY9beocH6VKm22yCPTQ4lPz6L8UeNq-792wmRtlznG7EUFybtEWfrZydPONBr4k8dNsTmR6sG8lTVhJJu89_CS7e3TPdbsXDLg1kxuaPDnQeE79xJL9Jdp8Q/s400/RUHE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612467017988294994" /></a><br /><br />Meet Ruhe! (Ruhe is german for Serenity)<br /><br />He's a Rotty-Lab mix with the sweetest personality you could ever ask for. <br /><br />Besides that, we're had tornados where I live lately. Now, one of the reasons I live where I live and put up with our crazy long winters, is because we DON'T get tornados here. Or Hurricanes. Or Earthquakes. We have Blizzards. I'm cool with Blizzards. It's my natural disaster of choice. We buy some extra food, bunker down, wait for it to pass, and then dig out. Some branches are probably down afterwards, we may lose power for a few hours.....but usually there's no widespread destruction, no rebuilding, no death count. So, needless to say, this whole "tornados in my town" thing is REALLY unnerving to me....<br /><br />Back to the matter at hand....<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img style="border:none;" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />This week's theme is "up" <br />I took this at a wedding I shot recently. I'd never shot a dove release before....it was very cool! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09-OONgCqTRkSsLpa4Gbg8DCsTuBbG6V_Hlbouix94HK8YfvOV-QhmsNDF6t3svxxDNIBQxx4YS_B0gFtS_70H3FBZc6f3IBUsrVCdsPduDWNv1PJlBSon3gtOBrtWEcIykTy_b9Dtl4/s1600/SOOC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09-OONgCqTRkSsLpa4Gbg8DCsTuBbG6V_Hlbouix94HK8YfvOV-QhmsNDF6t3svxxDNIBQxx4YS_B0gFtS_70H3FBZc6f3IBUsrVCdsPduDWNv1PJlBSon3gtOBrtWEcIykTy_b9Dtl4/s400/SOOC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612468931402334530" /></a><br /><br />So anyway, I hope you all have an amazing Memorial Day, and hopefully I can be a little more active on my blog!Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-54916447315707635042011-05-05T03:34:00.000-07:002011-05-05T03:52:41.893-07:00Edit: Growth<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />Last night was hard. Last night, I had to TOTALLY get out of my comfort zone. I can't remember the last time I spent so much of a 24 hour period praying for God's guidance on an issue. I tend to be non-combative. I don't like conflict....I like uniting people, not ruffling feathers. <br /><br />Last night though, I had to stand up and make my voice heard. Because sometimes, it's hard to do what you know in your heart is the right thing to do. Sometimes, you have to ruffle a few feathers, but if you're speaking the truth, being kind & compassionate, and being deliberate in your words, then it's ok. It's ok for me to be that person today. I can stand up for what I believe in, when God presses it upon my heart to do so. Even if it means I lose a friend in the process. <br /><br />This is major growth for a self-proclaimed wall flower like yours truly.<br /><br />Onward to photography....<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5686839420/" title="P1050300 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5686839420_ae0178ff43.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="P1050300"></a><br /><br />When I first got a camera last year, some of the first photos I took were of my son playing teeball. When I look at those photos I took last year, I'm really amazed at the growth I've had in my photography. I've owned a camera for almost exactly 1 year now, and a DSLR for nearly 9 months. I honestly can't remember what it felt like to not have a camera in my hands, it so naturally became such a HUGE part of me. <br /><br />Clean Edit <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5689484647/" title="Clean Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5689484647_8bd021b213.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Clean Edit"></a><br /><br />Here's my clean edit, done in Lightroom 3. I tend to use Lightroom 3 instead of ACR for my initial edits.<br /><br />Full Edit<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5690058400/" title="Full edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5690058400_043aec5d67.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Full edit"></a><br /><br />Sometimes, less is more. :) Here's my full edit. Just some little tweaks. No flashy photoshop tricks. No crazy creative edits. <br /><br />Today, I think I'm just gonna reflect on all the growth I've had in the past year. Thank you, God, for everything.....Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-13658362058528592342011-05-04T03:15:00.000-07:002011-05-04T03:24:20.915-07:00Shoot & Edit: Growth<center><a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img style="border:none;" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />Thanks for the patience, you guys. Sometimes being Mommy to a little one with special needs means everything else in life takes a back seat, including blogging! Thanks for sticking with me!<br /><br />What a fitting topic for where I am in my life right now......I feel as if I'm in the middle of a period of enormous growth. I don't just mean in my photography....spiritually, emotionally, all of it. Hard to explain it all, but I know God's not done with me yet! <br /><br />As for my photo, I'm picking one that I took at my little guy's teeball game this past Saturday. It amazes me to see how far my photos have come from last year, at this time. This was not taken with my big camera, but with my Panasonic Lumix FZ35. It's been almost exactly one year since I got my FZ35....the first real camera I'd owned since I was a kid. I didn't get my DSLR until this past September!<br /><br />SOOC<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5686839420/" title="P1050300 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5686839420_ae0178ff43.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="P1050300"></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I am amazingly honored to have been chosen as a top 3 SOOC shot for the month of April by Jill at <a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit">Jill Samter Photography</a> It means so much to me! Please, if you can, hop over to her website and vote for "Looking for Strawberries" Here's the shot she picked..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5615194152/" title="_MG_7054 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5615194152_655e705504.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7054"></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-47330555178610563622011-04-14T05:12:00.000-07:002011-04-14T05:24:21.733-07:00Shoot & Edit: Faith - Before/After<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />Well, I'm getting back to feeling like a human being again! Amazing the toll a trip takes on your body when you're not 18 anymore! lol<br /><br />So, here are my edits for the week...<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5615194152/" title="_MG_7054 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5615194152_655e705504.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7054"></a><br /><br />Clean Edit<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5619053744/" title="_MG_7054-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5182/5619053744_dcc11f489b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7054-Edit"></a><br /><br />Full Edit: Pop!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5619054270/" title="_MG_7054-Edit-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5268/5619054270_b6ff2f3091.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7054-Edit-Edit"></a><br /><br />Fun Edit<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5619054716/" title="_MG_7054-Edit-Edit-2 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5619054716_d76e1f56d2.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7054-Edit-Edit-2"></a><br /><br />BW Edit<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5619055154/" title="_MG_7054-Edit-Edit-3 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5619055154_2911c7b606.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7054-Edit-Edit-3"></a><br /><br />So...I didn't really feel that photo warranted any text. <br /><br /> The nature shots, on the other hand....... I went outside my comfort zone and used texture AND text.....<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5614615627/" title="_MG_7135 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5614615627_2c2132bb83.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7135"></a><br /><br />Edit<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5618470351/" title="_MG_7135-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5068/5618470351_f4de3da5dc.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7135-Edit"></a><br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5615194732/" title="_MG_7134 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5615194732_7e41ccd22a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7134"></a><br /><br />Edit<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5618469621/" title="_MG_7134-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5618469621_100b53caf5.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7134-Edit"></a><br /><br />and my favorite of the nature shots, for which all texture was provided by God already.... :)<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5615196166/" title="_MG_7149 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5615196166_75fbd6d51c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7149"></a><br /><br />Edit<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5618470727/" title="_MG_7149-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5618470727_d06d5d9c58.jpg" width="500" height="339" alt="_MG_7149-Edit"></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-60415367661051397462011-04-12T19:09:00.000-07:002011-04-12T19:16:00.667-07:00S&E - Faith....<center><a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img style="border:none;" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />So, my goal this week is to get an actual post up. Got back from The Flash Bus at 1am........learned a lot, and I plan on blogging about it in the next day or so, but right now, I'm exhausted!<br /><br />So, for now...... Shoot & Edit - Faith<br /><br />I had this idea in my head of what I wanted to do.....unfortunately, in my head, my two year old was MUCH more cooperative than in real life. Still, after many photos, I got something close to what I was going for.....<br /><br />SOOC<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5615194152/" title="_MG_7054 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5186/5615194152_655e705504.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7054"></a><br /><br />Then, I went outside, and there were some flowers!!!!! So, I have faith that winter is finally over!<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5615194732/" title="_MG_7134 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5615194732_7e41ccd22a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7134"></a><br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5614615627/" title="_MG_7135 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5614615627_2c2132bb83.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7135"></a><br /><br />and on my way back in, I saw this little beauty, hiding in our bushes.....<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5615196166/" title="_MG_7149 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5615196166_75fbd6d51c.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_7149"></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-44340854617039721302011-04-07T12:54:00.000-07:002011-04-07T13:09:40.303-07:00Shoot & Edit: Edit - Up<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />Not too wordy today.....tired, and had a rough start this morning. <br /><br />Before<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594979462/" title="SOOC by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5178/5594979462_89d9e14fe9_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="SOOC"></a><br /><br />After<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5598876036/" title="_MG_6847-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5310/5598876036_6ca0510c99.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="_MG_6847-Edit"></a><br /><br />Before:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594393881/" title="SOOC1 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5594393881_69cfa4d756.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="SOOC1"></a><br /><br />After<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5598876860/" title="_MG_6849-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5598876860_bb0b17693a.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_6849-Edit"></a><br /><br />Before:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594980666/" title="SOOC5 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5029/5594980666_0b93958c81_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="SOOC5"></a><br /><br />After:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5598878478/" title="_MG_6856-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5598878478_505c11ed65.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_6856-Edit"></a><br /><br />Before:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594980140/" title="SOOC2 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5594980140_21eece85cc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="SOOC2"></a><br /><br />After:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5598296909/" title="_MG_6851-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5190/5598296909_caaced059b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_6851-Edit"></a><br /><br />Before:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594395349/" title="SOOC3 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5189/5594395349_143fcf37b7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="SOOC3"></a><br /><br />After:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5598299709/" title="_MG_6865-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5598299709_2118c9c328.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_6865-Edit"></a><br /><br />and one more, that I forgot to save a before for! :)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5598298563/" title="_MG_6864-Edit by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5306/5598298563_59b0b0a364.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="_MG_6864-Edit"></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-7625711254199857612011-04-06T03:05:00.000-07:002011-04-06T03:37:11.559-07:00Shoot & Edit: Up......& catching up with everyone!<center><a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img style="border:none;" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />So, first things first! Things have been super busy around here, as I've challenged myself to exercise every single day, and I'm getting ready to go out of town for the Flash Bus Tour! Any of you going? <br /><br />So, I had to get my husband's prescription from his Dr.'s office the other day, and there was this really cool little field next to it, and the light was yummy that day, so I figured I'd see if the little one would be up to taking a few shots. <br /><br />(All shots SOOC)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594979462/" title="SOOC by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5178/5594979462_89d9e14fe9.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="SOOC"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594393881/" title="SOOC1 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5594393881_69cfa4d756.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="SOOC1"></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594980140/" title="SOOC2 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5594980140_21eece85cc.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="SOOC2"></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594980666/" title="SOOC5 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5029/5594980666_0b93958c81.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="SOOC5"></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594395019/" title="SOOC4 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5225/5594395019_e5f0c1666e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="SOOC4"></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594395349/" title="SOOC3 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5189/5594395349_143fcf37b7.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="SOOC3"></a><br /><br />She was somewhat cooperative :)<br /><br />What else have I been up to, you ask? (Gotta love having these little conversations with myself!) <br /><br />Trying to enjoy cooking yummy, healthy things for my family.....which is an effort because, I just really don't LOVE cooking like I love doing other things....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594981358/" title="Photo04051120 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5594981358_5b9d945b37.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Photo04051120"></a><br /><br />Buying a nearly new tripod on Craigslist for under $20 :)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594979198/" title="Photo03311059 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5109/5594979198_56abb09fa6.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Photo03311059"></a><br /><br />Trying to stop my youngest as she comes up with new and more creative ways to try and "off" herself...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594979130/" title="Photo03281301_2 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5594979130_9d013bceaa.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Photo03281301_2"></a><br /><br />Actually getting to sneak away for a lunch date!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594979042/" title="Photo03201340 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5594979042_e23c4d9000.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Photo03201340"></a><br /><br />Wondering how my medical kid knew how to use each and every tool in my new Doctor kit, and then wanting to slap myself in the forehead when I realize.... DUH...... she's my medical kid!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594393007/" title="Photo03181951 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5594393007_ef446fea50.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Photo03181951"></a><br /><br />Making my first camera strap cover<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594392905/" title="Photo03072347 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5594392905_ae0e153a04.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Photo03072347"></a><br /><br />Leaving a "Pooping Love Monster" to surprise my husband on the counter in the morning, because what better way is there to say "I love you" ?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594392959/" title="Photo03172135_1 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5148/5594392959_fa27b2428a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Photo03172135_1"></a><br /><br />and of course, cuddling.....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5594395451/" title="Photo04051200_1 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5594395451_fb9029d297.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Photo04051200_1"></a><br /><br />So, in a nutshell (and a whole lotta photos), that's what I've been up to! :)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-42221716682047626812011-04-01T02:56:00.000-07:002011-04-01T04:09:46.515-07:00Something Beautiful.....Between <a href="http://selfiemagic.com/2011/03/iloveme/">Elena</a> and <a href="http://www.onemomsperfectimperfection.com/">Courtney's</a> posts, I've been thinking about the "I Am Beautiful" project all week. <br /><br />This project needs to be done on a massive level, because I know SO MANY women who look in the mirror, and all they can see are flaws. For a very long time, I was among them. I didn't see my reflection and recognize something beautifully crafted out of love. I saw fat imperfection.<br /><br />This hatred took me to some very dark places in my life, and was a catalyst for much pain and suffering. I started focusing on my insides, started telling myself positive affirmations. FORCING myself to look in the mirror and not beat myself up over what I saw. <br /><br />You know what? Slowly, my thoughts began to change. The size of my waistband hadn't moved, but in taking steps to work on how I felt about myself, and the person I was inside, I finally got to the point where I could have a non-adversarial relationship with the woman I saw reflecting back at me in the mirror. <br /><br />Then, something unexpected happened. In my beginning to feel better about myself, I began to take better care of myself! I started to eat better, exercise more.......not because I was chasing a waistband, but because I liked the way it made me FEEL.<br /><br />We live in a world where we are bombarded by images on a daily basis, telling us we need to be thinner, taller, have no gray hairs, and that the less clothes we wear, the sexier we are! It scares the crude outta me to think of my girls being sent these lies. I don't EVER want my girls looking through old photos, seeing that I wasn't in them, and thinking it was because I was ashamed to be in front of the camera. I want them to know, 100%, that their self-worth will NEVER be hinged on their waistband, on a crush's opinion of them, or on ANYTHING else even remotely like that.<br /><br />It took me the better part of 30 years to figure out that, a knock-out figure may turn heads, but a sincere smile, an infectious laugh, and a joyful heart will keep them turned. That the sexiest thing a woman can wear is confidence in herself....and that a positive outlook & a beautiful spirit have a staying power that perfectly toned buns just can't match :)<br /><br />I'm never, ever going to be a size 2. I get the occasional gray hair, and I highly doubt America's Next Top Model is gonna come knocking at my door......and ya know what? That's ok :) I'm good with that. <br /><br />Today, I can look in the mirror, and confidently feel that<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />I AM BEAUTIFUL<br /></span><br />Just the way God made me. God doesn't make junk. He crafted me out of goodness & love, IN HIS IMAGE. I'm just sorry it took me so long to be grateful about that!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5579314604/" title="_MG_6810-Edit-2 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5579314604_581e99811d.jpg" width="381" height="500" alt="_MG_6810-Edit-2"></a><br /><br />Join in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/imbeautiful/">"I Am Beautiful" project</a>, and link up your shots on Flickr! Thanks for putting this together <a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/">Jill</a>! Such an AMAZING project! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!! Inside & Out!Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-12800213833152779292011-03-24T07:55:00.001-07:002011-03-24T07:59:03.105-07:00Before/After:) More Bunny cuteness!<br /><br />Before SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaE7NAbWNCD6fn_IxtvSK1fSS60zuUiZxmnBGWil-Uz7sl_K4Qjp8sTQnmio1ZL_k2WTALE_lvosUzXArpkLZTjzq_cA5ojwwYoqm_BNTmRU8hk_5dw2d4_MJLqSZgyJgK11r7wNfLyY/s1600/SOOC2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaE7NAbWNCD6fn_IxtvSK1fSS60zuUiZxmnBGWil-Uz7sl_K4Qjp8sTQnmio1ZL_k2WTALE_lvosUzXArpkLZTjzq_cA5ojwwYoqm_BNTmRU8hk_5dw2d4_MJLqSZgyJgK11r7wNfLyY/s400/SOOC2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587660487603708130" /></a><br /><br />After<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfpQKy-pgeocaI5ddUabacXAwc8YRSwkjd5S2StRwsQc1Ahk3W-2nGBKF7N09kVpZzFEMVK6hcahKzflL1U8zavG0HQLbDRP6zgMYnlruEe-RQXWgH0zBG3Sof_ysYJIs5SRp7kZOBsg/s1600/_MG_6633-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfpQKy-pgeocaI5ddUabacXAwc8YRSwkjd5S2StRwsQc1Ahk3W-2nGBKF7N09kVpZzFEMVK6hcahKzflL1U8zavG0HQLbDRP6zgMYnlruEe-RQXWgH0zBG3Sof_ysYJIs5SRp7kZOBsg/s400/_MG_6633-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587660761034731458" /></a><br /><br />Shot with my Canon 50D, 50mm 1.4 and edited in CS5 & Lightroom 3<br /><br />Hop on over to <a href="http://www.pixelperfectblog.com/">Pixel Perfect</a>, and see everyone else's awesome edits this week!Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-16173300146567813022011-03-24T05:23:00.000-07:002011-03-24T05:48:31.329-07:00Shoot & Edit : Edit<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />Wow! Here it is Thursday, in the morning even, and I'm on track to get my edit post up! Yesterday we got blasted with (yet another) snowstorm, so I've been able to get mostly caught up! <br /><br />So, here's my SOOC again<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXvcnQQIHiKZLKDc2vmDWFMuMyf8UNcyf8yAeGGxbcCBH69CeHKZ5Kbu3Wl8ZnC0-KLEpxm_XTlPqkTlWRa84DDlQ9K93lq5u4g-OA3h8hTUUcVQA7a0-_fcLDAufTI-PvPpPEjwFdgE/s1600/SOOC-Flower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjXvcnQQIHiKZLKDc2vmDWFMuMyf8UNcyf8yAeGGxbcCBH69CeHKZ5Kbu3Wl8ZnC0-KLEpxm_XTlPqkTlWRa84DDlQ9K93lq5u4g-OA3h8hTUUcVQA7a0-_fcLDAufTI-PvPpPEjwFdgE/s400/SOOC-Flower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587621667540363714" /></a><br /><br />My intent when I took this photo was not even to take a shot I would want to save! I was showing a friend how aperture works, as he is learning how to shoot in manual! When I got this on my computer though, it was just too stink'n cute! <br /><br />Here's my Lightroom adjustments.....most of the time, I use Lightroom to adjust my photos instead of ACR. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqVDcsQhOAQkf5LgfFBtXrwkAxEcyVvyOUyELC3Pq2tL99AlC-fzQi6qKn2FI6NoqpkRWxPKXmbNSI7KlfVp2lzSoPcNgklv6Jtm9xRvH6uaK6F6Jpgx96gIIFrks8pItsG6thptG2Sw/s1600/Clean+Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqVDcsQhOAQkf5LgfFBtXrwkAxEcyVvyOUyELC3Pq2tL99AlC-fzQi6qKn2FI6NoqpkRWxPKXmbNSI7KlfVp2lzSoPcNgklv6Jtm9xRvH6uaK6F6Jpgx96gIIFrks8pItsG6thptG2Sw/s400/Clean+Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587622391670528834" /></a><br /><br />Better, but still not crispy like I like it :) Not too mention the poor things cheeks were horribly chapped & red. <br /><br />So, I popped it over into CS5. I adjusted my levels, and ran a High Pass filter. For this one, I really wanted her to Pop, so I used a vibrant blending mode and adjusted the layer opacity until it looked natural. I then cloned out a few distracting details (little bit of a crayon, shiny, straight mystery item in the bokah,and green thing in the bottom corner...) I made a duplicate layer, and painted it the color of her skin tone, and applied a blur to it, with a mask. On the mask, I painted with a soft, low opacity brush(10%) and smoothed out her chapped skin. I also made her eyes pop a little more. Then back over to Lightroom it went, to de-noise and add a slight vignette. <br /><br />Full Edit<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZjys4-x4fkXzZMREXrLsOGMXmrte1wuaqVkTwhLAzSuEhi6Bex2zXGrUpr3aDLKqeB2RJTrPffip465UxA89C0m9qdo6NfG2J9t4u6UOO-VbwgQ0PaqCxfSE5ftVKtWDgGao3IptemY/s1600/Full+Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZjys4-x4fkXzZMREXrLsOGMXmrte1wuaqVkTwhLAzSuEhi6Bex2zXGrUpr3aDLKqeB2RJTrPffip465UxA89C0m9qdo6NfG2J9t4u6UOO-VbwgQ0PaqCxfSE5ftVKtWDgGao3IptemY/s400/Full+Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587624089544895778" /></a><br /><br />Then I played with it a little :)<br /><br />BW Edit<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEwvOlhQvHchgpUPo7ONNgXjjMli_o3zmG5_CIOIFQfjS7-fifeGfgLxz4i1gmSP3b0t4_KPE9ID-FereyOr1IY4CdpgTPuKcLIhmSsyCALXf9HanBvD0OUcTX3p2opcg8IsKGdvoh9A/s1600/BW+Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEwvOlhQvHchgpUPo7ONNgXjjMli_o3zmG5_CIOIFQfjS7-fifeGfgLxz4i1gmSP3b0t4_KPE9ID-FereyOr1IY4CdpgTPuKcLIhmSsyCALXf9HanBvD0OUcTX3p2opcg8IsKGdvoh9A/s400/BW+Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587624419312043458" /></a><br /><br />Fun Edit<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5WMpJsb8v0BnBCJ9ZZx_16JbXhrXW95Y1XgHdjYQiObgc8qZ58DCQpU5vSnkeeu9YDduW3bXzYZu-WrBODXcBl1RCS8zVvLe4RIUhvNerdpBs7BVA05w8FGMgql1RUa_SXxG7BSHxRI/s1600/Fun+edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5WMpJsb8v0BnBCJ9ZZx_16JbXhrXW95Y1XgHdjYQiObgc8qZ58DCQpU5vSnkeeu9YDduW3bXzYZu-WrBODXcBl1RCS8zVvLe4RIUhvNerdpBs7BVA05w8FGMgql1RUa_SXxG7BSHxRI/s400/Fun+edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587624812492895538" /></a><br /><br />SO, I try not to use too many actions I didn't create myself, but I wanted to try this photo using <a href="http://www.mcpactions.com/">MCPActions's</a> new mini fusion action.....her stuff is really, really great! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMfxpTriDP-zClA6U9v8i3bFaEClQG_nQzo2CzmMe69e9SMVPnIGrBlvUXcygs0fwwoPZaNiCzAz4YQ7ujeybxKFaIqMrh00hCQ3Byxj7KyLgi7UeX9kl34XIfu4i_0iFzJ9d_4xfw4s/s1600/Fushionedit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMfxpTriDP-zClA6U9v8i3bFaEClQG_nQzo2CzmMe69e9SMVPnIGrBlvUXcygs0fwwoPZaNiCzAz4YQ7ujeybxKFaIqMrh00hCQ3Byxj7KyLgi7UeX9kl34XIfu4i_0iFzJ9d_4xfw4s/s400/Fushionedit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587625345516422178" /></a><br /><br />I like the warmer tones the fusion action brought out! :)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-25382896529818740132011-03-23T04:59:00.001-07:002011-03-23T05:18:07.529-07:00(Mostly) B&W, (somewhat) wordless Wednesday :)For anyone who knows me IRL, they'd be FULL OUT LAUGHING to know I link up with anything using the title "wordless"..... I'm a talker, through & through....<br /><br />But I, at least, do try to behave on Wednesdays... (somewhat)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.weloveiowa.blogspot.com" target="”_blank”"><img src="http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo34/iowalish/newblogbutton.jpg"/></a><br /><a href="http://thelongroadtochina.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img alt="the long road" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4370157827_1ee82e3900_o.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This one is a fav from a session I just finished editing :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5552378207/" title="Quote2 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5308/5552378207_9488eae772.jpg" width="500" height="326" alt="Quote2" /></a><br /><br />and from a birthday party I captured :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5552962286/" title="_MG_5716-2 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5055/5552962286_510ddebe83.jpg" width="500" height="336" alt="_MG_5716-2" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5552961744/" title="_MG_5673-Edit-2 by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5297/5552961744_3b18a3baba.jpg" width="380" height="500" alt="_MG_5673-Edit-2" /></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-27758819047107425182011-03-22T03:37:00.000-07:002011-03-22T10:57:22.451-07:00Simplicity Photo Challenge - Sweet<a border="0" href="http://faith-simplicity.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5323465457_1995033a23_m.jpg" width="125" /></a><br /><br />When I saw the topic, I just had to link up :) I did a fun little session with S the other day, and just finished editing the photos from it!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolkkids4/5550221729/" title="Sweet by Mommie2Fore, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5550221729_b703c014da.jpg" width="500" height="342" alt="Sweet" /></a><br /><br />We had one day where it was 60-some degrees out, where I got to take this (and others......more to come!) Most of our snow melted, besides a patch or two.....and what does the weatherman say today? WINTER STORM WARNING..... ug<br /><br />::::sigh::::: Apparently, we aren't QUITE to the "goes out like a lamb" stage of March yet.......<br /><br />I'm also gonna link up with <br /><br /><a href="http://my3boybarians.com/category/photography/sweet-shot-day/"><img alt="Sweet Shot Day" title="Add your photo to Sweet Shot Day @ m3b" height="125" width="125" border="0" outline="0" src="http://my3boybarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sweetshotbutton.png"></a><br /><br />For sweet shot Tuesday :)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-18449008376528716562011-03-21T05:14:00.000-07:002011-03-21T05:19:30.452-07:00Shoot & Edit: Flowers!<center><a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img style="border:none;" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />All of our snow isn't even gone yet.....lol. (ok, it is in most places, but the piles we had to shovel/snowblow/plow it all into still remain, albeit much, much smaller....thank you 60 degree weather!) There are no flowers to be found anywhere around here at the moment.<br /><br />So, sometimes I call little S my "wee little daisy" .....that counts as a flower, right? :)<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyOX6buZud4FdNIBIuaTKKBmryF59Zu_cajhouGXzlS6xv6dr9oDyS3wBA-ZWIks51XjVVJKRgsu50-uMdpfFrjB-38X0g31-ek_TPXkbgPj5rR45IqtV7MdB7bd2BwHHiHG81jl94E4/s1600/SOOC-Flower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyOX6buZud4FdNIBIuaTKKBmryF59Zu_cajhouGXzlS6xv6dr9oDyS3wBA-ZWIks51XjVVJKRgsu50-uMdpfFrjB-38X0g31-ek_TPXkbgPj5rR45IqtV7MdB7bd2BwHHiHG81jl94E4/s400/SOOC-Flower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586506314628636322" /></a><br /><br />This was taken with my new 50mm 1.4, in a really, pretty dimly lit room....with no flash. I love this lens :)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-25466795211846074402011-03-20T20:52:00.001-07:002011-03-20T21:22:03.290-07:00Selfie Saturday....<a href="http://selfiemagic.com/category/selfiesaturdays/" target="_blank"><img src=" http://selfiemagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gif-banner.gif" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><br /><br />So.....here it goes.......<br /><br /><a href="http://www.onemomsperfectimperfection.com/">Courtney</a> wrote this amazing post, and I've been thinking about it all day. ALL DAY....<br /><br />(Go on, read it.....I'll wait :) ) <br /><br />Self confidence is something SO important to me. I cherish it....I hold it tightly, and I desperately want my children to grow up loving themselves, just the way God made them. <br /><br />See, I've always struggled with self esteem. The thing is, I was really confused. I thought feeling good about myself was directly connected to the size of my jeans for a really, really long time. And my jeans were big. and my self esteem wasn't. <br /><br />It's funny how things work out though..... I had to work on myself.....work on my INSIDES, before anything would budge on the outside. I had to learn to be happy with myself in a size 26, before I had any success shrinking. <br /><br />But I learned a lot during that time....<br /><br />I learned that a knock-out figure may turn heads, but a sincere smile, an infectious laugh, and a joyful heart will keep them turned. That the sexiest thing a woman can wear is confidence in herself....and that a positive outlook & a beautiful spirit have a staying power that perfectly toned buns just can't match :)<br /><br />I want my girls to know this....and I don't want them to ever feel like their worth is hinged on their waistband, as I did for far, far too long...<br /><br />I will never be a size 2......I highly doubt I'll ever walk down a runway, or anything of that nature. and I'm perfectly ok with that...<br /><br />Today I'm nearly 30 years old.....my jeans are a size 12.... and ya know what? I can look in a mirror today, and be really happy with what I see :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rNerXQgTY-O0zZqi0b4U6YK2GRRABpTxR5DICu6V6AzT_nkkMdKjjaASmnAqARSlfzz3wl_e_Ax9_tTetK947HgNrBhtimPOoTMRtD4F8R0J0KXjKadVF8sAkZMf7NttWCpl4Hy_syQ/s1600/_MG_6729-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rNerXQgTY-O0zZqi0b4U6YK2GRRABpTxR5DICu6V6AzT_nkkMdKjjaASmnAqARSlfzz3wl_e_Ax9_tTetK947HgNrBhtimPOoTMRtD4F8R0J0KXjKadVF8sAkZMf7NttWCpl4Hy_syQ/s400/_MG_6729-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586383083712011138" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP0yuZclbKtbJOWJdu-nWFmyablljiqBRhUdsnTnlF91zLAucP64bQByWBbjpEAnb6DL7MdNH2jNW2UY24NhR0aRCIP-Ew5IE-YJapJdaaabjEVrTqpWzyjjkylN9mblh4JvFzS96lEA/s1600/_MG_6762-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP0yuZclbKtbJOWJdu-nWFmyablljiqBRhUdsnTnlF91zLAucP64bQByWBbjpEAnb6DL7MdNH2jNW2UY24NhR0aRCIP-Ew5IE-YJapJdaaabjEVrTqpWzyjjkylN9mblh4JvFzS96lEA/s400/_MG_6762-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586383247976884146" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_OEg1SWXSEGEw9wn8Alhm0bdCyTu1cDCtyA_GyH5HOOgBM34J8yTPwnQ8dsq2Zm0dP2IPTN-_lpEwZ6L2ChUS-MHWmxL7xpPNQMw-7SsBrWtamsJm7Nb9oQjsR0IIWqRcqhxRXkN2BI/s1600/_MG_6763-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8_OEg1SWXSEGEw9wn8Alhm0bdCyTu1cDCtyA_GyH5HOOgBM34J8yTPwnQ8dsq2Zm0dP2IPTN-_lpEwZ6L2ChUS-MHWmxL7xpPNQMw-7SsBrWtamsJm7Nb9oQjsR0IIWqRcqhxRXkN2BI/s400/_MG_6763-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586383417006205330" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM4Qs1FNI7d-uedcBgnmfjsFBH5hMeracyeebHK9vfzOcZYNauEMnhiFppGey1wDo6QdqJSIJhLQtKJWdNHvPlM0dVass3J8v73f6Krco3DB4Y25TsqVAgpmaBPeaXUevYqe0_emaRik/s1600/_MG_6765-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM4Qs1FNI7d-uedcBgnmfjsFBH5hMeracyeebHK9vfzOcZYNauEMnhiFppGey1wDo6QdqJSIJhLQtKJWdNHvPlM0dVass3J8v73f6Krco3DB4Y25TsqVAgpmaBPeaXUevYqe0_emaRik/s400/_MG_6765-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586383602863767666" /></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com117tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-89719727588898218262011-03-19T13:17:00.000-07:002011-03-19T13:38:06.851-07:00Shoot & Edit - Edit!<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />Late to the party........again...<br /><br />Before - SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65fT_XmcX4gt9XaivfdV6ADIT0B9rzH8HoXEiUZd8ipJZUMGJz_UqcDIrTKpv3C2oOnIxwYkaFxfcmaHkYmk9u1qtybH9YeJARJkXju6uaHGLrgFP90QR6O82ijMVRu8qPLfEKEvYm1E/s1600/SOOC-Yellow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65fT_XmcX4gt9XaivfdV6ADIT0B9rzH8HoXEiUZd8ipJZUMGJz_UqcDIrTKpv3C2oOnIxwYkaFxfcmaHkYmk9u1qtybH9YeJARJkXju6uaHGLrgFP90QR6O82ijMVRu8qPLfEKEvYm1E/s400/SOOC-Yellow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585888336703690594" /></a><br /><br />After<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6LOmixl1zZX4Cbs7V4_fXMlg7igxdQRhJ8l5qx9GLi_XruHe5XTsRGMRaUeVBxDaY6ifanXfb8K8NfUB78PLIEmOR_wZXinf4RIvBu90i6fTS-MgYTTZd8sBJbOXwpJCU85lSdAp11w/s1600/_MG_6593-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6LOmixl1zZX4Cbs7V4_fXMlg7igxdQRhJ8l5qx9GLi_XruHe5XTsRGMRaUeVBxDaY6ifanXfb8K8NfUB78PLIEmOR_wZXinf4RIvBu90i6fTS-MgYTTZd8sBJbOXwpJCU85lSdAp11w/s400/_MG_6593-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585888548057691346" /></a><br /><br />Honestly, I didn't do a bunch of different options this week.....I've been pretty tired! I had lots to catch up on, but I'm getting there! WOO HOO!<br /><br />So, for now, I'll share a bunch of different photos from the science center....what a neat place that is!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJBSKUt6WFwhoSpCntCDQe9dsAValXFHfBKMP5IGRxGEiwGGP8hepaWHLT_aX4osfDn2hYT_YLmLkKP3RWUsba4ofRsz8R4RKtTAqyavhw84P72KYs2bDVoWNEgAPv2c76JA_ISpQTUY/s1600/_MG_6526-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJBSKUt6WFwhoSpCntCDQe9dsAValXFHfBKMP5IGRxGEiwGGP8hepaWHLT_aX4osfDn2hYT_YLmLkKP3RWUsba4ofRsz8R4RKtTAqyavhw84P72KYs2bDVoWNEgAPv2c76JA_ISpQTUY/s400/_MG_6526-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585889195344702578" /></a><br /><br />The special exhibit was: DINOSAURS! The toddler & kindergartner were delighted!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1ZOlAOurEAss6nhkg1-CE6RVmOKgSw_YWKaGlxXkWg6K_xnJ3WylSuTtstwSEKE9rCudWhbiTaMYQ1NtZPIFZq4l4ibgG1LMlJo5fks9p0aMOhqpJrD5e4jldrY0vpIbJRd2d1qtY_I/s1600/_MG_6518-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1ZOlAOurEAss6nhkg1-CE6RVmOKgSw_YWKaGlxXkWg6K_xnJ3WylSuTtstwSEKE9rCudWhbiTaMYQ1NtZPIFZq4l4ibgG1LMlJo5fks9p0aMOhqpJrD5e4jldrY0vpIbJRd2d1qtY_I/s400/_MG_6518-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585889549344274642" /></a><br /><br />Nothing like life-sized, anamatronic dinos to make your 2 year old squeal with delight! Small yippy dogs - she's terrified. Life-sized roaring T-Rex - her new best friend....... go figure!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPV-2D2V5s3FxemU909IAJ7Mgp4E33ZdBnQm3zWf9BKpiJOYzk9orhqECmEqy9PIfNwVxdHugy6Lta4n90arP90KUc9YcL1ndyaH4Hs_6m5riDITOXqlVaWf-_JDmHL7U331cYN32qzng/s1600/_MG_6545-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPV-2D2V5s3FxemU909IAJ7Mgp4E33ZdBnQm3zWf9BKpiJOYzk9orhqECmEqy9PIfNwVxdHugy6Lta4n90arP90KUc9YcL1ndyaH4Hs_6m5riDITOXqlVaWf-_JDmHL7U331cYN32qzng/s400/_MG_6545-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585890238683228210" /></a><br /><br />My 5 year old dino running the big metal dino....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GXTnqsWtMoQkZBnYbDAeGsDsJ-VqJRiCaVOi97AfaAacXrOFtcAOtXuCYP34vpnFgfr6cxQgLnBaQgCKOBwRkiRhAif5OK1wQvVwnUB6MrKm4pZTuV2VNJkDkJSaHkC5IGki4CWIdp8/s1600/_MG_6627-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GXTnqsWtMoQkZBnYbDAeGsDsJ-VqJRiCaVOi97AfaAacXrOFtcAOtXuCYP34vpnFgfr6cxQgLnBaQgCKOBwRkiRhAif5OK1wQvVwnUB6MrKm4pZTuV2VNJkDkJSaHkC5IGki4CWIdp8/s400/_MG_6627-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585891827208759138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfnrT_L3rRRwbxK5LmUAF9Z949JRgp3pDUIFRFWO8uP7nbxc2Y74e3gvkOSg4NyfzfJiG2o5YFLOaHxELSBPNEi-QffsKOAxw81oFETiQRbZDFr-iWqp8tJTB5AOePfxjAZqfPlbqjNE/s1600/_MG_6601-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfnrT_L3rRRwbxK5LmUAF9Z949JRgp3pDUIFRFWO8uP7nbxc2Y74e3gvkOSg4NyfzfJiG2o5YFLOaHxELSBPNEi-QffsKOAxw81oFETiQRbZDFr-iWqp8tJTB5AOePfxjAZqfPlbqjNE/s400/_MG_6601-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585891698120235058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOQb4OJaKYfb6MDZFqJQ7rbJCbYk-FXpKTUOU8qdp1tg3Lk-jcjCgCTa_dc-J_DigbwH6ou0Oa7QkNZMPfALr3j27PQLSicX2ts9Bv2dq9z-IuXaHZLEnx7Rbr6A8RIoRi1Wjt6pufmQ/s1600/_MG_6603-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHowFFj-EVSPlNs3Lft-hqC8HRO5Vb8AMRYdkl8TjcOAV9cGDgaHa1mdaw3njtMTF4RIloKjFrru5PwwAQx0f0-qAkAnC4euoKF3ZGsBnjBfmTgmfvMGWeI5LQlFh6Y1NaMi_ZW8pxqhM/s400/_MG_6554-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585892516375721522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0sivDx2hxeXnO5rL8142-ZyYhsxvUKRW84a9V2lGOmlb70c28Y8TbsejsvGCtDg3v_FANc5B5_0YTRGSWURhxVpOlob53MK3Q4m8Dzj9GoWtpTEVErUSRl-49pXFAfAtxHoHn82HNcQ/s1600/_MG_6594-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0sivDx2hxeXnO5rL8142-ZyYhsxvUKRW84a9V2lGOmlb70c28Y8TbsejsvGCtDg3v_FANc5B5_0YTRGSWURhxVpOlob53MK3Q4m8Dzj9GoWtpTEVErUSRl-49pXFAfAtxHoHn82HNcQ/s400/_MG_6594-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585892087649868434" /></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-32989202381041994942011-03-14T05:57:00.000-07:002011-03-14T06:33:30.642-07:00Shoot & Edit: Yellow (and no, I didn't fall off the face of the Earth!)So.......how ya been? <br /><br />Good? Wonderful......it's been a while :)<br /><br />Sorry for that little bloggy-break....life got a little crazy for a short spell, but I think we're good now :) Between my volunteer responsibilities, illness, sessions, a trip out of town, and over two feet of snow (no, I'm not kidding....I have pictures)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2S6VqqSCo0nBLm4GNMFogynUuei22w5Eib9x1pikgwwI3EPF72u6kDNZJZqIHLLO1HIRikjLx-sLP_YnzLpXhKvb4Wp_LlyRXiDgBNBXYcC9Bq-WtvInsbgnqd7W4BRDrZgWz1QdCIBM/s1600/_MG_6299.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2S6VqqSCo0nBLm4GNMFogynUuei22w5Eib9x1pikgwwI3EPF72u6kDNZJZqIHLLO1HIRikjLx-sLP_YnzLpXhKvb4Wp_LlyRXiDgBNBXYcC9Bq-WtvInsbgnqd7W4BRDrZgWz1QdCIBM/s400/_MG_6299.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583925621561339730" /></a><br /><center><a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img style="border:none;" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br />(Let's hope the Easter Bunny is of the snow bunny variety....as it's snowing outside....again....right now......)<br />...I just couldn't get on here to blog....<br /><br />So...the theme for Shoot and Edit this week is "Yellow"<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpcKMWQgbTab_8jXt-rFStSjfHuzQ05M8OjjK61PwbbVUB8-T4fMoEcQTNhgZbleNP7Al5FCGHmYBjw_o7YJQmWdM3z3jDp9Oh3etRKIAuEGod8IjoUg1vqVHca6BTXvNYYnwaURB5RU/s1600/SOOC-Yellow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpcKMWQgbTab_8jXt-rFStSjfHuzQ05M8OjjK61PwbbVUB8-T4fMoEcQTNhgZbleNP7Al5FCGHmYBjw_o7YJQmWdM3z3jDp9Oh3etRKIAuEGod8IjoUg1vqVHca6BTXvNYYnwaURB5RU/s400/SOOC-Yellow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583920052722991970" /></a><br /><br />This is from our trip out of town....we were able to take the kids to a neat hands-on Science museum! <br /><br />For the record....yes, the toddler is on a baby leash. We do this only for hands-on museums & amusement parks.....who wants to hold someone's hands in a museum that's MEANT to be touched? lol The thing is, she's really fast, and I'm usually outnumbered. Please don't judge :) It's the best solution I've found for everyone to stay safe, and still have fun!<br /><br />I'm really proud of all the shots I took at the museum. Out of the 112 shots I took there, only three of them were slightly underexposed. (one of which, is this one, my only shot with yellow in it!) I was using my external flash in full manual mode...sometimes bouncing it, sometimes using it as fill light when there was beautiful light coming through windows. I've been challenging myself to get to know my flash better, and even practicing using them off camera on a flash stand! <br /><br />Why, you ask, am I bone-ing up on off-camera flash? <br /><br />Because I'm taking a day for me, and doing the trek to Pittsburgh next month to attend <a href="http://www.theflashbus.com/">this</a>. The Flash Bus Tour, being done by two AMAZING photographers who have been doing this for longer than I've been alive.... David Hobby & Joe McNally. Now, I'd only known the name David Hobby since getting into photography (he's the creator of The <a href="http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/">Strobist</a> blog) The man can do some amazing things with a speedlight and some ingenuity.... Joe McNally though....I've known that name for a while. He is the incredible photog who dreamed up the "<a href="http://www.time.com/time/2002/faces/">Faces of Ground Zero</a>" exhibit that toured and raised money after that tragic day. Living in NY State, somewhere between where the Twin Towers once stood and where the plane full of heroes went down in that Pennsylvania field, I remember those amazing life-sized Polaroid portraits well. <br /><br />So, to say I'm excited is an understatement.....lol<br /><br />Anyway, so that's what's been up with me.....I'm gonna try hard to not disappear again!Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-8533135510236072932011-03-02T04:41:00.000-08:002011-03-02T04:44:32.500-08:00Black & White Wednesday...<a href="http://thelongroadtochina.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img alt="the long road" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4370157827_1ee82e3900_o.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu7yxnDRK0fQoazODPqV8fxpJa-nVZzIJ6B-uhq1JRgRNs_48riYUjw8C9cOGZxLa28M14y0Qx1ewJlQ6xyTd3iympnrEj0iMmBJh_Y93nyyTiWdChzbKfbViAQBDdFhzjgq50G7yREI/s1600/_MG_6322-Edit-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu7yxnDRK0fQoazODPqV8fxpJa-nVZzIJ6B-uhq1JRgRNs_48riYUjw8C9cOGZxLa28M14y0Qx1ewJlQ6xyTd3iympnrEj0iMmBJh_Y93nyyTiWdChzbKfbViAQBDdFhzjgq50G7yREI/s400/_MG_6322-Edit-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579461920619280146" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1n2pLzdUX-jW9L_9zpTzYOV23EMS8JKpYJR6whUrYUy6DAvNXSBggPbgbQu_5mcO19ZydbmKmT61ClxHkoRmjohQal-gTk2LKyqtMIl_ymTQGXs-7Uz2xEKgO33jdYPxPN7vBRgFwn7A/s1600/_MG_6334-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1n2pLzdUX-jW9L_9zpTzYOV23EMS8JKpYJR6whUrYUy6DAvNXSBggPbgbQu_5mcO19ZydbmKmT61ClxHkoRmjohQal-gTk2LKyqtMIl_ymTQGXs-7Uz2xEKgO33jdYPxPN7vBRgFwn7A/s400/_MG_6334-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579462153809246002" /></a><br /><br />I'm trying really hard to get into this selfie thing....lol. I dare say......gasp..... I even had a little fun with it :)<br /><br />Friendly neighborhood Fed Ex man is bringing my wireless trigger today, so maybe I'll have more (easier) selfie fun later today! :)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-36512470501274020602011-03-01T02:56:00.000-08:002011-03-01T03:50:20.139-08:00Shoot & Edit(Selfie), Scavenger Hunt Sunday, & why I love swag bucks :)<center><a href="http://www.jillsamterphotography.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img style="border:none;" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />Sigh.......the really sad part is, I had all this stuff done early. I just never found the time to transfer it to the computer!<br /><br />Shoot & Edit: Selfie<br /><br />UG.....I'm hoping my dislike of any sort of selfie (other than an arms length one) will be over soon, as I have a wireless shutter trigger on the way! There's nothing quite like getting your exercise using the timer, running back and forth.....I mean, it's not like you look frazzled or anything in the photo since you just completed the 10 yard dash 30 times....... <br /><br />So, here they are. SOOC. Selfies. yay. <br />(That being said, my wireless trigger gets here Thursday, and I am gonna try really really hard to be open-minded and link up with Selfie Saturdays at <a href="http://selfiemagic.com/">Selfie Magic</a>. ...because, really, I'm such a goofball, I could really have fun with this, and I'd like to stop making such unattractive faces every time I see "selfie" and the subject for a photo challenge..)<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuyoxhOY8E9xPk60Um2tSbbtJoJHweHAgEjIckRS2E1QtveoJd7UJVk5TdW0LzBsenDc5DKQuJXqunn1MmJI8V_LF-mpucsP_WnSXOjIU_nbayIJZ5LTzKfIBlNnO2BjLZX5FRcr5CIk/s1600/SOOC1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuyoxhOY8E9xPk60Um2tSbbtJoJHweHAgEjIckRS2E1QtveoJd7UJVk5TdW0LzBsenDc5DKQuJXqunn1MmJI8V_LF-mpucsP_WnSXOjIU_nbayIJZ5LTzKfIBlNnO2BjLZX5FRcr5CIk/s400/SOOC1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579068678277601250" /></a><br /><br />SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCJyq2nNZJlQFWNRaduiOWKn-NBrgrOIxhGg281pY-BRMJtxw0h4WM8CA92RoQ8eC4BKfrpPXL9lDzTfucg0Ux8eK3Fk8aH-Fj3ZVnrpcsx9soNIikYQTewD2g6vLQCFznm9gpfHaY-c/s1600/SOOC2-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCJyq2nNZJlQFWNRaduiOWKn-NBrgrOIxhGg281pY-BRMJtxw0h4WM8CA92RoQ8eC4BKfrpPXL9lDzTfucg0Ux8eK3Fk8aH-Fj3ZVnrpcsx9soNIikYQTewD2g6vLQCFznm9gpfHaY-c/s400/SOOC2-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579068979948890866" /></a><br /><br />I'm somewhat limited location-wise at the moment, as we're still digging out of the boxes from our move inside the house, and outside....well.....check out my scavenger hunt "sky" photo....lol<br /><br />So for Thursday, I'm gonna do a tutorial on facial editing using Lightroom. That little program can do so much more than many people realize, and while I don't use it exclusively (I edit in CS5 and Lightroom 3), I can say that every single photo I take gets edited in Lightroom......half the time I go on to more extensive editing in CS5, but Lightroom packs a pretty hardy punch! :)<br /><br />Now, onto Scavenger Hunt Sundays! (Tuesday is SOOOOOOO the new Sunday)<br /><center><a href="http://ashleysisk.com/search/label/Scavenger%20Hunt"><img border="0" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4795223164_aa1eb66c07_o.jpg"/></a></center><br />For the record, next week I will SO BE ON TIME for Scavenger Hunt Sunday! I suggested some of the prompts, so I kinda feel as if I should, you know, at least link up in a timely manner! <br /><br />1. Capture The Sky<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6c4qfPdnelyKIPoC8fpxavIXNaqwTejhzlzEWjkl0vKz6i7fE5kII9La2aHd-orghJapRV-0TaGZnbzGBVS30rtey6UtEmRrx_eO1BAzIjky2idMKWghyphenhyphentI-iUcF3yaOeEWoloOc5lkc/s1600/sky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6c4qfPdnelyKIPoC8fpxavIXNaqwTejhzlzEWjkl0vKz6i7fE5kII9La2aHd-orghJapRV-0TaGZnbzGBVS30rtey6UtEmRrx_eO1BAzIjky2idMKWghyphenhyphentI-iUcF3yaOeEWoloOc5lkc/s400/sky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579070925256823730" /></a><br /><br />I am so never trusting a woodland creature for my weather forecasts EVER AGAIN! This is our sky. You may notice it looks like a big gray patch of nothingness...that's because it was one huge snow-dumping cloud that pounded up with well over a foot of snow.<br />Lemme just say, the Easter Bunny better be of the snow bunny variety.....<br /><br />2. Everyday<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKsAjKePwZFupgUoXNT_1AGGf6j8lXj5HQil7aMlE-NXM5OWFPnTlubjWrGqbgh3uymw3tM54QkvIwr9tp5-2e6QTvVGY99l1VjsnF5c3QZQypilpOapEDGC5anehbVwcRNBmzNfTovc/s1600/Everyday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKsAjKePwZFupgUoXNT_1AGGf6j8lXj5HQil7aMlE-NXM5OWFPnTlubjWrGqbgh3uymw3tM54QkvIwr9tp5-2e6QTvVGY99l1VjsnF5c3QZQypilpOapEDGC5anehbVwcRNBmzNfTovc/s400/Everyday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579072448069697714" /></a><br /><br />The toddler....proud of her daily path of destruction :)<br /><br />3. Furry<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKI1nztRuyDv_MpqnDOkq3sIEd3FqKUaUIuwgBj3Lv3-D1Mh52x1GepEfgWDp42V9gR7K8bZqDb891ctPvzW0rTP6Zakr5BbIL-r-A1t5CUBYsLcv6rFRQTJ11eoRgdakB2cs2yoo5w0/s1600/Furry.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKI1nztRuyDv_MpqnDOkq3sIEd3FqKUaUIuwgBj3Lv3-D1Mh52x1GepEfgWDp42V9gR7K8bZqDb891ctPvzW0rTP6Zakr5BbIL-r-A1t5CUBYsLcv6rFRQTJ11eoRgdakB2cs2yoo5w0/s400/Furry.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579072813051687874" /></a><br />This may be my favorite dog shot I've ever taken :)<br /><br />4. Life<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMgVaZbWvm2JbkfA-kpAMiIjVHIp03bgpq3AiRTFKCGGc7ym-9v3wcht8bcwtMGzuiJsoAj1unyBWL8Q8wrG6N-xszR7biUY4Iova4pjwtiARp-aVEYVReGfzYlf5RZH3BLCqq8ZwY6g/s1600/life.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwMgVaZbWvm2JbkfA-kpAMiIjVHIp03bgpq3AiRTFKCGGc7ym-9v3wcht8bcwtMGzuiJsoAj1unyBWL8Q8wrG6N-xszR7biUY4Iova4pjwtiARp-aVEYVReGfzYlf5RZH3BLCqq8ZwY6g/s400/life.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579073197908788178" /></a><br />The closest thing we have to anything budding....see "sky" photo for explanation of why :) The toddler stealing my office plant. :) <br /><br />5. Blurred<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkSWVsYyj04lC26ewWBFg5MOwoA4xVHE4DuqNYYU0XUW4T0O0zBi7-59K1EdmMNhp7V8-pzxMlI34ssvE30sg_kYKxu4EAqmQuW7WRmzHMea4lBSj7yJQDn9GFK5POMkJk6a0fMmBZ4Q/s1600/blurred.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkSWVsYyj04lC26ewWBFg5MOwoA4xVHE4DuqNYYU0XUW4T0O0zBi7-59K1EdmMNhp7V8-pzxMlI34ssvE30sg_kYKxu4EAqmQuW7WRmzHMea4lBSj7yJQDn9GFK5POMkJk6a0fMmBZ4Q/s400/blurred.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579075764805706626" /></a><br /><br />I love the bokah with the snow falling in it :) Yes, my Christmas lights are still up. No, I'm not proud of it....but until someone turns up Mother nature's thermostat, there's not much I can do. <br /><br />So...last but not least......why I love <a href="http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Maliksmommie">SWAGBUCKS</a><br /><br />(If you haven't signed up and want to give it a try.....please use my link! <a href="http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Maliksmommie">HERE</a> )<br /><br />With the Swagbucks I've earned in the last year, I've gotten Amazon Gift cards. Lots of them.<br /><br />I used them yesterday....<br /><br />Arriving Thursday will be:<br />Two light stands<br />Two flash adapters with hotshoes<br />Two 43" White shoot through umbrellas<br />2 Black/Silver reflector umbrellas<br />A Wireless hotshoe flash transmitter<br />Two wireless flash receivers<br />4 pack 8 inch ball bungees<br />A flash bracket<br />A wireless remote shutter<br /><br />I had to come up with $10 out of pocket :)<br /><br />I love Swagbucks :)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-44105300306518960022011-02-24T07:42:00.000-08:002011-02-24T10:14:16.741-08:00Shoot & Edit - Edit (With Lightroom tutorial!)<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />So, for this week's edit, I thought I'd do a little Lightroom tutorial, since I know Ashley doesn't have that program and I'm a big believer in learning how to do things the long way. Presets and actions are awesome, but it's SO helpful to know how to create the affect yourself....then you can better adjust the action to your own photo too!<br /><br />So, for this week's Shoot and Edit, I'm gonna talk about this photo:<br />(SOOC)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWTb4yUFqwUqhEGiR17XFp472adkDaJWjDD-i0WGQKrGaWD90G5V97sSzhes3F1kKr7-M05Jn2qQRMNeaxHQrXiIm-rg2__fahKa4QD-BMqddL7h-zwtKxxMYC_UZgNayetdIKUuHblk/s1600/_MG_5834.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWTb4yUFqwUqhEGiR17XFp472adkDaJWjDD-i0WGQKrGaWD90G5V97sSzhes3F1kKr7-M05Jn2qQRMNeaxHQrXiIm-rg2__fahKa4QD-BMqddL7h-zwtKxxMYC_UZgNayetdIKUuHblk/s400/_MG_5834.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577290741481960002" /></a><br /><br />I love this SOOC shot. One thing I nearly always do when I edit photos is sharpen the eyes. In Lightroom, the "clarity" slider is kinda like the "Unsharpen Mask" in Photoshop. I'm not crazy about the way unsharpen mask sharpens....I prefer to sharpen with a high pass filter, (which isn't an option in Lightroom) but I really like Lightroom and if I've shot an event (lets say, a wedding) Lightroom really lets me do basic editing easily on massive amounts of photos, quickly so I can focus on doing creative and advanced edits on select images. (For example, I shot a birthday party a couple weeks ago. I was there for 3.5 hours, and left with around 300 images. I take 25-30 images and do full, creative & advanced edits on them. The other images I do basic editing for in Lightroom only...)<br /><br />So, I needed to find a way to edit the eyes better in Lightroom. Here's what I came up with...<br /><br />After you do your basic exposure/light balance, etc edits, select the adjustment brush.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFSY5T72DL007HgNmEFL0C9l3FUDMDp5s15MAJMQuEivorjRECMz5Tx2nHhdBIDhYWaUzrg4V9QOFxnHql1AF996GEvU6zqa-bXDRyywEMvHeg0oJuI5MOrN4xgfPYPyhiq0lhFqdmE4/s1600/adj+brush1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFSY5T72DL007HgNmEFL0C9l3FUDMDp5s15MAJMQuEivorjRECMz5Tx2nHhdBIDhYWaUzrg4V9QOFxnHql1AF996GEvU6zqa-bXDRyywEMvHeg0oJuI5MOrN4xgfPYPyhiq0lhFqdmE4/s400/adj+brush1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577295788231609410" /></a><br /><br />Now, I may not be the brightest bulb in the pack, but I didn't even know this tool existed for weeks after I started using Lightroom......<br />So anyway, select the adjustment brush....now your lightroom panal will look like this:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGNBslKozb1xVRzXxsmElVk19tz2zclkjdu74QkOzUPgevlmi-BkL9lIKZflRh0sGVYzMN38f-nYITA0Lx857FDl4gNgKzNoxcF0gA8Pukn4E5dpdXrkxIhPe4t25cwXccpo-gMS8fF0/s1600/adj+brush2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGNBslKozb1xVRzXxsmElVk19tz2zclkjdu74QkOzUPgevlmi-BkL9lIKZflRh0sGVYzMN38f-nYITA0Lx857FDl4gNgKzNoxcF0gA8Pukn4E5dpdXrkxIhPe4t25cwXccpo-gMS8fF0/s400/adj+brush2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577296962459697826" /></a><br /><br />So, because I numbered things backwards, the first thing you do is select "New" (#3) Now where it says "Effect" (#2) Choose "Clarity"....under the "Effect heading there are subcategories. On the clarity one, push the slider up to 100...and then where it says "brush" (#1) choose A, 100 for feather, flow, and density...choose a size appropriate for your image (you can change the size of the brush as you go along). <br /><br />Now, click somewhere on the iris of the eye. A dot will appear. If you hover over this dot, red will appear where you have brushed over. This is REALLY handy, and will TOTALLY freak out your husband when we walks into the room and see's a baby with glowing red eyes on your screen..... I digress....<br /><br />Brush over the iris, pupil, and the lash lines on each eye.....like this:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPlW59jZEXrfIXuwQGYH6lfagk3vdquCMXFeFomcyhlCxmBWGnIA0D1Gu7sSehCYWDWyXgegbw-w8FRbrgyhjoidhrEi4cc4XYwFAGCN2i0_Z-PTzkvN3x-XBo7BLHjfrfv7_z3z6fXo/s1600/adj+brush3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPlW59jZEXrfIXuwQGYH6lfagk3vdquCMXFeFomcyhlCxmBWGnIA0D1Gu7sSehCYWDWyXgegbw-w8FRbrgyhjoidhrEi4cc4XYwFAGCN2i0_Z-PTzkvN3x-XBo7BLHjfrfv7_z3z6fXo/s400/adj+brush3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577299530335186674" /></a><br /><br />So now, go back up and select "New" again. This is VERY important. Now select "Exposure" under effect. Slide the exposure sub category slider up to .29 (It's all about subtle...) Select somewhere in the iris, but not on the first dot we used for clarity. Now brush over the iris/pupil area:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKCOL4X3DME9RCUfAi0a9WkwFiB0gj7s5vYBQaQH8wBG4SmqQXs6NmxI6-qUdNQrcDt6hl5Ax9y7eLmcV_2hQz-2hn5mcYQoyCg6d7hQjTGg0Rc2MGN6vzSBKr6y6if7THjEoEgxMO3A/s1600/adj+brush4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKCOL4X3DME9RCUfAi0a9WkwFiB0gj7s5vYBQaQH8wBG4SmqQXs6NmxI6-qUdNQrcDt6hl5Ax9y7eLmcV_2hQz-2hn5mcYQoyCg6d7hQjTGg0Rc2MGN6vzSBKr6y6if7THjEoEgxMO3A/s400/adj+brush4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577301470734682802" /></a><br /><br />You can adjust the exposure subcategory slider to whatever looks good, but just remember that subtle is the name of the game. I usually pick something between .20 and .45. <br /><br />Now select "New" again, and exposure..... set the exposure subcategory slider to .20, and select somewhere on the white of the eyes. Now brush over all the white..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfZmiQTXWLr38Bguqpse0W6gcJwsgJgBQMA5MSc-Ez-8i6XxTqay4ic3Fts6gPw_OuIHkMkbiA2Giw4qX4JJKqAli0yqpsZgjRI2AMWvWPZq5RhSOb6Ds0eSPAS-z2sYr5LrIR-Sn-vU/s1600/adj+brush5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfZmiQTXWLr38Bguqpse0W6gcJwsgJgBQMA5MSc-Ez-8i6XxTqay4ic3Fts6gPw_OuIHkMkbiA2Giw4qX4JJKqAli0yqpsZgjRI2AMWvWPZq5RhSOb6Ds0eSPAS-z2sYr5LrIR-Sn-vU/s400/adj+brush5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577302769910080290" /></a><br /><br />For this, I always adjust the slider to somewhere between .10 and .30...and always less than what I set the exposure for the iris at. <br /><br />Select the "Adjustment Brush" tool again to close. Now bump up the overall exposure just a touch, and up the fill lights a little, and there ya have it! Eyes edited in Lightroom!<br /><br />Here's the before/after side by side<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlZ1sXiiCjO763JtmeN5dO8Ann8ntIHQTA-N74NqojCWpXjda1PzuOcwiE8Zem_kAqPQ9J6M5LAechfE0Sxg1galqcQh7GuBE7JSXsqHaLUQdwndZdxuO6xcNceOSyXb59CpYWxhFcho/s1600/BeforeAfter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlZ1sXiiCjO763JtmeN5dO8Ann8ntIHQTA-N74NqojCWpXjda1PzuOcwiE8Zem_kAqPQ9J6M5LAechfE0Sxg1galqcQh7GuBE7JSXsqHaLUQdwndZdxuO6xcNceOSyXb59CpYWxhFcho/s400/BeforeAfter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577305684985025682" /></a><br /><br />and here's my full edit, done 100% in Lightroom...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5LKe62uyOTfNjUNpnLaWiJr_AwPlSD1moOEW4zJ6fvJOHWZgety8GLsbFc_6pOm99TxjgSaMnHfnmaAeYufmcGJ__MJQtiEmHEOGVJFrMCuMRmLvXsD9e2ujYQhe9JODC0B8D9OYQ48/s1600/Lightroom+edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5LKe62uyOTfNjUNpnLaWiJr_AwPlSD1moOEW4zJ6fvJOHWZgety8GLsbFc_6pOm99TxjgSaMnHfnmaAeYufmcGJ__MJQtiEmHEOGVJFrMCuMRmLvXsD9e2ujYQhe9JODC0B8D9OYQ48/s400/Lightroom+edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577306287186631074" /></a><br /><br />Of course, I did go into CS5 and play for a bit though.... here's my CS5 edit<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNEAZ_ZnJy9UfrEbt0zuZ_0q-yPuHZ3_7nSMB0Rtfu50Gzjp1ITv_BnpH1lzpfx4XeG-OgKCey13j6duN9_YOtQ6bu6Tad1sur0oRdCK_OnB1BTM272tW2sPdaoKfFHbcTeyfKy6-Uk8/s1600/Edit%25231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNEAZ_ZnJy9UfrEbt0zuZ_0q-yPuHZ3_7nSMB0Rtfu50Gzjp1ITv_BnpH1lzpfx4XeG-OgKCey13j6duN9_YOtQ6bu6Tad1sur0oRdCK_OnB1BTM272tW2sPdaoKfFHbcTeyfKy6-Uk8/s400/Edit%25231.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577320549448655474" /></a><br /><br /><br />and a b&w edit....I LOVE b&w :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeEyBe8OWgfP26hXLM0uj3CsyGkwQ9k-tr1mQzSx4cwQRRTa8rFgwPmPFABtr8LlUMs1CuTyhBOgBr20rFeV9tCz1PQiJcE7mEo4j0NKwTQc-HglI5EuCzlgK0ZX271Li12bgoMcul2U/s1600/Edit1BW.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeEyBe8OWgfP26hXLM0uj3CsyGkwQ9k-tr1mQzSx4cwQRRTa8rFgwPmPFABtr8LlUMs1CuTyhBOgBr20rFeV9tCz1PQiJcE7mEo4j0NKwTQc-HglI5EuCzlgK0ZX271Li12bgoMcul2U/s400/Edit1BW.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577320797754406562" /></a><br /><br />and real quick, here are my other edited images :)<br />SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4sV_i8UwCKrpTVnbJzr0p1OT3dGEZt6i2qFjNsq1qjBsIsW6YYoX7AFBSsSQ3LgNRPafGmZMEzPnAK_Cl7y9kY4__OfsU1Q4qMG8j5yqGHhkT6asd6MFPmaHsjpKfT-WH3sXkTo6wSkI/s1600/_MG_5840.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4sV_i8UwCKrpTVnbJzr0p1OT3dGEZt6i2qFjNsq1qjBsIsW6YYoX7AFBSsSQ3LgNRPafGmZMEzPnAK_Cl7y9kY4__OfsU1Q4qMG8j5yqGHhkT6asd6MFPmaHsjpKfT-WH3sXkTo6wSkI/s400/_MG_5840.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577307525644519154" /></a><br /><br />Edit<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmOygPbno5X96rlHlnNINS3qEf0GaZU0p1EyRndkf2yxG-1dWHr8d_V_D6SorueTvasVeKUioJDaN_EKpk88py0vU1dUxOcN-kLXI1VJrWdSjVxrMG8RlVWII5ujowZUcYLmqjxWrOxw/s1600/_MG_5840-Edit-Edit-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmOygPbno5X96rlHlnNINS3qEf0GaZU0p1EyRndkf2yxG-1dWHr8d_V_D6SorueTvasVeKUioJDaN_EKpk88py0vU1dUxOcN-kLXI1VJrWdSjVxrMG8RlVWII5ujowZUcYLmqjxWrOxw/s400/_MG_5840-Edit-Edit-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577307890539415410" /></a><br /><br />SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1a2ByUxvqSi7OOGOTRNe7jw02EnizLJhz_yCmos4zKMXneGnOW3W7uveYhONNy1OlIRS97T_8C0U11ZWI7TJRTW4VF0Ua38Waf062SISC79DuWLzeTYtq5JUpJybiy_byBAGhxBk-wY/s1600/_MG_5818.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1a2ByUxvqSi7OOGOTRNe7jw02EnizLJhz_yCmos4zKMXneGnOW3W7uveYhONNy1OlIRS97T_8C0U11ZWI7TJRTW4VF0Ua38Waf062SISC79DuWLzeTYtq5JUpJybiy_byBAGhxBk-wY/s400/_MG_5818.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577308087738001266" /></a><br /><br />Edit<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rxQ8_ELaC1YCykS5OKpRpJ8JSNKynQcRoCuF3kSUvp2tnXjp9i8lEkDmwkWulWPOM9vgRaMZaE7z7_ABAPehyphenhyphenmM31aU8ZqgIhuvdMlvBL3MNvhyrvBKKp1VXTa54-VZL-6XqQ4Bz5p0/s1600/_MG_5818-Edit-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rxQ8_ELaC1YCykS5OKpRpJ8JSNKynQcRoCuF3kSUvp2tnXjp9i8lEkDmwkWulWPOM9vgRaMZaE7z7_ABAPehyphenhyphenmM31aU8ZqgIhuvdMlvBL3MNvhyrvBKKp1VXTa54-VZL-6XqQ4Bz5p0/s400/_MG_5818-Edit-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577308263565690162" /></a><br /><br />SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vdXKabDkVRbqZ54_Sxw0OJubs-B7fGRyzoign-5xMTlMfA_OrScCAih3psFx9D80pA6X_NyTTfPV5ShfOJeaqXkMYpe_jCsNAjWyMwYUWIc4XYHPUDxMZ-Q9nigM1QTbGG3rtmqgbGA/s1600/sooc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vdXKabDkVRbqZ54_Sxw0OJubs-B7fGRyzoign-5xMTlMfA_OrScCAih3psFx9D80pA6X_NyTTfPV5ShfOJeaqXkMYpe_jCsNAjWyMwYUWIc4XYHPUDxMZ-Q9nigM1QTbGG3rtmqgbGA/s400/sooc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577308674679831922" /></a><br /><br />Edit<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCWUBR6qZJZj5AkJwpDw3kBCHaXk1tt3GtakQt2Y8Jxah4kizZ5KSQRLHXoAi8bMhFqpbbGXSk_0njuaYTXKgZr8O30ALbLy2vDf_83XeCaWzMLIvWZdcDPKP4s8pboyJ_lGMPUSx3y4/s1600/_MG_5822-Edit-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCWUBR6qZJZj5AkJwpDw3kBCHaXk1tt3GtakQt2Y8Jxah4kizZ5KSQRLHXoAi8bMhFqpbbGXSk_0njuaYTXKgZr8O30ALbLy2vDf_83XeCaWzMLIvWZdcDPKP4s8pboyJ_lGMPUSx3y4/s400/_MG_5822-Edit-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577308851458499570" /></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-18221191750040524782011-02-23T05:00:00.000-08:002011-02-23T05:09:22.765-08:00B&W Wed- New Lens Love :)<a href="http://thelongroadtochina.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img alt="the long road" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4370157827_1ee82e3900_o.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I got my new lenses yesterday...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuPe7Bu6TB8GuG-z0MRnQXkugn54jWF0whdi8ck3McHP-SVU0MUQzJXGqNoPZjj2NGzLqpfJ4lppW4SG6RW4vWhgBXJFe05nxSscpj6xwPo08b0C9gDH-J5pOCCy15EPyYHfudfB2JDY/s1600/edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuPe7Bu6TB8GuG-z0MRnQXkugn54jWF0whdi8ck3McHP-SVU0MUQzJXGqNoPZjj2NGzLqpfJ4lppW4SG6RW4vWhgBXJFe05nxSscpj6xwPo08b0C9gDH-J5pOCCy15EPyYHfudfB2JDY/s400/edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576870635022278674" /></a><br /><br />Canon 50mm 1.4 & Sigma 24-70mm 2.8....<br />I've fallen head over heels for them.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3QaB7tfZSmo0XlLU459povFKyW93J0hJKKXDXBoBJPYReBf7fUUcL7WMH5DcviQGvK2e7NtG4NGZGBQ1w6o00UEW2Rjmxto3P5MgZQ063vhoHw4iu-s86m-lpKE6lt204rmJEZRsSaw/s1600/_MG_6206-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3QaB7tfZSmo0XlLU459povFKyW93J0hJKKXDXBoBJPYReBf7fUUcL7WMH5DcviQGvK2e7NtG4NGZGBQ1w6o00UEW2Rjmxto3P5MgZQ063vhoHw4iu-s86m-lpKE6lt204rmJEZRsSaw/s400/_MG_6206-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576871115591353618" /></a><br /><br />Just say'n :)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-53580038990726958012011-02-21T14:24:00.000-08:002011-02-21T14:36:36.845-08:00Scavenger Hunt Sunday-ish....<center><a href="http://ashleysisk.com/search/label/Scavenger%20Hunt"><img border="0" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4795223164_aa1eb66c07_o.jpg"/></a></center><br /><br />So.....it's kinda Tuesday, but my scavenger hunt items just the same!<br /><br />Chocolate:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfgKgRHyrBSo75WfcdZ13OAj_PNv3EXl-hjUY8bh-J8KsTOc-rzRoNd05tKTe75_O_38ugiijBH1ED3ku98fbCBVw8IS5K_S-aTCwm-vWc659SrMuJb9vAdvf5_9PFYOgJaz5mrdm6S4/s1600/_MG_6169-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfgKgRHyrBSo75WfcdZ13OAj_PNv3EXl-hjUY8bh-J8KsTOc-rzRoNd05tKTe75_O_38ugiijBH1ED3ku98fbCBVw8IS5K_S-aTCwm-vWc659SrMuJb9vAdvf5_9PFYOgJaz5mrdm6S4/s400/_MG_6169-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576272821903071330" /></a><br />No, not romantic Valentines Day chocolate, or springtime colored candies....this is the kind of chocolate that has dominated our lives for the past two weeks. The girl-child must well 96 of these bad boys to finance her 5th grade trip.....<br />Thankfully, my husband is a CNC machinist....(read: he works in a building with a bunch of big, hungry guys who like chocolate)<br /><br /><br />Numbers:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEH0h3qfJirfpZ1mZ8N1a-T4kFccAoC3XzbtwyM-jPPZje13AmiCLxCp9wF8nmADHciQ02BanEVr5PUGae6TFpH4LslBFyGfdvQk2EClg5P6gCjjfcu1HCq4Ld5XJF33Ccveig12O0bw/s1600/_MG_6167-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEH0h3qfJirfpZ1mZ8N1a-T4kFccAoC3XzbtwyM-jPPZje13AmiCLxCp9wF8nmADHciQ02BanEVr5PUGae6TFpH4LslBFyGfdvQk2EClg5P6gCjjfcu1HCq4Ld5XJF33Ccveig12O0bw/s400/_MG_6167-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576273620997318082" /></a><br />Bet you're wondering why I posted a photo of fruit loops on a string as a "numbers" photo, right? Because that, my friends, was hand crafted by my (very proud) little Kindergarten man, with each sugar-coated fruity "O" representing a day of Kindergarten so far.....all the way up to a hundred. And he counted them himself :)<br /><br />Canned Food:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSNQEk9yqcBCauaxVVAROu9aN1APt7gJT11G37woNFD8A_M1VVEgKn3IF90fpjvmS5L9deb9TDzpDz-K5E9bwEwnnn2a9RrZebm4CgM_VOlJrLuCMWwML75qiWeYhKOW7cg7kINQ0NlE/s1600/_MG_6165-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSNQEk9yqcBCauaxVVAROu9aN1APt7gJT11G37woNFD8A_M1VVEgKn3IF90fpjvmS5L9deb9TDzpDz-K5E9bwEwnnn2a9RrZebm4CgM_VOlJrLuCMWwML75qiWeYhKOW7cg7kINQ0NlE/s400/_MG_6165-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576274494903333570" /></a><br />It's my pantry.... I thought of making a canned food pyramid, but I ran out of time and motivation. <br /><br />Music:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWtTY3fdcBSbYWvjDJsKut5D7grL_IGiGYoYRmzbvDGs7YKw0qbi6HfmfjfmpB-rDEDnIHyWdYno4Mnc-e9SQDNADC0bGmQD_G2tmjT0_qgpxvpHkfDoiCapv5yIfyT9d12H0eJofT_w/s1600/_MG_6182-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWtTY3fdcBSbYWvjDJsKut5D7grL_IGiGYoYRmzbvDGs7YKw0qbi6HfmfjfmpB-rDEDnIHyWdYno4Mnc-e9SQDNADC0bGmQD_G2tmjT0_qgpxvpHkfDoiCapv5yIfyT9d12H0eJofT_w/s400/_MG_6182-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576274835746443714" /></a><br />Elmo Rocks :) See......<br /><br />Stack:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBVbyogFcZOBkgZGvQa-_KfIzgvkVrHO1i0N9dUz60n6AJxKZKU7LT3X59L55TfplD2MctNyID3ZHY862-Egj55YX9-zmGt-2ZBDKPhEAu-JqWTKqTM-GIGYiveklNDW_FsF2pmdpsHw/s1600/_MG_6175-Edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBVbyogFcZOBkgZGvQa-_KfIzgvkVrHO1i0N9dUz60n6AJxKZKU7LT3X59L55TfplD2MctNyID3ZHY862-Egj55YX9-zmGt-2ZBDKPhEAu-JqWTKqTM-GIGYiveklNDW_FsF2pmdpsHw/s400/_MG_6175-Edit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576275170126496514" /></a><br />The engineering gene runs strong in my younger two....lol. YOu can always see where they've been...everything is stacked!Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-38513426496538097142011-02-21T03:11:00.000-08:002011-02-21T03:33:47.705-08:00Shoot & Edit : Shoot! - PinkCould you do me a favor? Whoever it is that's out there in upstate NY, that's been praying for snow...... PLEASE STOP!!!!!!!!<br /><br />We have 6 inches right now........ 10 - 14 expected total..........it's coming down at a rate of MORE THAN 2" an hour....<br /><br />If this is the "lion" March comes in like, I am SOOOOOOOOO looking forward to the "lamb" it ends with.<br /><br />I mean, I like winter...I like snow..... but enough already!<br /><br />Anyway....now on to our regularly scheduled bloghop!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://fnaphotography.blogspot.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />I'm gonna try to get my scavenger hunt up later took, but I had to force myself to finish editing a session first! I'm almost caught up!<br /><br />So, this week's theme is "Pink"...<br />I had the honor of photographing a beautiful little lady, who was most definitely "in the pink" :) I shared one of the photos for "Critique This!" last week. <br /><br />These were all shot with my Canon 50D, and my 85mm 1.8<br />This first shot was F2.5, 1/250 and iso 100<br /><br />SOOC (click to make bigger)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFusFo-qNJ7TbXWbZoDx4ZDiYrK781BFvITIKLKqS1HCoK-nLlHKzVbCaG_qbd6peqYpuK8aHNgWYtR1l_joJnlUcTzt1Fy2aLs5QQ8PNK37UbtYNpOY1YjX52JkuzBHnb52w3z6FZnfg/s1600/_MG_5834.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFusFo-qNJ7TbXWbZoDx4ZDiYrK781BFvITIKLKqS1HCoK-nLlHKzVbCaG_qbd6peqYpuK8aHNgWYtR1l_joJnlUcTzt1Fy2aLs5QQ8PNK37UbtYNpOY1YjX52JkuzBHnb52w3z6FZnfg/s400/_MG_5834.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576100969076177122" /></a><br />Hey there everyone! <br /><br />Is she not the cutest thing?<br /><br />SOOC (click to make bigger)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KA1cnI3eoM_GdPTee-yQelS4Y5aVR1cO6NIPGQkxSS3utvxlwVwRRV14yovydUK3yhyfBZBFAGsDAjskUmTiFyYasx2v1oYTp-gMh8292DhPmZUplUu0njqh40t_ixMMTNlvQ2ZoqSo/s1600/_MG_5840.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KA1cnI3eoM_GdPTee-yQelS4Y5aVR1cO6NIPGQkxSS3utvxlwVwRRV14yovydUK3yhyfBZBFAGsDAjskUmTiFyYasx2v1oYTp-gMh8292DhPmZUplUu0njqh40t_ixMMTNlvQ2ZoqSo/s400/_MG_5840.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576101811859830178" /></a><br /><br />SOOC (click to make bigger)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Dhk1mEMdehvfbAcs648_Br_rDuBv8nfipcDc8tYjHhqjT1Y6ujl8_73_chtHEtfyFSz4ist-y50FeHGYdqeyAEefb3qeqwSpZ8hhLwtacDX3UlWfyl34J-FyqcfHPvuiLyBf0QfDd88/s1600/sooc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Dhk1mEMdehvfbAcs648_Br_rDuBv8nfipcDc8tYjHhqjT1Y6ujl8_73_chtHEtfyFSz4ist-y50FeHGYdqeyAEefb3qeqwSpZ8hhLwtacDX3UlWfyl34J-FyqcfHPvuiLyBf0QfDd88/s400/sooc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576102141979531042" /></a><br /><br />SOOC (click to make bigger)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u9alOYSRBSc5Ut6F1G-GGEavmG2L5ycYQSxuzWDgd2Gu8jVtnTXFEpVTZV4AaV11VUl725WPWu26RFnjWC-9-n3xOBZQgGZdr53tXVIl4QUE5BHqhCSkrH3GLG_7k19F15e7KwMnJ54/s1600/_MG_5818.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u9alOYSRBSc5Ut6F1G-GGEavmG2L5ycYQSxuzWDgd2Gu8jVtnTXFEpVTZV4AaV11VUl725WPWu26RFnjWC-9-n3xOBZQgGZdr53tXVIl4QUE5BHqhCSkrH3GLG_7k19F15e7KwMnJ54/s400/_MG_5818.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576102364000984834" /></a><br /><br />The room I was shooting in was itty bitty, and I literally had my back pushed into the corner of the room in order to use my 85mm.....I just find my 50mm 1.8 to focus too slow, and I've been spoiled by the color saturation of my 85mm. So I'm sure excited, that I have two really amazing lenses I was able to buy used this past weekend! A Canon 50mm 1.4, and a Sigma 24 - 70mm 2.8.....they are both amazing, and I'm SO excited! It should definitely make life a little easier the next time I'm shooting in cramped quarters! <br /><br />Anyway, I'm off to see what everyone else was shooting this past week! :)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-12048112910327805112011-02-18T05:29:00.001-08:002011-02-18T05:33:06.371-08:00Love Letters......<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/2011/02/love-letters-to-kitty-paw-photo.html"><img border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5252/5429646276_19a356a0d1_o.jpg"/></a></center><br /><br />Click to make bigger.....Gopher doesn't get to express himself very often, so he can get kinda wordy :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-dJUJBcWWBdcPidreVbtHIyYHPZFlOOy0AmvAa7j6BknNj3L9WCauUAZG1w2I9hUljbowQGkVNoLACoIYhN8ng74ErtNMDTHrMMghBVF-1RoQoNdLD-ycB9kIWjdIB0CN51deGUYFFM/s1600/kittypaw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-dJUJBcWWBdcPidreVbtHIyYHPZFlOOy0AmvAa7j6BknNj3L9WCauUAZG1w2I9hUljbowQGkVNoLACoIYhN8ng74ErtNMDTHrMMghBVF-1RoQoNdLD-ycB9kIWjdIB0CN51deGUYFFM/s400/kittypaw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575021803339888274" /></a><br />To Kitty Paw!<br /><br />(For the record, my husband now thinks I've gone completely off the deep end....lol)Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254832601310057688.post-41599921519018374522011-02-17T05:56:00.000-08:002011-02-17T06:41:12.880-08:00Shoot and Edit: Edit!<center><a href="http://www.ashleysisk.com/search/label/Shoot%20and%20Edit"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-VAIZSsajds/TSoz2Zi0OzI/AAAAAAAAhCA/wEAT96PmgCc/GoodtoWow25%5B4%5D.png"/></a></center><br /><br />Kindergarten concert was soooooo cute. My little ham bone had a solo speaking part, and never even told us! He did so good!<br /><br />Now, on to those love/romance photos....<br /><br />SOOC<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRMTp98GPRBXuvCvqJgWgKHAfN06YmRaS-K_oRWQF2nS57J4gw7H8ep-uEG3OzUL1qftxGmPMroRLdm-YZhLzcBBNwA9crlW3S3Cgd6OEKXNMCzibxOCyxmVj4vkK9mbUcFqmnAa6Qi8/s1600/SOOC1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRMTp98GPRBXuvCvqJgWgKHAfN06YmRaS-K_oRWQF2nS57J4gw7H8ep-uEG3OzUL1qftxGmPMroRLdm-YZhLzcBBNwA9crlW3S3Cgd6OEKXNMCzibxOCyxmVj4vkK9mbUcFqmnAa6Qi8/s400/SOOC1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574657882018641522" /></a><br /><br />So, I decided to edit this one completely in CS5....so first I did my basic adjustments in RAW for my clean edit<br /><br />(clean edit)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbsnF5MJRsgkMNJkWgVNN8ucGGsPYK5BhOKC9j_l60GH2HtiRSYgub-oJANmHbw_xro0-CSeLGF2A9rDSY0lW_we_MBUiELWnMCGk5gLZAdM5tXYw8n0KR1jXDUcoywR_GQjmk0V1GRg/s1600/cleanedit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpbsnF5MJRsgkMNJkWgVNN8ucGGsPYK5BhOKC9j_l60GH2HtiRSYgub-oJANmHbw_xro0-CSeLGF2A9rDSY0lW_we_MBUiELWnMCGk5gLZAdM5tXYw8n0KR1jXDUcoywR_GQjmk0V1GRg/s400/cleanedit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574662422396517442" /></a><br /><br />When I was done in RAW, I adjusted my usual stuff in photoshop...levels, curves, brightness/contrast, colors, ran a high pass filter..which gave me this:<br /><br />(edit1)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_tebvku_Gm73lDnCwQ8vJDk-eZxaBqclcxZdd0YhVf0PBPN8kehBgrOwcH4CSWOZqCeHMcyb3Vs1uAUkeoey2503W528A5HBk5qHWbx-d4mj3xG8FRnFlTPdkUJ-lxuxUNT9HSSOaK8/s1600/edit1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_tebvku_Gm73lDnCwQ8vJDk-eZxaBqclcxZdd0YhVf0PBPN8kehBgrOwcH4CSWOZqCeHMcyb3Vs1uAUkeoey2503W528A5HBk5qHWbx-d4mj3xG8FRnFlTPdkUJ-lxuxUNT9HSSOaK8/s400/edit1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574663147470557154" /></a><br /><br />So then I decided to play with it (even though I really like my edit)<br /><br />I tried it with some cooler tones...<br />(edit2)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBLdOYv824oA-6tY8AuFTzIFYblrjoR_o1y3kFkI0uG9RmgPT-mlpjaXEYhCWEymKGejpdOokCESvwjOWGT5ZfEgWS8Al692RVfCNuHC7K7apxRhoUeCRmLLcoOpouIpxv1AxQ7yyBKI/s1600/Edit2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBLdOYv824oA-6tY8AuFTzIFYblrjoR_o1y3kFkI0uG9RmgPT-mlpjaXEYhCWEymKGejpdOokCESvwjOWGT5ZfEgWS8Al692RVfCNuHC7K7apxRhoUeCRmLLcoOpouIpxv1AxQ7yyBKI/s400/Edit2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574666517592356994" /></a><br /><br />and with some warmer ones<br />(edit3)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOKCKxISQ3YXGGjhN2AJatlXt-utpx6j56ynXZCarXvgPLh4tMpIY0Dn6wHxe8UcrJtMLVjTY2mV3S79wrqyhnZBQWXVOwDMk_NdGNektsKPpfSMBBYrX-zVj2dGGuKn1YAGkUCcozLg/s1600/edit3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOKCKxISQ3YXGGjhN2AJatlXt-utpx6j56ynXZCarXvgPLh4tMpIY0Dn6wHxe8UcrJtMLVjTY2mV3S79wrqyhnZBQWXVOwDMk_NdGNektsKPpfSMBBYrX-zVj2dGGuKn1YAGkUCcozLg/s400/edit3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574666739858323762" /></a><br /><br />and then a b&w edit with a tint....<br />(edit4)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTT9DbTDvrlb0q1q9CPfHqSmp-ogaUxpc_0pYwMUQRJhiCwOIK1tKHG-5Xdde-CPqAjo-HSvDMRD89EtRO-4QcDMZFs3bZZijLGrmFKo957QVc4N4KHuiSNFu5MvCN_rG08IAXs9mRxjw/s1600/edit4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTT9DbTDvrlb0q1q9CPfHqSmp-ogaUxpc_0pYwMUQRJhiCwOIK1tKHG-5Xdde-CPqAjo-HSvDMRD89EtRO-4QcDMZFs3bZZijLGrmFKo957QVc4N4KHuiSNFu5MvCN_rG08IAXs9mRxjw/s400/edit4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574666987949064962" /></a><br /><br />I don't know though....I still think plain ole edit #1 is my fav :)<br /><br />As for the other photo<br /><br />(SOOC)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoB4VUorSUiYr7qKjV_GiRpCpgl5qEUSRYYtumfG8ubxtO5wLhexZYxAgZRH5l4-wUJt9WlggdujMDwbgL4gVnTVF92IN0SFqWnSbicCW5JVKoLua35ZLqrm_n6faIiGuuGB0tZAW7LEY/s1600/SOOC2-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoB4VUorSUiYr7qKjV_GiRpCpgl5qEUSRYYtumfG8ubxtO5wLhexZYxAgZRH5l4-wUJt9WlggdujMDwbgL4gVnTVF92IN0SFqWnSbicCW5JVKoLua35ZLqrm_n6faIiGuuGB0tZAW7LEY/s400/SOOC2-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574667457010235218" /></a><br /><br />After basic adjustments<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe-AmfXSD0k3fDrHoLXio1072SBUj0GX_DMA6U3FxWaT4sDqRfVUcFcuu287WUS9-9HbiKjNliohDcGukm0sl-fQ6ACNksnNvdvBT8zkqzhTJvC4D7r_TWEyas0uvjqqxPMbxJYRkPGQ/s1600/cleanedit2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe-AmfXSD0k3fDrHoLXio1072SBUj0GX_DMA6U3FxWaT4sDqRfVUcFcuu287WUS9-9HbiKjNliohDcGukm0sl-fQ6ACNksnNvdvBT8zkqzhTJvC4D7r_TWEyas0uvjqqxPMbxJYRkPGQ/s400/cleanedit2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574667971742344258" /></a><br /><br />Final edit<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVytyHJYRkXw6frK2EfijjNckNo2xbqeoVOp1l7K8y9SIydHfvIJVJD8XOwxCKhc6sMHlP46RNOjjbx6av1xJIhWiJHcEhvPYx55qYqBntmZqVBPbrkH3JpdCO5IFjbgBJOR10-OOobYs/s1600/edit1b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVytyHJYRkXw6frK2EfijjNckNo2xbqeoVOp1l7K8y9SIydHfvIJVJD8XOwxCKhc6sMHlP46RNOjjbx6av1xJIhWiJHcEhvPYx55qYqBntmZqVBPbrkH3JpdCO5IFjbgBJOR10-OOobYs/s400/edit1b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574668370591548066" /></a>Mommy2Fourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17381235716209699087noreply@blogger.com13