Day 116-Child's Art

"Do you like it?" Lucas asked me.

"I love it."
"Yes, it is good because I took my time and didn't rush."
Things I am teaching are sinking in... what a proud mommy moment.

Day 114-The wonder

You often wonder what they are thinking,
what goes through their heads...
at this moment, well it seems to be something very deep and profound.

I only wish I had had this picture when iheart faces did their dramatic black and white
... I think it's a winner.

Day 84-Kid's Art

Around 2:00 there was a knock on the door
which was soon followed with lots of big hugs and smiles
Mimi and Papi had made it (my in-laws).
Alex and Lucas drew a picture for Mimi, which she hung up on the bathroom mirror.
I must admit I am jealous as I think this is one of the best pictures Lucas has done on his own; he really isn't into drawing that much.
(and look you can see me too)

Day 79-Reflections

The weather was perfect
we went out for a drive in Eric's truck
and well I think this will always be one of my favorite shots

Camera: Canon Rebel G Xti ISO 100 f/5.0 1/250s Post: Adobe Lightroom

Day 71-Photo Editing

I am doing something a bit different for today's picture.

I have had several questions about how I do the different post picture editing. I do not have Photoshop. I do have a trial of Photoshop Elements. But all of the edits I am about to show you were done in iPhoto (got rid of the scratch on her nose) and mostly in Adobe Lightroom, which currently still has a free trial of the Beta 3 version. (FYI-an awesome Photoshop like program that is ALWAYS free is Gimp!) There are so many presets you can get to install that will change these pictures with the click of a button. Most of the presets that I am going to show you came from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tricks, AWESOME site!

I must admit, when I am in messing with a picture, I often don't save or remember what I did, I just get in there and start pushing buttons and tweaking... so while I can't tell you specifically for each picture, this can just show some of the fun you can have. One of these days I will have to do a more in-depth tutorial, but just jump in and have fun!

These pictures are all entitled-why you should monitor a three-year-old with a stamper.

The Original

So don't be afraid to mess around and try stuff out. You never know what you may get.

Day 61- Some Noise

Sometimes mistakes can be turned into treasure.
My settings were all wrong for this picture, it came out black.
One I was ready to just throw away.
But I went in, moved the exposure way up, decreased the noise as much as possible
and noise and mistakes become artistic and texture.

Camera: Canon Rebel G Xti ISO 800 f/5.6 1/200 s