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A few weeks ago, I "liked" an AMAZING page on Facebook, called FStop Frenzy... and I am so excited for this weeks photography challenge... the ladies over @ FStop asked for entries related to hope.  And the winner this week is the recipient of one on one mentoring with Morgan Kervin! Ah-mazing.  If I win, it couldn't come at a better time.  If you are a fan on Facebook, you know things are currently undergoing changes...  Anyway, I digress... 

Hope... its so important, but as an adult, I feel like sometimes I hope only when I need to... When I look at my baby, dancing in the sun... That inspires hope... The hope that the world will be an okay place for him when he is all grown, hope that some of the innocence of his childhood will stay intact, hope that he will be this happy for his whole life.  That's a lot of hope...

I hope this image makes you smile.

(Oh, and if you are wondering, this was processed with a beautiful freebie from Pure Photoshop Actions... )

Join the community over @ FStop... 

As always, happy clicking! 
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Such a great image! I processed it with a free action {magical sunset} from the wonderful CoffeeShop Blog.  Mom's idea, she wanted the score board in the shot.  I thought it would be cool to add a score! Congrats class of 2012! 

Downtown Riverside... 

Inspired from a recent pin on Pinterest! Have you heard of Pinterest? If not, hurry over and start being  inspired..!! 

Downtown Riverside

This picture is just what I saw it to be... again, I pinned a similar idea on Pinterest, and tweaked it.  Love the result.

Christie and Hayden, thank you for asking me out to take your senior pictures.  I had a lot of fun!

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I heart faces, animal style…

This weeks challenge at I Heart Faces is pet faces… Tons of super cute and fluffy photos to lust over.  Click the button below and check out all the entries or add one of your own.

I love 4 legged friends pictures… Check out my Facebook page for more images.

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Its time to SHOW YOUR SKILLS! with Everyday Elements…
Amanda over at Everyday Elements is hosting a Show Your Skills editing ‘giveaway’.  She’s paired up with Isabella LaFrance Photography and is giving a $15 dollar credit to the winner! Good luck to all!
Here’s Amanda’s original:

And here is my play:

I used PS4 to edit.  First I brightened the image a bit, and played up her eyes just a tiny bit.  I added another layer, selected some of the greeny color in the original picture, filled as an overlay, and dropped the opacity way down.  I also added a sun flare layer, and played with some texture.  Hope you like it! Head on down to Everyday Elements, by clicking the button below and have some fun of your own!

Have a beautiful Friday!

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Johnny says he looks like a boy who lives in shadows…

I say that I lovvvvve me some sun-flare.  Shooting into the sun is sometimes really cool… I love how the rays are positioned just right, so you get that little extra flarey-ness.  That is a word, flarey-ness?? I might have to petition Reader’s Digest for that one.  I love the bit of back lighting… that curves his hat and face.  Also, since you are reading this, I am about to tell you a super big, maybe never revealed photographer’s secret… shhh… you have to keep it between you, me, and the world wide web…..shooting into the sun is also a super awesome undercover way to hide the look your kids are giving you after you say, just one more- wait, just one more……We now return to our normal blog post.

 

So aside from the last few shots shooting in the sun, the primary reason for getting out my camera today was to try out a new background, er…..onclearancefromHomeDepotcurtain, that I have had for a while… While its not exactly wide enough for a boy who moves around in anticipation of being done, it does make a beautiful backdrop.  I would show you… but, Johnny wasn’t in top model form today, and… well, yea, let’s just leave it at that.

Notice anything different about the blog today? Another reason for this post…. Am I ever satisfied? Thanks to a tutorial @ I Heart Faces I found out how to change this up a bit… and while I am still not super 110% satisfied with it, I do think its getting there.  Would love some feedback? Oh, and are my comments working?