Another Practice Shoot!!

Well, this was actually my third practice shoot. I couldn't obtain permission by the parents to post my 2nd practice shoot which took place that same year. I so appreciated the practice anyhow.

It was an outdoor shoot at a local park with a couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. I am so excited! I had so much fun! What an adrenaline rush!! They are such a sweet couple and were such a pleasure to work with.

The lighting was not that great that morning though in some of the pictures, but I think they will like them nonetheless. I met them at 9am and the shoot lasted about an hour and a half. I think in the future I will probably try at 8am and see if that might avoid strong sun spots and shadows.

As my thank you for them letting me practice on them, I had an 8x10 and a wallet size of the best shot, made for them, as well as a collage of my favorites, also an 8x10.

I dream of someday owning a Nikon D80, but for now, please excuse the point and shoot(Nikon L11 Coolpix). In the meantime, I am focusing on my composition. CC welcome!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Edited to add correction suggested by helpful comment...

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After (removed sign)

I Think I Inadvertently Got My Christmas Shot!

I was playing around with a spontaneous shot that I had taken of our daughter in her bathroom, and think I may have found my Christmas shot! I had so much fun getting rid of the background and experimenting with different editing tools. I'd love to know what you think.

Original(unedited)


Edit number 1 (filtered, burned to blend, overall clean up, and cloned ribbon tail)

Edit number 2 ~ In Sepia

Very Informative Videos by Rick Sammon

Just some tutorials for my learning toolbox that I want to keep for reference later on when I am able to get a DSLR as there are some great tips I can use even now.

Rick Sammon's Top 10 Photography Tips


Rick Sammon's Digital Start to Finish

Just because I love this one...

Our daughter in a pensive moment of dress-up...

More Itty Bittie Critters...

I'm not one for bugs normally, but when looking at them from a photographer's point of view, look what one can discover!

A Dragonfly on the wall in our garage...

At first glance, "okay, there's a dragonfly. Pretty neat!"

At second glance, "wow, look at the detail in the wings and body."

But even closer, at third glance...look at it's head! It looks like glass! You can see through his head. Gross in a way, yet facinating too!

Here's Another Frugal Friday Tip From Me...

I just love Frugal Fridays...


...and now I just love Hotgrafix!! You just have to check out their website. They make beautiful signatures and blinkies for no charge (donation optional). There are all sorts of designers, so if you want to check it out and see whose style you like, you can. Then you just put in your request for one and what you would like to have written on it and what pictures you'd like to have included, and before you know it, it's done. They can even be animated!

Here's the one that was made for me. I loved it so much. It was like getting a gift to open!

Don't forget to visit Biblical Womanhood for more Frugal Friday tips!

Thanks for looking!

Leaning on His Everlasting Arms,

Denise

At The Beach...

While visiting my family in Canada, we got to go to the beach a couple of times. The first time, we nearly froze to death and only stayed about 15 minutes and just took a walk up and down the beach. I did manage to get a few nice shots in while I was there (of course). Here are my favorites from that day. Again, constructive criticism welcome!



My sister graciously allowed me to post her shot. I really like how it turned out. (You'd never know that I actually removed our daughter from this particular picture while playing around with editing program)



When we went a few days later, the weather was much nicer. I actually went in the water up to my knees...too cold beyond that! Brrr!! But as usual, in the way our daughter grabs at life, we just couldn't keep her away.