February 28, 2007

Ok first I wanna say that editing this picture made me a RAW convert. I took this picture in jpeg and when I was editing it I did not get the same results that I believe I would have gotten had I taken it in RAW. Ok another thing I love is scrapbooking and Saturday I had a scrapbook program at my job. It was really cool, and I had a lot of participation and interest. This is a page I made from the photos I took at the scrapbook program I had in January. Oh and I don't claim to be Donna Downey or Ali Edwards, I just have basic scraping skills and I like to share what I know with the community where I work.

February 27, 2007

This photo shows two things about me. I love the color pink and I love hot tea!!

February 23, 2007

Wow three days in a row. I took this photo at the truck stop were my husband keeps his truck. I tried actions for the first time and I used Jess's acid effect.
Thanks for looking.

February 22, 2007

We received this as a wedding gift and we have it hanging by our front door.
I shot it yesterday morning in natural light. f 2.0, ISO 400 . I used my 50.mm lens.

Oh and thanks for all the kind words yesterday. Just been busy with life. Thanks for looking!!!

February 21, 2007

I took this photo in early January, when my Sony was still brand new. I did not have my other two lenses yet so this was shot with the kit lense. Know that I have been reading and learning so much from you guys I can see the error of my ways. I did play with the color in pse 4 and I sharpened it twice.

Thanks for looking!!!!

February 17, 2007

Hi everyone this little guy has a story. I am a librarian and one day someone came in and said they needed a picture of the whole armor of God. First I was like what kinda of crazy question is that? But I did find find a drawing in a book that gave her the information she wanted. The question made me think about what the Whole Aromor of God was and that I needed to have that in my life. So, about a month after that question I found a church to join and have felt that God has really been protecting me since then. A good friend of mine joined the same church I joined and she gave me that bear as a Christmas gift.

February 15, 2007

Ok, guys I had the hardest time with this. I have been working on this for two days. But I am learning so much that I don't mind. I took these photos in raw and am learning how to work with the editing program. I am using the RAW editing program that came with the camera, I cannot seem to get the RAW to work in PSE 4 so if anyone has any tips on that I would appreciate it. Also had a hard time posting the photos because the files were so large. I know I lost some quality when I made the photo ready for the web. I bought a foam board at Michaels to use as a background and my dining room table cloth. Oh by the way this is a cookie jar that I bought a few years ago, it looks tiny but it is a nice size cookie jar.

Thanks for looking!!!!

February 10, 2007

Ok guys this is Sarah with her new Addie doll. I ran noiseware, I cropped, and other stuff that I don't remember.

I want to be able to see Addie's face so I lighted up the shadows. Sarah's hands look kinda funny to me. They are much too light and the picture has a pink tinge to it.

ISO 400

Exposure 1/40

f/2.00

50 mm lens

no flash

February 7 20007

It is freezing f-ing cold in Michigan. I can't wait till it gets to about 30 degrees so I can wash my car :- ). Hmm, I know the theme is botanical this week well...
there is a plant in the background. Anyway my favorite model, my Step-Daughter was over this weekend and I got a few photos of her. CC please.

February 2, 2007

I saw this banner downtown while I was taking pictures of Comerica Park. So I thought I would add this too. Steve Yzerman played for the Detroit Red Wings (the hockey team) for years and they won 3 Stanley Cups while he was on the team. He retired this past summer from playing hockey.