Today's Muse....Miss Kate

Little Miss Kate is a total doll - with lots of personality as well. She's a busy little lady! We met up to do some shots for her baptism and in the end this happened:

I honestly don't know where the tutu came from or how it got on the baby, all I know is that I HAD to take a picture of it. I'm only human.


More shots to follow early next week!

It's a madhouse!!! A MADHOUSE!

YOU MANIACS!!!

I swear, the other day she mutter this under her breath
Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!

Trying a new 10 minute photoshop challenge, I'm not allowing myself to spend more than ten minutes editing a photo.  So, technically this photo is not great at all. But yet it's amazing. Funny how that works.

Is it possible for dogs to smirk?

She's smirking at me, isn't she?
Cutest pup ever!

really? more pictures?

I can see the mistakes, I just need to learn how to change them

Since I started this project I have really learned so much. It's actually amazing to me.  Maybe too much, as my husband is a wee bit worried that I am going to burn out. Maybe spending hours upon hours, night after night of hours on photoshop isn't 'balanced.' He's right. I need to slow down, but it's hard when I am learning so much!


I took some really crummy photos with my phone today. Some were conspicuous, some were inconspicuous; most notably the woman beside me on the GO train with an engagement ring larger than my eye. seriously. That last one was a bit weird because I was lamely pretending to take pictures of my crossword with my phone. Because that makes perfect sense, am I right?


Either way, I spent time editing an old photo today with some new photoshop tutorials. Again, the tutorials at www.mcpactions.com are amazing for learning Photoshop.  


Thank you internet. Without you I'd have to rely on....shiver.....books.

But all of this is to say....I am still learning, and the more I learn, the more mistakes I see. Exciting and frustrating at the same time.  But then I saw this quote...

     "Every time someone tells me how sharp my photos are,
      I assume that it isn't a very interesting photograph.
      If it were, they would have more to say."      
                               ~Author Unknown

hmm pixels for thought....

I'm seeing blue dinosaurs

I drank wine, took photos and edited tonight.  But that's not why I'm seeing purple dinosaurs.....


First, I was reading up on how to take bokeh shots - these aren't completely bokeh'd out, but I love that you can see the strands.  This is my chandelier.  I love it.


Wikipedia (what a freaking bragger...) has a much nicer example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bokeh_Example.jpg

was fun to shoot something that didn't try to run away while I was figuring the shot out.

you want it in pink? well....here it is.

But now for my fun shots....I shot this a few weeks ago, and I saw a tutorial online focused on how to change the colour of parts of the image in Photoshop. And I thought to myself....wouldn't you love to see a blue dinosaur?


So, I changed the purple dino to a blue dino in a few quick steps. No really, I barely know how to use photoshop, and it was really easy.  You can see the original (bottom) and the changed pic (top).

Blue dinosaur's are way more fun anyways.

original....straight out of the Canon.

If we're being picky we could complain about the purple tone to the shadow on the bottom of the dinosaur, but this was quick and dirty, so I don't care. 


If you want to know how I did it, check it out here.
http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2011/09/19/use-photoshop-to-quickly-change-the-color-of-objects-in-your-photos/

Today's Muse.....Miss Brinley

I'm still trucking along on my 365 and so far I haven't missed a day - I visited some dear friends and their little one yesterday and took some shots of the sweetest little family.

Only ten days old and already on the move!

Miss Brinley is one of the cutest babies I've ever seen. A full head of lovely hair, light eyes and, already, a bit of personality.  As always, my muse was on hand to art direct....

When big brother Navin woke up from his nap she came over offering hugs

Cuddled up on mama

Dad looking to calm her

I had visions of being able to shoot a curled up, sleeping newborn...I'm not sure why, since our newborn shoot with Miss E was anything but. Instead, miss Brinley was on the move! Seriously, she almost rolled over before this picture was taken. It was hard to get a face shot because she was moving around like crazy!

How about this pose? You like this one?

But we did get some cuddly shots in...

Tyra Banks would agree that this girl is FIERCE!

I'll yawn...but I'm not going to sleep!

Big brother Navin provided some kisses and love to sweet Brin, but was also very busy:

Busy being 'King of the Castle'...

Busy riding the firetruck...

Busy doing somersaults...

And busy running away from my muse....."Where'd he go?!?"