Sending out Christmas cards...

This is one of my favorite activities to do around the holiday season. I love getting cards and I love giving cards. I like to send them out early, so I can guilt people into sending one back (insert evil laugh here). No really, it's not pulling teeth like it is with other people. I love getting the kids all dressed up, yelling about eating a drippy peanut butter sandwich right when we're about to go out, the kids telling me they are done with pictures after just 2 minutes....sigh.... it's just bliss

I figured no one really cares what Rhead and I look like, we don't change that much, I only include the kids. Plus Rhead gives me hell more than the kids do and I can't bribe him with a dollar. Sean was trying his hardest to please me, as always and Sami was being a diva, AS always. But I did get this LOVELY shot of the 2 of them.

Don't you just love digital cameras??? This was taken with my canon rebel xt, 50mm lens, RAW, manual, at around 4 pm as the sun was setting. Rhead WAS suppose to be holding the reflector but he kept walking into my shot or distracting the kids and I think by the time I took this shot, he was in the car reading! He wanted to get paid to like the kids did ($2 each!) but I told him he was fired!

I did very light post processing: level, wb, sharpen and burn the door. Which I didn't blow out her shirt, but no untrained eye will be able to tell. I got this super cute card template from a fellow ILP, have I mentioned how much I love ILP??? If you want to learn about photography, join! I've learned so much from reading other people's posts and critiques.

This was our picture 3 years go, look how Rhead is holding the baby! You'd think she was a football or something! And the picture just reminds me of this weird phenomenum that Rhead is shorter than me when we are both sitting even though standing, he is about 5 inches taller than me! It's fun to look at old photos right?? Sometimes I wish I had Sean a little later, so I would have all his baby pictures on digital... scary to think, I had Sean before digital camera was cheap! I'm not gonna go there today I think....


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Trimming The Tree

Don't you just love this time of the year?? My mother in law has scented candles burning, which she must because we have this fake tree up. It's a little hard to adjust for Rhead and I but the kids don't mind one little bit. They had fun putting up all the ornaments, singing Christmas songs, drinking hot cocoa, and eating gingerbread.



Then when all was quiet, I took my camera, prop it up on a box on a stand, turned off all the lights except for the ones on the tree. I had my aperture to 22 and shutter speed at 1 second and took this shot. Doesn't it just make you want to snuggle up with your family?? LOVE IT!!! I want to try it again with my kids later when all the boxes get put away and tripod out. We'll see how it goes...

Miss E - 3 Months Shoot

Miss E had her 3rd session with me yesterday, BY HERSELF!! It was tough trying to take her picture and keep her happy without her mom's help, on top of my 4 year old "trying to help!"

I did get some good ones though, but the post processing needs work. When I got to the school lab yesterday to use their programs, it was closed already! So I'm hoping to go back next week to get better results. You'll just have to bear with me with the 3 below :) Just see how cute she is, not how bad the processing is.

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Until next time...

Waiting to get LOST

I missed last episode of Grey's Anatomy yesterday so I went abc.com to see it online, and they had a little promo for LOST! Lost has to be one of my favorite TV shows of all time. It is so good and frustrating at the same time. If you're a fan of lost, this promo will get your blood pumping. I got mad goose bumps when the scene flashed to Desmond and Penny. My heart just aches for those 2! Anyways, I won't tease you anymore, check it out yourself!

Playing with my camera

I've been trying to teach myself about photography and photoshop this past year. And although at times it has been rough, I'm pretty proud of how far I've come. I read tons on the internet and on my ILP forum, and the photography class I've been taking has helped me out a lot too. But I could not have improve one iota without practice, practice, practice! These 3 pictures are just the latest I've taken. I've moved on to RAW (woooo hooooo) and full manual. It is a LOT easier to edit this way but I don't have enough computer space to shoot in that mode all the time. I can't believe how much you have to buy to support this hobby! But I'm having fun trying to improvise :)

Holiday BOGO SALE!!!!

I need to jump start the economy (my little economy anyways) so I'm having a Buy One Get One SALE! Click here to go to my etsy store, or click on the etsy logo on the right hand side.

HAPPY SHOPPING!!

The new Harry Potter Trailer

While I'm just TICKED that they moved the movie back ALL THE WAY to next summer, I'm glad there is a new trailer out! Check it out here!