Easter 2014 Pics

I'm not done, this is only the beginning of the "Easter 2014" file.

I'm entering this Bubble photo into the I Heart Faces photo Challenge "All Boy" :) 

Eagle, San Poil Valley 2014

Not bad  for a photo taken with point-and-shoot camera!

Movie night with the girls!!!

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Compositing

It's been busy over the holidays and I'm glad things are starting to calm down a little bit so I have time to mess around on my new computer!! Don't get too excited, its a refurb from eBay, but its doing a great job so far :). For only $10 a month I joined the Adobe Creative Cloud, it was a limited time offer and I'm lovin' it. I was able to download Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, and Lightroom 5. Some of those are 'trials' but it may be worth it to purchase the full versions.

Now that I have up to date software for editing, I'm looking at some pictures I took last summer with B and her cute family. I showed the pictures to someone, I forget who, and they said it was weird how P was standing in the background at the Record shop and not really 'in' the picture per se. So, time to learn Compositing.

Here are my before shots:

Please keep in mind that I just bought this camera a few months ago. Sure I took  Photography in College and Graphic Design courses, but I'm merely a self pro-claimed Amateur Photographer. I wasn't really posing B, I told her to act like I wasn't there. We did several different shots, but not once did I think "was everyone IN the frame?" Well, thank goodness for the magic that is Photoshop.

Here is my composite:

I'm interested to see what B thinks of this, since their expressions are so different!! But it was fun using the Layer Masks and different effects to blend P from 'Picture 1' into 'Picture 2. What do you think? How'd I do? Got a picture you want me to take a stab at editing? Leave a comment :)

Hoaning my editing skills!

Practice makes perfect, so whenever I seen an opportunity I try to take it! My old friend Jason posted this photo of his to Facebook:

Such a beautiful vintage photo!!! Add some gradient, adjust the color balance, dodge and burn details, and there you have it!

I've been busy in Illustrator creating my logo as well. There just aren't enough hours in the day to make and design all the things that I want!!

I love editing. . .

For anyone asking what I do in my free time, THIS is it. I'm that girl that takes 50 pictures of the same thing. Then I pick the best shot, pose, composition, etc. Once I have that, I get into my editing software and just get lost!! The possibilities are endless, and I love it :)

Personalized Makeup Pouch

Finally getting back into the groove! My sewing machine is no longer collecting dust. Made this makeup pouch to hold some lipsticks for a beautiful friend in Minnesota. Friend, if you are reading this, its in the mail!! SURPRISE!!! 

I did some free hand embroidery on the Brother. I went over it several times with the accent thread. Who doesn't like Neon Orange!?!

Embroidered my signature inside, its cute and wee :)

Can you believe my photo box is still alive after all this time? Had to dust that off as well, but it still makes a great backdrop. All in all this is an adorable pattern from A Lemon Squeezy Home via UCreate. I will be using this one again!