W Family Photos!

 This is probably my favorite shoot I have done to date.  I think part of it is because I am improving and we also went to a really beautiful park so I didn't have to work for good backgrounds.

 This boy is 2 months younger than my own.  Why won't mine pose like this?  What a cutie!

 Love the jeans!

 Mr. GQ!

 She just reminds me of a tree nymph here.  Like Tinkerbell!

 Brown-Eyed Girl!

 I also walk with my little boy like this, I loved this one.  Her ring and fingers, the fact that they are in step, and his elbow patches!!!

 Nothing sweeter than sibling smooches!

 We tried several that had all three in them.  It was a good learning process for me.  This was my favorite, though.

 I love her sweet expression and his look is almost like he's wrapped around someone's finger!

 I purchased a new photoshop program and WOW, what a difference!  It really made these collages more fun to make!

Captain Handsomeness right here!

Pumpkin Patch: Kenna's Shots, my Edits

 Those of you who know me also know there is no possible way that I took these photographs.  I am in them.  My friend Kenna shot all of them.  She did a wonderful job!  I couldn't be happier.

 I have learned so much about image editing recently.  You need a good shot to get a good picture, do not get me wrong.  But, with tweaks you can really pop out color in a photograph and enhance emotions.

 I have also learned how important capturing portraits in .RAW format are and how useful it can be for non-destructive editing!

 The above is the alltime favorite picture I think I have of us.  I cannot wait to get the print from mpix...in metallic!

 Our son is 2.  2 year olds are not fans of sitting down and posing.  I hope that improves a bit over the next year!

Gap Casting Call Part 2

I guess I was wrong about the jeans.  There are tons of pics on the Gap Casting Call site without them.  Oh well.

Serious today.  I entered one from yesterday just to show he isn't always Captain Seriousness...

Winner.  Cute...even though they made me crop it.

Gap Casting Call Portrait Rejects

 Not rejected for being bad pictures...rejected by myself after reading Gap's entry rules.  Apparently the child has to be wearing blue jeans.  Whatever.  So, I have another outfit and we will try again this week.

 I took these at Kirk of the Hills Presb. Church.  Since I work there part time I thought it would be fun and I probably wouldn't get in trouble.  The next shoot will be at the park, though this church has a few really amazing photo spots.

 These steps are one of the neat spots!

 Walking back to get his cars and send them down the wall (see a few shots down to understand).

 Falling down the hill.  Don't worry!  He thought it was funny!

 My favorite!

 I think these pants are getting to small.  Either that or the zipper is broken because I can't keep it up.  I cropped this one:).

Knock, Knock!!!

The Other Half

 I purchased a new lens just after the session with these twins, so I wanted to go back and take a few more shots with the new "fast" lens.  What I was looking for was for the photo to have more depth of field.  As can be seen above it does it's job.

 The color.  I edit in raw and then move to photoshop if need be.  The colors really pop when you move around some of the settings on a raw image.

 The other thing I wanted to go back and take some photos for was a few smiles.  Their Daddy was home this time, so we managed a few grins.   Daddies just have that affect on their children!

 Grin.  He started walking the very next day.  he looked ready!

Another grin!  Yay!  Mission Accomplished!