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It's been a while since I've joined Monica's blog hop. But I really liked this image from a recent photo session.

SOOC:




This cute little guy was playing with the airplanes I had brought with me while sitting on my favorite blue bench.


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I ran it through LR3 along with all the other photos from the session. I did the basic color, exposure and contrast edits. Then I brought it over to PSE7. The airplane was distracting in the image so I got rid of it using the cloning tool. I then ran Florabella Luxe II Timeless action. Then MCP's Eye Doctor action. That's it! I great image of this adorable little man!

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I'm so happy to share this image. It's one of my favorites. I've known this sweet little guy since before he was born ;) And just look at that amazing SMILE!!!

SOOC:

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I started in LR3 and then in PSE 7. I cloned out the hand (from his Mama). Then ran Florabella Luxe II action: Timeless. A little bit of sharpening and voila!

Thanks for stopping by and check out more Before& Afters @ Monica's blog!

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I've been saving this photo for today's blog hop for 2 weeks now! It was one of those images that didn't look to great SOOC but I knew instantly had lots of potential! Take a look at this sweet little man!

SOOC:

Edit:

I ran it through my editing process for client photos. LR3 then PSE7 and Florabella action Luxe II Timeless and MCP's Eye Doctor.

It's definitely a 'keeper' now! (And looks even better in the large version of the image!)

Thanks for stopping by and find more great edits over at Monica's Blog!

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We've been doing a lot of bike riding around here lately =) My image this week is of my Little Man and his green Diego bike!

SOOC

Edited with ACR and Florabella action: Halo

ACR and Florabella action: Timeless

Edited with ACR and Florabella action: Posh

ACR and Florabella action: Vanilla

Stop by Monica's blog to see other wonderful edits!

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This sweet baby girl from my most recent family photo session!


SOOC


Edit through LR3 and PSE 7 with Florabella action- Timeless:


Edit 2 through LR3 and PSE 7 with Florabella B&W action- Vanilla


Thanks for stopping by! Check out more Before & After's at Monica's Blog! Have a wonderful day =)

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Wow, it's Thursday already?! This week has flown by! The days are getting nicer (& hotter here in OK) so the kids and I are spending a lot more time outside!

Here is the SOOC of my little man:

Edit 1:

Adjustments in ACR and then Florabella's Timeless action in PSE7.

Edit 2:

Florbella's Milk action.

Edit 3:

Florabella's Envy action.

Edit 4:

I used edit 3 and than ran Florabella's B&W Vanilla action.

What a cute little guy =) Thanks for stopping by and check out all the before/afters over at Monica's blog. Have a great rest of the week. My photo sessions are ramping up here in the next few weeks. Can't wait to show you all the amazing families and kiddos!

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We finally had a really nice day here in SW Oklahoma. The kids and I were outside and I was itching for some nice new pictures!

I have quite a few cute ones, but this one of my daughter really spoke to me. I just knew it had to be turned into a B&W.

I cloned out a few minor belmishes in her hair then ran MCP's Eye Doctor and Florabella's B&W Vanilla.

Hope you all enjoy and thanks for stopping by and check out more B&A's @ Monica's Blog!!!

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This week's picture is of my daughter. For years (3 to be exact ;) I've been trying to get her to allow clips or bows in her hair. This was the first clip she ever let stay! So, of course I HAD to take a picture!

SOOC:

Terrible white balance, yuck!

After:

I cropped and changed the white balance, but I still wanted to accentuate the flower clip. So I turned it into B&W. Definitely a keeper for me!

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I think I'm finally back in the posting groove =) So this week I used an image of my kids and their new Jeep! We got it from the Ranch where my daughter is riding horses.

Before:

After:

I did the basic edits in ACR then moved the pic over to PSE 7 and ran the Florabella Luxe II action Vivid Color and painted it on just the Jeep and kid's clothes. Then I wanted to do something different. I'm not usually a texture person, but I thought I'd give it a try! I added a Florabella texture and set the blending mode to Overlay then erased it at 65% from the kids. Then a quick vignette. Ta da!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

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Phew, it's been a while since I've been able to participate @ Pixel Perfect. I was out of town for a while, getting a chance to have a vacation in sunny Florida!!!


Anyways, I'm back and getting into the swing of things again =)





Here is my SOOC:








After:



These are rainbow cupcakes that the kids and I have made a few years in a row for St. Patricks Day!

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Thursday, Thursday. We're staying at home today with the kiddos who have a nasty cold. SO I had a few minutes to play with this image of my daughter!





SOOC:











Edit 1:




Basic edits in ACR then I ran MCP
s Eye Doctor and Florabella's Timeless.




Edit 2:




MCP's Mini Fusion. This was the first time I had used this "mini" action. I liked it, but definitely need to play with it some more and understand it better =)



Have a great day!I won't be participating next week, as I'll be on vacation (by myself) to a friend's wedding in Florida! Woo Hoo!

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Woo...it's been really busy around here. Well, it feels like it's never not busy! 3 photo sessions this past week and a few days of AMAZING weather has kept the kids and happy and busy! I had to search a little bit to find a photo for this week's blog hop.

SOOC:

My son after he and his sister got into a splashing contest ;)

Edit:

Basic edits in LR3 and then Florabella Luxe II actions: Smitten and Vivid Color.

Stop by Monica's blog to see more before and afters! Hope you having a great week!

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It's been a cold but busy week here in SW Oklahoma! We survived the "snowstorm" with only 1 inch of new snow. I've been staying busy with the kids and 2 newborn sessions! How fun!!!

Here is a SOOC from my session of an adorable little girl on Monday.

B&W edit through LR3 and PSE7. Obviously an increase in exposure, brightness adn contrast. I also had to use the healing brush to get rid of the paci marks left on her face ;) Then a B&W Florabella action in Vanilla.

Hope you are all having a wonderful, warm Thursday!!!

To see more fun edits stop by Monica's Blog!

52 Week Project- Week 5

This week's theme for MCP's 52 week project is: Muse. After looking it up, the most basic definition is "inspiration."

So here is my muse - or - inspiration:

My family. The little man was sleeping but here is a sweet moment between the other members of my family. =)

I'm also including this as my Before/After picture for the blog hop at Pixel Perfect.

SOOC:

Edit:

I don't exactly remember my editing process for this image. (I'm going a little crazy staying inside during this snow storm) Of course it went through LR3 and PSE7, with a Florabella Luxe action I believe. Oh, that reminds me. Florabella just released their Luxe II action set yesterday! The Before/Afters are beautiful!!!! Its currently only available for the full version of Photoshop (CS5, etc) but the Elements version is already in the works. I can't wait to get my hands on those actions! Fun, fun fun!

Hope you're doing well where ever you are! At least we still have power here in OK!!!

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The kids and I actually got some time outside yesterday! I don't usualy take my camera out with us but yesterday I was really feeling the need for some good new pictures =)


SOOC:

My son riding on our 'roller coaster.'


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In the color edit first I adjusted the temperature, brightness, clarity and vibrance (in ACR). Then over in PSE7 I made a duplicate layer and with the spot healing brush got rid of some of the leaves, etc in the background. I also ran MCP's Eye Doctor action and then evened our his skin with Coffeeshops Glamour Glow. I really like the color edit, nice and clean. But I am a sucker for a B&W conversion. So here it is with Florabella's Vanilla action. LOVE!





Thanks for stopping by and check out Pixel Perfect for more great Before and Afters!