I am...

If you haven't been over to Megan's blog, I Am More Than Just... you need to check it out! She has a monthly theme as asked anyone to share pictures that relate to her theme. You can send in a snapshot or a professional image, it doesn't matter just send in your picture and she will feature it on her blog! Fun right?!?!

And what's even better is for the entire month of August she has a daily prompt to help inspire your photos!

Guess what!?!?!

Yesterday I made her blog! Woot, woot!

http://iammorethanjust.blogspot.com/2011/08/day-4-2-fun-with-chalk.html

Here is my image for here prompt of: Fun With Chalk-


My daughter enjoying some time after playing in the pool. She wanted me to trace her and her brother, then she colored everyone in!










Hop on over to Megan's blog and check it out!!!

The {S} Family

This was a special session. I was privledged enough to photograph Leah and her family only a few short weeks before she left on a military deployment. Both she and her husband are in the Air Force and I was so happy to share this time with them and give the family some happy images to enjoy during their difficult summer and fall.





We had a wonderful session together! Please keep Leah and the entire {S} family in your prayers. =)

Edit Me Week 12

I LOVE editing, I really do! So thankfully, we're back from vacation and I'm ready to join one of my favorite challenges again....EDIT ME over at Branson's blog, My Reflection of Something.


Here was the SOOC:


My edit:


I opened it up in ACR and increased the exposure, blacks, contrast and vibrance. Then over to PSE 7 where I used the transform tool (not something I do very often) to get the horizon straight. But because this image was vertical it didn't leave much room once rotated. So I cropped drastically, but thought it still was nice and focused on the daddy and his little girl. =)

Then I played around with the color of the photo a bit. I wanted the water to be a bit more blue so I added a new, blank layer and selected a nice shade of blue and filled in the entire layer. I changed the opacity to 50% and the blending mode to color burn. With the eraser on 100% I erased all the blue from the dad and daughter, leaving a nice blue tone to the water. After that I ran a 'clean color' action, sharpened and voila!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

The {R} Family

I reaching back into my archives and finally blogging about all my recent (& somewhat recent) portrait sessions!

I LOVE this family. Lydia and I are good friends while Adam and my husband work together! And their 2 adorable boys just can't get any cuter!!!



Seriously, just look at those amazing smiles!!!

We're Home and.....

I feel almost sane again =) We had a wonderful, long vacation in Phoenix with our families! After all that fun and activity it's taken us quite a while to get back in the grove. Hopefully all you wonderful readers are still here....and forgive the long absence! I've got a TON of things to blog and am hoping to have some free time in the next few days to get pics edited and posts written. =)


Here are some vacation pics to share until then!























Stay tuned!

What To Wear Wednesday

For July's installment of What To Wear Wednesday we have 1950's inspired family outfits!



These are SO darn cute and perfect for a warm, summer day! Love those red heels with the totally 50's style shirts & shoes for the boys! (For a better view click on the image!)



Thanks for checking out WTW Wednesday! If you have any photos of your family(or photos you've taken) that are 1950's inspired I'd LOVE to see them!

On The Road Again

Hey y'all! The kids and I are off on vacation again! 2 weeks in Phoenix should be awesome!!! (yes, very HOT too!)


Catch up with you all when we get back! Have a fun and safe 4th of July weekend...and take LOTS of pictures =)