The {B} Family

It was another scorcher on the day of the the {B} families photo session. BUT, they handled it like champs! Just amazing for a family of 6!
I just about fell over when I saw the two boys with their hair styled in little spikey mohawks! I LOVED IT! Everyone got to wear 2 outfits so we had a wonderful array of looks, backgrounds and styles for this great group. Enjoy!

Pixel Perfect Blog Hop

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.


Edit:


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!

Edit Me Week 15

Another great image this week in the Edit Me Challenge. There have been a few changes with the challenge as Branson is taking some much deserved time off and sharing the challenge with Kathryn at OurTinyBigLife!


Here is the before image:



From Jamie. What cute and colorful outfits on these little girls! My daughter would LOVE this!


My edit:







I opened it in ACR and made some slight exposure changes and increase the vibrance and saturation. Then in PSE7 cropped out the grass. Although I liked the green, I thought it was not necessary in the picture. I ran Florabella Luxe II Sugar action. It added a pink "sugary" tone that I liked alot for this image. Then I ran Florabella Luxe II action Vivid Paint to paint over the color on the girls outfits to add an extra pop!


Thanks for stopping by and I'd love to hear what you think of my edit. Then stop by Branson's blog to see all the other amazing edits!

2011 Fall/Holiday Specials

I'm so excited to announce my 2011 Fall & Holiday Specials!







I'm looking forward to a wonderful fall season with the best clients ever!

Edit Me Week 14

Another water/boat theme this week on Branson's Edit Me Challenge! This image was a bit of a challenge for me, as I wasn't completely sure what direction I wanted to go. But I ended up for a more dramatic edit than I usually do and even added some texture!!!



Before:






My Edit:




I made very minor adjustments in ACR, then in PSE 7 I made a large crop to focus on the boat and dock. Then I ran the Coffeeshop action: Color Pop. After that I chose a subtle hazy texture and changed the blending mode to hard light and the opacity to 30%. There ya have it =) Head on over to the Edit Me challenge to see what other amazign edit were made to this image!!!

The {O} Family

The second session I had the opportunity to shoot was for the {O} family. They have been long-time family friends of my parents. I was thrilled when Sandi contacted me to do a family session with their two young boys.

She warned me that it may be the toughest session I've ever done ;) I assured her that it would be fine and that we'd get some great images. While the boys were not bringing the big smiles that day, we did get some wonderful family, fun pictures =)

I Heart Faces: 1st Day of School Sparkle

What an amazing theme for this week's challenge at I Heart Faces! EYES! I have to admit I'm totally partial to my little guy's eyes =)








Here he is this morning on his first day of Preschool! Those baby blues are just sparkling ;)