My 7 Month Old
I was helping my husband take pictures of some guitars he wants to sell and was playing with my sb600 flash before we started. The baby is a very willing model and it was a pretty good picture just straight out of the camera — but I couldn’t resist a...
Meandering through the forest
The kids and I spent a lovely afternoon yesterday strolling through the woods at Riverbend park and searching the shores of the Potomac for shells. I’ve been following the {Echo} posts at Susan’s and Chrysti’s blogs for awhile now and this is the...
Summer means…
blueberries! These blueberry muffins were heavenly. It’s the King Arthur Flour recipe (or a slightly older one…mine has more butter) and it is by far the best one that I have ever tried. Soon we will be able to go pick out for a day trip and pick pounds of...
Out to Sea
…but not in a pea green boat (although that would have been clever, now that I think about it). I think this is by far the most complex of the pictures I’ve yet to put together for Susan Tuttle’s Digital Layers class. I used a picture I had taken...
Beginning of Summer Vacation Daybook
FOR TODAY Outside my window, the sun is trying to shine through the low level clouds. It is already warm and muggy. ***insert 36 hour break here because school is out and the crowd is now home full time*** I am thinking of ways to keep the kids happy and busy for the...
Victorian Photography
Amazing video of a portrait studio that has been around since 1855. Wait until you see their archive of portraits — a room full floor-to-ceiling of boxes of glass negatives! How incredible a resource that is!Cherry Blossoms
It’s very hot here today and way past cherry blossom season, but as I was creating a couple of digital textures for the digital layers class, I was reminded of this picture. It was taken with my mobile phone, a Samsung Omnia. About the only good thing about it...
Make your work beautiful.
“Make your work beautiful. Make it simple. Make it clear. Put it out there. Cast off the illusion that you can control the results.” — John McWade Before & After/Design Talk I think that may be my new motto. Or at least the standard that I hope...Much better…
…in spite of all,/ Some shape of beauty moves away the pall/ From our dark spirits…
Digital art class starts tonight
I’m very excited to start Susan Tuttle’s digital art class tonight. I splurged on the course as a Mother’s Day gift to myself. I’m a completely self-taught Photoshop user — I can’t wait to see what I can learn from someone! My...