One Twenty Three

This week's theme: Habits

Well, this isn't really a habit, it's just Mollie playing outside. :)

One Twenty Two

This week's theme: Habits

So this isn't really a habit of mine, but tending to our super-cool garden has become a habit of Brad's. Here's our first watermelon! How teeny and cute is this?

One Hundred Nine

This week's theme: Pets - or Flowers! :)
Next week's theme: Things I Couldn't Live Without

Here is my beeeeeeeeeauuuuutiful hydrangea. It finally bloomed a ton this year, and I actually cut a bunch of blooms before they died so that we can enjoy them indoors! So here's before - and then two afters. ;) LOVE them!

One Hundred One

This week's theme: Emotional Attachment

Again, I should just change this week's theme to "My Girls." I wish the shadows weren't so prominent on her face. I was just struck by what a "little girl" she looked like instead of a baby or toddler. :)

Ninety-Six

This week's theme: Weather
Next week's theme: Emotional Attachment

What, you thought it would be done raining here? Nope. Doesn't stop this little one from dancing though!

Ninety-Five

This week's theme: Weather

Well, this isn't exactly weather, but I am getting tired of gray, blah, rain. So here's a happy product of lots of rain: GREEN BEAN PLANTS!

Ninety-Four

This week's theme: Weather

Soooo can you take a picture of "cold" when it doesn't include snow or ice, and everything IN the photo is nice and green? Seems like it's difficult to convey in that circumstance. It's difficult to ACCEPT cold in that circumstance, but that's today. It's 57 at 1:30 pm. I realize that's not frosty, but on May 13 when it's been 85 this week, that's cold. *sigh*

Ninety-Three

This week's theme: Weather

Gray, gray, gray. And don't forget - more rain. I thought this was cool though.

Ninety-Two

This week's theme: Weather

Well, at the beginning of the week, I thought, "Oh how cool. We may have some interesting weather for this week, and then I can practice with some sun stuff again." Nope. Gray, gray, gray and storms. I am trying to shoot more in manual though!

Ninety-One

This week's theme: Weather

What a week for weather photos! I'm sure this was even bigger as it fell, but we were in the closet with the girls, and I wasn't going to attempt a photo until it was all clear. SCARY STUFF!

Ninety

This week's theme: Weather

OK I'm learning how to make my photos bigger!

I really like this one, but I'm not sure if the rain on the petals is obvious enough to call it "weather." I tried and tried and tried and tried to catch a raindrop, but it didn't happen. I need to work on shutter speed - I think I needed to slow it down. Maybe next time!

I really like this one, but I'm not sure if the rain on the petals is obvious enough to call it "weather." I tried and tried and tried and tried to catch a raindrop, but it didn't happen. I need to work on shutter speed - I think I needed to slow it down. Maybe next time!

Eighty-Seven

This week's theme: What I do outside the world of photography

I create and paint boxes. :) I'm working on a cool organizing project. Hopefully I'll have final results to show soon!

Fifty-Six

This week's theme: Uncategorized!

Meet Mr. Gabriel! It was hard to choose a favorite photo from Easter, but this is one that I actually tried to get a "good" photo (as opposed to just attempting to catch cute stuff as quickly as possible), but there was a big sunspot on his left cheek, and I'm pretty happy with my clone/healing work to edit that. Now I'll probably look at it on another computer, and scream because it looks terrible.

Also, look at these eyes! Gorgeous!!!

Thirty-Seven

This Week's Theme: My Favorite Color

Let's face it, doesn't every girl need at least one pair of pink shoes?

Nineteen

This week's theme: One for the Road

Not the most exciting shot (again). :) On my way to get my third antibiotic shot. I didn't realize how ominous the sky looked. Sky is really tough to edit! If I increase the exposure at all, then the sky gets blown. I'm sure there is something I could do with layers, but I'm still a little too tired to play with this too long. Still lots to learn, as usual!

Eighteen

This week's theme: One for the Road

Annnnnnnnd still sick. Gray day, on my way to the doctor to get another antibiotic shot. Feeling better, but yep, still sick.

Seventeen

This week's theme: One for the Road

Stilllllllllllllllll sick. Nothing too exciting about this photo, but I was on my way to the doctor's office, so I thought I'd get one actually ON the road. I tried some different actions in post-processing this one. I think it made it a bit more interesting.

Sixteen

This week's theme: One for the Road

So I'm still sick. Sick with a sinus infection and tonsilitis, to be exact. BUT! I am now on antibiotics and Mucinex D and determined to feel better immediately! Unfortunately, I don't feel as good as I'd like to, but I'm hoping a dose or two more of the antibiotics will help that. So I took the girls to Katie's and I'm working from home today. I had this idea on my drive (yes, we got more SNOW, but thank goodness almost none and I'm sure it'll all melt by noon - YAY!), and found a perfect tire print right in our own driveway. Thanks, Brad! ;) I keep having to increase the exposure in ACR when I shoot in manual, so I think maybe I need to try to over-expose in-camera. Maybe my camera just underexposes by design, or maybe my eye just prefers a bit brighter photo. I'll try over-exposing manana!

Fifteen

This week's theme: One for the Road

So it's still way too cold and I'm too feverish (ugh!) to go too far, so I'm improvising. I've been lazy and have been shooting in Tv (shutter priority - 1/125 so as not to blur busy toddler & baby limbs), and so I'm determined to get good as shooting in manual. Here's my first attempt in a long time. I only had to brighten the exposure a *tiny* bit in ACR.

Fourteen

This Week's Theme: One for the Road

I'm not feeling too great today, so I thought I'd get out early and get a photo in case I'm not up to it later. Hopefully I'll be feeling better later, but you just never know. So here's our rainy, dreary street. It's a good day for staying in, staying warm, eating soup, and watching movies. Just thankful it's not SNOW!