For Valentine’s Day, The Husband bought me some ultra-velvety roses. I love flowers. If I were rich, I’d change two things about my life first: 1) I’d never do laundry–I’d just buy new clothes. 2) I’d have fresh flowers every day of my life.
I caught this view days after he brought them home. I wish I could take them with me everywhere.
With endearing love,
As the craziness of life speeds up, my posts slow down. So, therefore, I get a little behind in my personal photography and, by the same token, posting my images here.
Confession: I haven’t taken a picture of myself. For now, I’m skipping week five. I do what I want. :)
I recently switched to shooting in RAW. I’m pretty sure I’m converted–ya’ know, for images I plan to edit and such, this seems like the best bet. I will shoot my first contracted wedding in June and I will shoot in RAW. At any rate, I have been playing with RAW editing. I didn’t know that, when opening RAW images from the camera in Elements, I’d edit the color differently–and more effectively, if you ask me–before even loading the images into the elements project bin. This is an extra step, but I’m very pleased with the outcome. You’ll noticed the differences in the before/after image below:
The main difference that makes me pumped is the graininess of the background before editing in Camera Raw. I like the color better, too. Notice the vibrancy of the green. I’m a fan, as if you couldn’t tell. I’ve been playing with some other images, too. I’ll practice a little more. My only concern is memory; looks like I’ll be purchasing some additional memory cards before the June wedding shoot I have.
What have been your experiences with shooting in RAW? When do you switch back to JPG?
This post is doubling as my linear post for Let’s Do 52. I love the lines of the cube. In short, I love straight lines.
These little guys are tricky. I can fairly easily get one side solved–but the others never happen. I know people who compete with these–like, nationally. But I could never… never be proficient enough to solve them in 32 seconds.
What about you? Can you solve them?
The scientific photographer,
As the yearbook adviser, I tell my students to avoid taking pictures of the backs of people. ”What is interesting about the backs of people?” I ask. Usually, they get it.
However, this week, I caught an excellent picture from the back.
The Hunk’s brother came back from Afghanistan on R&R. We met him at the airport. It was a sweet reunion.
I caught this precious shot on our way out.
So glad to be spending time with him a little before he goes back to finish his tour.
Thanks, Cam, for serving our country.
Honorably,
Today is the perfect day to capture a negative/white space image. Last night, as The Hunk and I were falling asleep, we heard icy precipitation hit the bedroom window. I don’t know how much it snowed overnight, but we woke up to a nice covering.
I found this beauty in front of my place. I used Paint the Moon‘s Vanilla Pop action to give it a nice warmth and softness. I love the action; it gives me a lot of freedom to adjust the settings.
So, I’ll probably spend the rest of this cold day inside. Maybe have some hot chocolate. Maybe nap off and on. And, of course, curl up in my t-shirt blanket.
Stay warm,
Last night, I opened my home to the women of Oasis Christian Community. We had some good food, watched One Night with the King, and, of course, chatted it up.
I made plenty of food because I knew not how many people were going to show. We had more than enough to eat. Not pictured: Chicken n dumplins. What a wonderful evening!
We had a wonderful time. I’m looking forward to our event next quarter.
Warmly,
A day late, but I took this picture yesterday. I have never eaten sushi, but I can’t fathom the idea of eating raw fish. Raw fish. Very natural.
Do you like sushi? If you were recommending a starter sushi, what would it be? I need to prepare for my trip to Japan this summer.
Naturally,
Winter break has been simply splendid for me. You should be jealous, as I have over three weeks of break compared to the usual two that teachers get. Conveniently, my family went to Edisto Island, South Carolina for about a week. It was a great time. We laughed until our slides almost split open and–most importantly–I was able to wear flip-flops and a short sleeve shirt almost the entire time. In fact, the day we came back, we left at 4am and I was warm in my flip-flops and tee and came home to require at least a hoodie and real shoes. Sad times.
We went with my immediate family and my mom’s oldest brother and his family. He has three daughters and my parents have three daughters; we always vacationed together growing up.
At any rate, while we were gone, my middle cousin got engaged. Since we were at the beach, I pretty much required them to have engagement pictures taken. Here are some of the results; you can find more of them on the Rejoicing Rebecca facebook.
I’m wonderstruck that I had an opportunity to take engagement shots at the beach during sunset. I’m from the midwest! This is just amazing to me. Thanks, Jon and Jess, for the wonderful experience! I hope you enjoy your images.
Love one another,
