Monthly Archives: February 2009

Rule of Thirds

I just came across the Rule of Thirds … without knowing such a thing officially existed! I feel like I have always sort of tried to use this rule, without even knowing it really was a rule. Haha!
I wanted to share this link with everyone … it is so helpful! I just assessed the shots...

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Jaxson

I spotted this fab sight the other day and was dying to take some pictures there … isn’t this brown wall great? Oh … and we can’t forget my adorable subject … my nephew, Jaxson. Here are a couple of my favorite shots from our shoot there! More later …

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Playing Around

So I was totally inspired by my friend, Melanie, to do an indoor shoot today using natural light. I have taken random shots inside, but hadn’t set up shop, so to speak. So today was the day. I post processed all of these shots in Lightroom 2, because I’m an addict and I can’t not...

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I {Heart} Free Presets

Last night I finally found some time to download some Lightroom Presets from the internet. Umm … this seriously could be a massive addiction. Here are my shots from yesterday edited with a sepia preset that I found … don’t they look amazing?!

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Wednesday Drive

Yesterday the kids and I took a Wednesday drive … get it, Sunday drive? Wednesday drive? Haha. Humor me, okay? We drove to random places in the country that we had never driven before … and along the way, I stopped to shoot from the driver’s seat.
Takes talent, ya know. Shooting from the driver’s seat....

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Fave Shot of the Moment

For more fave shots of the moment, click here.

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Lightroom Basics: Part 2

We have already learned how to do basic edited in Lightroom 2. So let’s move on to using presets … those things listed on the left side of your screen {i.e. Aged Photo, Antique Grayscale, etc}.
Applying a preset is not hard … open your image and click on the preset. BTW … there are tons...

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Lightroom Basics: Part 1

A couple months ago, I started post-processing my shots in Lightroom 2, thanks to my friend Carmen. After talking about it on my blog, I have received a lot of emails that say, “Help!”
Now … I by no means am a pro at this, so take this tutorial for what it is worth. It...

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Focus

I have a headache.
I have been reading more on the ILP forum and reviewing the JSO {just starting out} tutorials. It makes my head hurt, but I can’t stop either.
As I read through the tutorial on Focus, Matthew L. Keys from MLKstudios suggested the below assignment. In case you are wondering why we should care...

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Fave Shot of the Moment

I’m feeling conflicted.
I’m feeling conflicted because I don’t know what pictures to post where. Family blog. Photography blog.
So I decided that to make myself happy, I could – would – should post my most favorite shots here, when I feel otherwise inclined to put them on our family blog.
So … here goes … my favorite...

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