Jessica: 22 weeks

It all started when my husband and I met up with Jess and her husband for Jess's birthday. The waitress comes to take our drink order. Jess had refused to get an adult beverage. I started to give her a hard time, because this was unlike her and it was her birthday. Jess proceeds to tell me she can't drink because she is expecting. I literally jumped up and hugged both her and husband. I am so insanely excited for the both of them and I can't wait to babysit!!! Well, we all not what pregnancy means.......pregnancy pictures!!!!!!!!!! So I couldn't wait and I started at 22 weeks. I will be sure to take more has she gets much more plump!! Enjoy. PS... (If anyone is wanting or considering pictures here is some information.)

The changing of Seasons!!

So here is a collection of photos I took as the seasons changed. Nothing major just few snapshots. I will be back with more soon with many more photos that are in the editing process.

PS. GO RAVENS!!!!! 1 down 3 more to go!!!!

I am sorry.......

    So after two long months I am back, if anyone is or was ever reading/looking at my pictures. So I have so many pictures to edit, that I would like to share with everyone. The good news is my pops got me a device that allows you to make sure all the colors on your monitor are set correctly thus editing the pictures more efficiently. So these pictures I have chosen to post today, have been edited and completed for sometime. These pictures were taken at my, girlfriend's Leigh's Bachelorette party. For her party we stayed at a cabin in the middle of nowhere!!! It was lots of fun!!! Enjoy!

On to the use of Photoshop.

       So none of these pictures are fairly new as in recently taken but rather they have been neglected for show-n-tell. At the end of the entry is my first picture successfully using photoshop. Take your time and scroll through my neglected photos.

The first set of pictures are significant to me because I had to leave the shutter open allowing me to capture the fire in the way it appears in the photo. Keeping the shutter open leaves room for much blur/error. So for these pictures I had to set the camera on the tripod, set the self timer (just pushing the button causes a blur in the picture) and hope the cat did not move.

Well this picture is just plain cute, brother and sister or a.k.a Ozzy and Sharon.

This picture has been cross-processed. I obsessed with this affect, and will be probably overuse it. I also added a slight fading black frame around it.

FINALLY, I successfully used photoshop. When I had this desire to do photography, it was because I would see things, and wish I could capture it in way that I thought was beautiful or eye catching. After receiving my DSLR as a gift I had no idea that this picture taking was a two-fold skill. Not only do I have to have the ability to capture the picture correctly but I have to know how to edit. I found this WEBSITE and I am starting to learn step-by-step on how to edit pictures while navigating around photoshop. With this picture I outlined the frog, enhanced its features, than inverted the picture allowing me to edit everything but the frog, thus making a black and white background to the frog. Feel free to click on the picture of the frog to make it larger and see in greater detail the editing that was done.

Jess and Justin's Renewal of Vows

I feel so uncommitted to my photography so it is time to be honest. I FINALLY....did you read that correctly? FINALLY, finished with dotting my "i's" and crossing my "t's" for my big girl career. Now I put fancy letters behind my name that I am sure only few know what they stand for. So with this my friends "my adventure in photography," will move forward at more increasing and interesting rate. Also I still struggle with my editing. I now have adobe photoshop, so do I want to abandon GIMP and start a new relationship with photoshop? The reason I say, "yes" is because there are a lot more tutorials, and presets for photoshop. Like they say if you can't beat'em, join'em.

So to the meat of this post. I got to photograph a renewal of vows of a couple that are close friends with my husband and I. My anxiety level was through the roof, running rapid with thoughts and ideas for shots. I will say this, is this experience helped me ten-fold in understanding settings, flash and lighting when taking pictures. Overall Jess made a beautiful bride to photograph and oh yah that one guy, Justin looked like her perfect prince. Enjoy my loves!

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