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Decisions decisions

This photo originally didn’t turn out very nice at all and I really liked it.  Here is the original photo.  You can see how a little editing and sometimes an action here and there can save what you think is a horrible photo and turn it into something beautiful.

I first had to straighten the photo in photoshop and when I rotated it, there were white areas at the corners on the bottom layer.  I then carefully used the clone stamp tool to make those areas black.  Then I cropped the photo and  decided to play with some of Coffee Shop’s actions.  This one is called Expresso.  On the first photo, it’s just the Expresso action alone and on the 2nd photo, I ran the Expresso action and then the Coffee Shop Burn on top.  Now I can’t decide which one I like best.

February Winter

 

Here are a few photos of our snow and icicles and below are layouts of my photos too.  The first two of  Boo and Boss were taken by me laying on my stomach inside the house to get a real good look at just how deep this snow is on our back deck.

More Photos and Layouts too

Here’s a few more photos and a couple layouts I’ve made with them.  My layouts are posted over at Get It Scrapped in the Gallery.

Sharing newest photos

Adam, Kym and the boys came up this weekend and I naturally had the camera out!  Eli was quite content and happy to lay on the floor and show off for Grandma and her camera.  He’s grown and changed sooooo much in 4 months.

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And Aiden cooperated nicely too.  He’s sitting in his Great Grandma Long’s chair that she had when she was a little girl. 

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Zander was intent on watching cartoons while I snapped away!

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Newborn Photography

Here are just a few of the gorgeous shots I got of Elijah this past weekend.  I watched the video by John Ridgeway – The Baby Whisperer (Photovision ‘09) and was amazed at how his advice on shooting sleeping babies during their sleep cycle worked!  Where was he when MY kids were babies??!!

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I even was able to make his little cap.  I refuse to forget how to crochet!!  My Mom would be proud.

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Of course I took photos of Zander and Aiden too, playing in the leaves and visiting Whitehouse Farms.  They’ll be coming next!

Birth Photography

Elijah Cade McLeish arrived October 7th at 11:05 a.m.  He is 21 inches long and weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces.  Adam delivered and cut the umbilical cord with the Dr.’s guidance.  His apgar score was 9.8. 

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Pals

This is how I found Boo and Boss the other night when I went to bed.  They sure are pals.  They’re most generally always together, whether they’re hunting, laying on the deck together or going to bed at night.

I tried out Julie Mead’s new set of Artistic Photo Overlays – Set 3 from the Nifty Boutique.  What a fun way to dress up your photos!

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Maternity Photos

It’s been too long since I’ve posted.  Adam, Kym, Zander and Aiden were up this past weekend.  Besides enjoying their company, I had a chance to shoot some maternity photos with Kym and Adam.

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You can see lots more of this shoot on my FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM.

Zoo – July 20, ‘09

And then on Monday, it was off to the Pittsburgh Zoo.  I still have tons of photos to edit from that day but wanted to share a few with you.

Aiden called all the “cats” – kitty kitty

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I also managed to shoot these animals and they were too adorable NOT to share!  Aiden sharing his snacks with Daddy.

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And couldn’t pass up the chance of this belly bump!

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Watermelon

I’ve been DYING to shoot photos with the kids eating watermelon.  Just happened that Kym, Adam, Nathan, Tempest, and the kids dropped in Sunday night after a day at the water park in Pittsburgh (thus the red skin) and I got my chance!

I just LOVE Aiden’s white hair with his adorable suntan!

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I still have pool shots coming.  I’ve been procrastinating editing those with the bright sunlight and blowouts!