Saturday, January 22, 2011
Week 4 Action/Motion Part 2
Well since I was a total slacker this week and didn't get around to doing the shots I wanted I am going to extend it another week. I had some cool ideas I just never got around to executing them so hopefully everyone will continue to play along and excuse my laziness :)
Monday, January 17, 2011
My first picture contribution! :)
Just got back from the beach today and it was beautiful! I was sad that I didn't have a nice camera to capture how amazing it was but the i-phone was the did the job for the moment. So funny to read the theme for the week because my bright idea on the beach was to take a picture of the kids jumping with the sun behind them so all you could see was their silhouette. I told them to jump with their hands up but as you can see I didn't really catch the jumping part. Kind of hard to do with a 6,4, and 2 year old and a camera that doesn't respond very quickly. I still like it though. I wish Mackenzie was on the right side of Sadie so that the height wouldn't be lined up small, medium, tall.
So think I'm going to get a Canon Rebel from Costco this week, only $400! Not the most amazing camera but I have to start somewhere right?
Just got back from the beach today and it was beautiful! I was sad that I didn't have a nice camera to capture how amazing it was but the i-phone was the did the job for the moment. So funny to read the theme for the week because my bright idea on the beach was to take a picture of the kids jumping with the sun behind them so all you could see was their silhouette. I told them to jump with their hands up but as you can see I didn't really catch the jumping part. Kind of hard to do with a 6,4, and 2 year old and a camera that doesn't respond very quickly. I still like it though. I wish Mackenzie was on the right side of Sadie so that the height wouldn't be lined up small, medium, tall.
So think I'm going to get a Canon Rebel from Costco this week, only $400! Not the most amazing camera but I have to start somewhere right?
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Week 3 - Action/Motion
After last weeks flop I thought I would try something a little more fun. As the title states, show us your action/motion shots. It can be a photo that stops action ie your kids jumping in the air etc. or with some blur to show motion. There are lots of things you can do with it so lets see them!
Keepin' it Real...
I thought I would post one more for bathroom just for kicks and giggles:) I could have cleaned the dried toothpaste off of the toothbrush and the the toothpaste off the counter but I thought I'd keep it real. Not that anyone would believe that my bathroom would be any different:)
Settings- f2.8 ss 1/320 iso 3200
Settings- f2.8 ss 1/320 iso 3200Thursday, January 13, 2011
My Bathroom...
So I am a little behind this week and I have to say a little uninspired. I don't know whose idea it was to have bathrooms as a theme but whoever it was should be fired!! Anyways back to my bathroom...
You are probably wondering what eggs have to do with my bathroom... Well I will tell you:) Last year my husband decided to go into the chicken business (kind of anyway). We have had laying chickens off and on for several years and when Lan was old enough he became the egg gatherer/washer. Last year when we started raising meat chickens as well and it became Lan's job to feed/water/care for the meat chickens and Ryley inherited the job of gathering and washing the eggs. Well Ryley isn't quite tall enough to easily wash the eggs at the kitchen sink so he uses the sink in the back bathroom. And because it is an everyday job it seems that I ALWAYS have eggs in my back bathroom. Its almost like they are part of the decor:) You might also be wondering what that green egg is doing amongst all the pretty white and brown eggs... Shortly after we bought our last batch of laying hens the boys noticed that one of them had green feet. So we were curious what kind of eggs this green footed chicken would lay and surprise surprise she lays green eggs! At first I thought they looked gross like a rotten egg or something but it is growing on me:)
You are probably wondering what eggs have to do with my bathroom... Well I will tell you:) Last year my husband decided to go into the chicken business (kind of anyway). We have had laying chickens off and on for several years and when Lan was old enough he became the egg gatherer/washer. Last year when we started raising meat chickens as well and it became Lan's job to feed/water/care for the meat chickens and Ryley inherited the job of gathering and washing the eggs. Well Ryley isn't quite tall enough to easily wash the eggs at the kitchen sink so he uses the sink in the back bathroom. And because it is an everyday job it seems that I ALWAYS have eggs in my back bathroom. Its almost like they are part of the decor:) You might also be wondering what that green egg is doing amongst all the pretty white and brown eggs... Shortly after we bought our last batch of laying hens the boys noticed that one of them had green feet. So we were curious what kind of eggs this green footed chicken would lay and surprise surprise she lays green eggs! At first I thought they looked gross like a rotten egg or something but it is growing on me:)
Settings... f2.8 ss 1/200 iso 1000Hopefully I will have some better inspiration as the week goes on... Or just hope it goes quickly and pick a better theme next week :)
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Gettin' In Another Blue...
...gotta hurry before the week is gone. This really isn't anything blue, but it is a look I have worked a LONG time to achieve on my own. I love that it is kinda hazy with a subtle blue look to it. I absolutely LOVE it on girls with blue eyes. It doesn't work on every picture though-of course who would want every picture to look the same? Thought I would share, and since I don't use the ever popular Photoshop (gasp-I know!) I am going to put up screen shots of my curves so you can achieve a similar look if you want.
starting with your blue channel...keep the line straight but bring down/up the points
in the green channel create a very slight curve down in the highlights (upper half of the line)
in the red channel create a small dip in the midtones (middle of the line)
and then for a little extra umph and contrast pull down very slightly in the shadows (bottom half of the line) and then back up even less a little further up the line.
the before and after...I like but feel free to tell me you don't if you don't :)
no to start thinking about the bathroom...oh joyous I think I better clean it first
starting with your blue channel...keep the line straight but bring down/up the points
in the green channel create a very slight curve down in the highlights (upper half of the line)
in the red channel create a small dip in the midtones (middle of the line)
and then for a little extra umph and contrast pull down very slightly in the shadows (bottom half of the line) and then back up even less a little further up the line. 
the before and after...I like but feel free to tell me you don't if you don't :)
no to start thinking about the bathroom...oh joyous I think I better clean it first
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