Caleb pic

I haven't been able to get any new pictures of Caleb lately. We've been battling colds which has meant a lot of runny noses and crankiness (not exactly ideal conditions for cute pictures). So I pulled out my shots from Phipps back in October and started playing around with them.

i put a bit of a copper tinge to this and softened the focus to give it an aged and dreamy feel.

these are pieces of blown glass that i zoomed in on. i just really liked the lines and colors and how they came together.

oh, i put up the link to my Better Photo gallery. this is where i enter photos to get critique. it's a great site.

2 cute sadie shots

i haven't been taking many new pics lately (silly winter gray days) so i've been looking back at what i've done in the past and seeing what's there. here are two shots of sadie from oct and nov and i touched them up a little and thought they were really cute and worth posting.

hope you like

a friend suggested i call this "Caboose." i just love her chubby little legs.

Slow Going

Well, Christmas is finally over... it's not that i don't like Christmas. i actually love the holidays and having people to see and time to relax as a family. it's just that this year Christmas has been going on since the week before Dec 25 and i have to admit, i'm ready to get back to routine.

not much to report in the way of pictures. i'm supposed to have a session on Friday and i'm crossing my fingers that i don't get sick. Caleb and Sadie and Andy all have bad colds (well, Andy's isn't too bad and Sadie is on the mend). i'm just hoping that i don't get it.

i finished Sadie's one year pictures (check out my smugmug site to see them) and i've just been playing around with this thing called virtual photographer. it works with my editing software to create different effects on my pictures. it's been really cool to work with. so i have been looking at some pictures i took last year to see if i can improve them at all.

Caleb in the snow (before)

Caleb in the snow (after)

I tried to make the new version a little more subtle and cool. Let me know what you think. I'm still not sure that I like it.
thanks

Christmas pictures

hi there- enjoying Christmas vacation. hope you all have had an enjoyable holiday. i've been taking lots of pictures (mostly of Sadie). Caleb's been too busy playing with toys. thought i would put up some new shots.

Another Session

So I had a session last weekend and have been working on the pictures off and on- more off, than on because I also managed to come down with strep throat. I'm on the mend though, just in time to wrap things up for are week of traveling for Christmas. Back to the pictures though, I was so happy with how they came out. The little girl was such a sweetheart. She kept wanting to sit in my lap and look at my camera. There was gorgeous lighting in their dining room that gave me some really nice shots. I saw her mom today and she was very pleased with the pics. That makes me so happy. I'm still so unsure of myself in all of this. I know there are pictures that I like but I'm never sure if other's will like them as well. Please, if anyone is reading this, feel free to comment and let me know what you think.

I really love the colors in this.

Equal time

I've been spending so much time on Sadie pics, I thought that I should be fair and put up a couple of Caleb that I've been playing with. These are from our trip to Phipps Conservatory (a great place to photograph).

Tomorrow I have another shoot after a bit of a break. I'm looking forward to it now that I have a flash that actually works with my camera :-)

More 1 yr pics

So with Christmas getting closer I'm working on putting together some 1 yr portraits of Sadie. The second picture has a little spot coloring on the eyes. I still haven't gotten a smile out of her yet but I have some nice black and whites that I'm planning to frame. Now I'm hoping I can get some nice shots of Caleb so I can have some matching images but the boy needs a haircut (again). We'll see if we can get something nice on our Christmas card.