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Bumble Bee...

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Once upon a time...

Seeing the morning sun shine through the fog as it lifts is a magical experience.  A place like this certainly makes one believe in fairy worlds.

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In the process of getting caught up on all the photos that I have taken just before and during my computer's death.  Enjoy the moon.

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Wow!  Two posts in one week... hotdog!  So the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day after I got off work today.  I thought to myself 'what a waste to spend it at home watching tv.'  So I didn't.  I called up a friend of mine for an impromptu photo session at a local museum.  I will post some of the photos I took of her and her kids in the days to come.  The whole place was blooming!  So beautiful.

Hopefully my uninspired streak has gone with the winter gloom.  Guess we will just have to wait to see.

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The Beyer Children- Calendar shoot

I did a photo shoot on Saturday of three siblings.  Their mother is ordering calendars for family members as Christmas gifts.  These are a few of the photos in the calendar.  

We took the photos at our local history museum.  The kids are country so of course we had to let them climb in a tree that is on the museum grounds.

And well... this one was just for fun!  

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This photo does not really capture the beauty of the area.  I wish that I would have had more time to set up the shot and adjust for the lighting.  Unfortunately, this scene is across the street from a gas station and I only had as much time as it took my husband to pump the gas.

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Bean pole.  There were no beans left on the poles though.  I have been trying to experiment with different compositions, angles, and subjects. 

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In an effort to pull myself out of a photo funk I am forcing myself to do some editing and blog posting.

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Today I went around getting photos just so that I could get caught up.  Go me!
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Water bug.  I like how you can see the indention in the water where it's legs are touching.  You can see the shadow of the bug in the lower left corner.
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This water was so cold and lovely.  I love the rainbow water sparkles under the water.
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The stick in the water reminds me of a snail or maybe Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars.
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El Camino.  We visited a car show today.  Old cars are so lovely!  And they make me want to drive really fast!
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Rubber ducky... you're the one...

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I know that my last post had thistle photos in it as well but I really love thistles and I really need to get caught up.
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We made homemade pizzas the other night.  As you can tell I like a bit of pineapple on mine. 

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So much catching up to do...
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More catching up still to come...

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Walking around my house today I spotted this big guy.  I almost didn't see it at all.  These kind of spiders are very common around here but usually hang out in the eaves of the house or in trees.  This one is almost ground level at the back corner of the house.  I wouldn't even have seen him if it wasn't for the white zig-zag that is the signature of this kind of spider... I think they are called orb weavers, but I could be mistaken.

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I sort of have a talent for finding strange trees.  The spikes on this one were super strong and sharp.  This is one tree that you don't want to lean on!

Given the nature of this tree, i just had to link it up with Texture Thursday over at The Daily Wyatt...even if it is now Friday.

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Summer fields.

Sunday Scavenger Hunt

I am a little late getting this posted... but it is still Sunday, so it counts.

Seeing Double
This is actually just a test shot that I took at a local park this week.  I was scouting a location to use for a maternity session and wanted to make sure that there would be a reflection in the water from the bank.  After I edited the photo, I decided that there was too much green in the photo and that it was just sort of blah!  So I put it into black and white... still blah!  Half and half though I liked.

Whatever
I don't know how much more whatever you can get than the exoskeleton of a bug.  

Sweet
I thought about doing some sort of food here, but instead I went with this one of my daughter playing her aunt's ipod.  She was using an app to make cookies and cupcakes (no really she was) so it fits in quite nicely.

Space
Limitless fields and sky.  Plenty of  space to run.  See I made it make sense.

Bright
You can't get any brighter than the sun.

 

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I don't know exactly what kind of tree this is... some kind of willow I think.  The branches were all wavy.  Coming from a culture where, as a child, you are threatened with a whippin with a switch... I have to admit that these slightly frighten me.  

Hello Gorgeous Colour Challenge

As I was reading over blog posts this morning, I came across this brand new photo challenge posted by Hello Gorgeous.  When I saw the photo, I knew right away what I would do to it... so I did.

This was a color pallet challenge (I left off the pallets to get a better fit in the frames).  I used the pink from the pallet to give the edit more of a sunset type feel to it.  I used the green to go back over some of the trees and grass to highlight. And did a soft layer of the lightest grey.  I also added a gaussian blur to give it that dreamy fairy tale look.  I softened the foreground so the focus would be on the water and bridge.  Finally, I used The Coffee Shop Blog's Perfect Portrait 2 for my final touches.
I hope that my edit comes across like the image that I was trying for.  Since this is the first time that I have ever done a color pallet challenge I would LOVE any feedback that anyone might have to offer.

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