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Another photo to add to the Country Charm collection.  I played around with this photo for a long time.  I had it in full color, the version above, and black and white.  This is the one that my husband picked.  I wasn't over the top about any of the edits.  It just seems like it needs something, but I couldn't figure it out when I was editing.  It will come to me I am sure when I look at it in a few days. 

Sunday Scavenger Hunt

Things that look like a letter
We visited an old (very old) playground.  This is one of the bars.  From the right angle I thought that it looked like a Z.  Maybe?

Weather
The weather here has been mild all week.  Clouds and a lot of heat but no rain.

Bling
Fairy princess bling.  I was really grasping at straws for this photo.  

Tangled
What could be more tangled than ivy vines climbing up the side of a building?

Dark
The moon and stars.  The photo of the stars is pretty cool because when I looked through my viewfinder I could only see one star.  I set the exposure to 30 sec. and just let it go.  I really like how it picked up the blues and reds in the stars.

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My little model.  This pose was an accident.  When I want her to pose, she refuses.  But she really does pose all the time.  We were out walking and we were all hot and sweaty. I am not sure exactly what she was doing with her mouth but the rest was nice.  Silly little thing... love her!

Paper Mama Photo Challenge: Sweet

This was not the photo that I originally had planned when I started out.  Theory- have her wear the ring pop and hold her hand out in front of herself.  Simply focus on the ring and she would look cute in the background slightly out of focus.  Reality-  The focus on the ring was great.  She was blurry in the background... making the most anti-sweet faces that you could think of.  Luckily her daddy was outside and she decided to watch him out the window allowing me to snap this wonderful shot. 

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I think that I am going to start a series called Country Charm.  This is one of the photos from that collection.  I am looking forward to working on this series.  I already have several great ideas for shots.  I will share them as I go along.

5 on Friday

1:  Of course this week was the 4th of July so I have to mention that here.  We really didn't do much.  No big fireworks or anything of that nature.  Nor did we attend any public shows.  My brother-in-law (he is 9) begged his mom long enough to get some of the smaller fireworks... the fountains and such.  We were over there while this was going on so I did manage to get a few nice pictures.

2:  As you can probably guess from the fireworks photos above, I found something new and fun to play with on the Coffee Shop Blog.  She has a ton of great storyboards and frames.  Something new to play with every week.


3:  Kiera attends gymnastics on Wednesday evenings.  I am mentioning this because this week for the very first time she did a complete sit down, stand up.  This was the first time ever!  I wish that I could have gotten photos of it but I don't take my camera to gymnastics.  Besides the parents are in a room above the trampolines so it would have been an ugly photo anyways... straight down and at an angle.  Blah!  But totally GO KIERA!


4:  This was too good of a photo to not share with you all.  I was going to save it and post it as a project 365 but did this first and didn't want to wait.  I love that it gives the feeling of country relaxation.

5:  I will not have a 5 on Friday next week because I will be on my to Mobile, AL.  We are going on a cruise to Mexico.  Progresso and Cozumel to be specific.  I have never been on a cruise and am super excited!  I will have tons of photos to share though when I get back.


So this week was more talk than photos... boring on my part... how was your week?

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For whom the bell tolls.