Sorta on theme (green grass) Ha!

I went to lunch with my SIL and niece and they were giving out balloons. DD was so excited to get a ballon and I thought it would be fun to go to the park and let her run around. I tied the balloon to her belt loop so she wouldn't lose it and she had so much fun running around outside. She had so much fun running around and I just snapped a way. So I have a little green (sorta) grass to be on theme. I love how beautiful Utah is and can't wait for spring to come and everything to turn green. But I really love how beautiful the mountains are when they are snow capped. I used an HDR plug-in on these that I learned about on two peas. I love what it did to these pics. If anyone wants to check it out you can find it here http://www.mediachance.com/plugins/redynamix.html. CC always welcome and encouraged. Particularly if you think I am improving, I would love to hear that.

ISO 200 F 16 SS 1/100 shot around 3:00 pm (I have to say light was difficult to work with)

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I wanted to say thanks for the comments on my previous blog. I really enjoyed taking those pictures of my niece and wish I had gotten some more. You all are great with your feedback.

Not on theme

Ok I know I am not on theme and it's St Patricks Day but my niece came over and let me take some pictures. She is 61/2 months along and doesn't like the way she looks. She's crazy, I think that she is gorgeous. These are the first maternity pics I have ever taken. CC is welcomed and encouraged of course. I did a vintage look on the first one which I really like and then black and whites on the other two. Her face isn't showing in these cause she didn't want it showing.

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More photos of niece and nephew

I got some more edited and thought that i would share. Thanks for all the CC on last nights post. I really love all the compliments you give me. I'm not sure that I am cut out for doing indoor shoots. I really can't wait to have some nice weather and to get outside. Any CC or feedback would be appreciated particularly on my pping.

Off Topic Easter pics

So here's something new. My SIL went to JCpenny's and had her kids pics done and was really disappointed in the way they turned out. So she asked me to do pics for her. I told her I wasn't very good and still needed to practice more but was glad to help. My nephew has the most beautiful blue eyes and I love his red hair. He loves the camera and always looks right at you and smiles.

My niece on the other hand is not interested in having her pics taken or really interacting with you so she was difficult. But I managed to get a couple cute ones. Here is just a preview of what I have worked on. Thanks for looking and any CC is always welcome.

Feeding the ducks

So I took dd out to the duck pond at the park. We needed to get out of the house the weather was good and dd had so much fun chasing the geese and ducks. Can you believe it's spring and almost easter. I wanted to do easter pictures outside but it just doesn't work that well with all the snow on the ground and everything looking dead. Oh well we can use all the water we can get. Thanks for the cc on my Zoo pictures. I have more but thought I would share something new. I got a lot of compliments on my conversions on those pics and someone asked if it was an action. I did not use an action I created a preset in curves and that's what I used. I really liked the way it looked on the zoo pics. CC is always welcome and encouraged.

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I had to snap this pic of the blue bird as it was so pretty and colorful in all the dead and snowy environment we were in. It's exciting to see the birds back as it means spring is coming.


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And this one is just for fun. We finally made the switch and turned dd's crib into a day bed. This is her first night trying to get her to sleep in her bed. We spent an hour putting her back in bed and trying to convice her to stay there. We finally had to just shut the door so she couldn't get out of her room (she has a night light.) So when I went to bed I thought I better check on her and make sure she was in her bed. Nope she grabbed her blanket off her bed and got in to her bouncer (turned into a rocking chair) and went to sleep. I had to snap a picture.

More Zoo animals

Here are some more animals I was saving from our Zoo trip for this week. Thanks for all the comments on last nights post I really appreciate all your feedback. I used the same conversion on these as I did on the ones last night. I'm really glad you all liked them as my husband didn't get it when he saw them.

The Zoo

So I don't have any pets are animals to take pictures of. So these are from a few weeks ago When I took DD to the Zoo. I got lucky getting this picture and thought that it was pretty cool. I really need a better zoom lense though.


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And then one for fun off DD.



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