I will be in Vegas for WPPI 2010, and so any emails/phone calls will be answered when I am back in my studio on Friday March 12th, 2010. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but I promise that when I come back I will be refreshed for you!
Oliver
Oh Oliver. What are we going to do with you? You are cranking out more and more words and sentences each day, and I am constantly baffled at your ability to act like you’re three when you just turned two. Daddy calls you “booger” (and we can see why). Momo, a.k.a grandpa, calls you “ursule”, because of your hefty size and bear-like stature and walk. You play the air-drums every time a song comes on in the car that has a distinct drum-beat. You stab us with your fork at the dinner table and yell gibberish obscenities when we tell you how to eat your food. And even after you stab us, we should discipline you and put you in time-out. But we don’t. Instead we laugh at how hilarious you look when you’re angry. You make us laugh. And that’s what we love most about you. We love you, “ursule”.
March 5, 2010 - 2:28 am - lol STOOOOOOP IT...stoooop! when he got upset at the restuarant...even put him in his high chair and pushed him 3 feet away from the table and he managed to grab a fork...lol i was scared i have to admit!
March 4, 2010 - 1:09 pm - ursu! he's so cute... haha i remember after we came home from NC patricia showed me a picture of him with the fork in his hand making angry faces at the restaurant! it was hilarious.
Recipe Mondays No. 11 { Totally Rad Actions }
I know it’s been a little while since I’ve REALLY blogged about anything on here, BUT, like I said in my last couple of posts, there just hasn’t been any time. I needed to focus on getting my whole family, including myself, back to healthy again AND I needed to do a lot of catching up on editing 2009 weddings. With that said, it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve done a “Recipe Monday” post and so let’s start off this week with one of those. Here’s a recipe using Totally Rad Actions on a portrait I did of my beautiful and stylish sister (technically sister-in-law, but we’re close enough that we practically are sisters), while she was here in Charlotte during our second snowfall of the winter.
Here’s the original.
Adjust curves as such.
Using Yin Yang, I Yang’d the face and Yin’d the snow to darken.
Boutwell Magic Glasses at 100%.
Flatten the image, then tilt & crop to correctly compose.
Use Green With Envy on lips and hair to pop out the colors.
Flatten the image and use Photoshop’s healing brush to remove facial imperfections. Next use TRA’s Pro Retouch tool on the face to smooth out the skin and reduce its opacity to 70%.
Warm It Up, Kris! at 80% opacity.
Pool Party at 50% opacity.
Cinnamon Toast at 30% opacity.
Use Select-O-Pop on eyes and hair.
And there you go! Here’s the Before & After!
I would love to hear your thought below!
March 3, 2010 - 10:33 pm - Gorgeous, as usual. :) Just for curiosity's sake though, I'd love to see a comparison of your final and another one with a little less Cinnamon Toast on her coat.
March 3, 2010 - 5:43 pm - Thank you guys! Robyn, you are too funny. Thank you! Kristy Ann, yes it is!
March 3, 2010 - 5:28 pm - Yin Yang? is that part of the TRA package?
March 3, 2010 - 2:10 pm - WOW... i am a new follower!! You seem SO COOL! :)
March 2, 2010 - 1:18 pm - the cinnamon toast did the trick, love that sweet coloring. very cool.
Formspring + Paperie Boutique
I don’t think I’ve ever taken such a long break from blogging, but here’s what’s been goin’ on. For the past week or so, Alin, myself and the kids have been going back and forth battling the flu, colds, and pink eye, and it was and still is quite the mess. On top of that, I have been trying to finish editing my 2009 weddings & portraits before my first wedding this year in March 2010, getting my ShootQ set up, remodeling my home studio (which is now about 80% finished, thanks to Alin), and so yeah. All that’s been taking a HUGE chunk of my time. With that said…
I receive a lot of questions from photographers and aspiring photographers every day and for the past few weeks, I have been answering your questions via Formspring. I wish I had the time to answer every email, and every Facebook message I get in regards to photography, but I don’t. For those of you who know me, you’ll know that God is first in my life, my family & friends, my clients, THEN networking and such. Head on over to my Formspring page, and ask me anything you want. Whether it’s about photography, family, life, or riddles to confuse me, I’ll try and answer every single one of them as best I can. If it’s photography-related, make sure to read my previous answers to avoid repetition.
On another note, I got an email this morning that my Eco-Friendly Packaging was featured on Paperie Boutique. If you are a photographer and need marketing ideas or love looking at pretty packaging, you have got to see Robyn’s Flickr page. You’ll be looking at her packaging for hours. Believe you me.
If you missed my post on my eco-friendly packaging back in October, and are interested in purchasing my list of resources and where I got every single item used for my packaging, go here and click on the “Buy Now” button to purchase my list for only $25. ALL $25 will be donated to my two sisters who one of which is going on a missions trip to Honduras this year and the other to Romania. So far, we have raised over $800 and I hope that we will be able to raise even more for this very worthy cause!
March 1, 2010 - 9:34 pm - Isn't Robyn the best at packaging! She's in a few of my flickr groups and is so so nice and sharing! Glad you like her too! Congrat's on the feature!!!!!!!!!
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