Sunsets and Edits!

Yesterday I walked outside to get my dog, and there was a beautiful sunset.  I rushed back inside to grab my camera.  Sunset's don't last long so I had to hurry.

I just recently got some new actions for my Photoshop Elements from The Coffee Shop Blog and was eager to play with some new editing tricks.  The photos and the sunset turned out well and really didn't need to be changed at all, but I wanted to play with these new actions, so I pushed forward, and I'm glad I did.  You can find a bunch of stuff on their site, go check it out.

I had a lot of fun with this one.  I  love the black and white landscape against the colors in the sky.  

I love how this one turned out. It was a shot that I took quickly and with no real thought to, but it is a fun few.  The tractor give it a fun country feel that I love.  I wish the neighbor's horses had been out, it would have been even better!

Johnny and Tiffany Slideshow

My sister-in-law was married on June 30 this year.  I was asked to make a slide show for their reception.  This was my first big slide show.  I had a lot of fun.  Sadly the format of the video I had saved is not wanting to play well with this blog site, so I had to upload it to YouTube.  YouTube has somehow messed a few places up, mostly it's not centering properly  I've been waiting to see what I can do, but while waiting my hard drive pooped out.  My IT husband is currently working on salvaging what we had on that drive. I was waiting it all out to see if I could convert my video to play properly, but decided I was tired of waiting.  The DVD copy is much better quality and everything fits properly on the screen.  I hope you enjoy anyways.

Poplar Beach, Half Moon Bay, Ca

Last Saturday my husband took me back to Poplar Beach to visit.  This was the place we had our first kiss and our first visit back since.  It was a nice time and I'm so happy that we were able to go.  It resulted in a sun burn, but it was so worth it!  We also brought our dog along so that he could enjoy his first beach trip.  This was a very successful day trip and I look forward to another one in our future.

I didn't take a lot of time to take pictures, but I did take a few, so I'll share with you my favorites.  Enjoy!

I love to sit and watch the water.  

It is so peaceful

It was an overcast day, perfect weather to enjoy

Who could ever tire of the beach?

His first beach trip, he did great and he looks good on the beach!

Not as good as I wanted, because I wasn't ready for it, but I love it anyways!

This is my favorite of our trip.

I had to take a picture to remember the reason we came back!

Logan, Aiden, & Grace Extras

I used the photo's from my shoot with my friend Bethany and her children to create a special fun collage for their rooms.

A few weeks after I had completed these my friend asked if I could design a facebook banner.  I'm sure by now most of you have seen the new Facebook timeline layout.  I know there has been a lot of complaints, but I actually have enjoyed the added feature of the banner.  It's fun to see all the different things people come up with.  When designing this banner my friend asked that her kids be in.  I did this by putting a picture of each child, and then wrote their name in their favorite color and added an embellishment of one of their favorite things.

Baptism Invite & Thank You

I had the honor and privileged of creating an invite to a dear friend's daughter's baptism.  It was fun to create. I also made the thank you cards for after.

Bethany, Logan, Aiden, & Grace

I went to Bakersfield during the New Year and got to spend some time hanging with my best friend and her kids.  To help me along on my photography journey my friend offered her and her kids for practice.  This was my first ever photo shoot.  There are things I wish I had done different, but isn't that the point of practice?

Robinson Girls

I got to spend an enjoyable day with Tanya and her two girls in hopes of capturing the perfect father's day picture.  We went to the Lavender Hollow Farm in Escalon, Ca.  It was a very hot and miserable day, but the flowers were gorgeous and we did managed to get a few good shots in.  Enjoy!