Practice

Being a girl is so much fun especially when you feel good about yourself.  I felt good about myself today so I captured some of that confidence this evening plus I got to set up my tripod (which broke --I need a new one), I practiced my lighting (need to get better at that) and used a couple of new feminine filters.  I can be a girly girl but I'm not really a "pink" kinda girly girl...but today, well, I was rockin' the pink.  ;)

Bring Out the Eyes and Coffee with Cream Filters.

I looooove this picture with the powder room filter.  I cropped it down because it's a little on the provactive side.  I will save the full version for my private blog.  ;}

Pieces of Me

I love the different apps you can download to your phone that give your images automatic filters.  They are perfect for capturing what I like to call "pieces" of me.  My DSLR will capture the full picture, but my 8 megapixel phone can only do so much --it can do pieces...some big and some small. 

This is my Dia de los Muertos flower.

Birds, birds, birds --this girls best friend.

It's my life and I'll pout if I want too, I'll pout if I want too. 

I try not to complain about being stuck in traffic.  It's my time to decompress from work and from life.

No caption necessary.

Dressed to kill --headed to The Merritt Fall Celebration.

Fun with Filters

I've been playing with various actions on photoshop elements.  I still have sooooo much to learn about photoshop, I know very little.  But thanks to some insight from friends Chera Thompson-Meyers and Haylie Thompson, I am maneuvering my way around a bit more comfortably.  Here is a look at the Storybook Vintage filter --it's so versatile.  I love it and can't wait to use it in a lot of my outdoor photography. 

ORIGINAL:

AFTER/Storybook Vintage:

Storybook Vintage: