Shoot. Edit. Submit - May 25, 2012

Hi there friends! I hope you are kicking off a fun-filled holiday weekend! I, for one, am ready to relax. Of course, with 4 kids that's never easy. In fact, I'm having trouble even getting these few sentences typed in with all the requests and interruptions, lol. Ah, such is life around here.  Anyway, here is my submission for this week's Shoot. Edit. Submit. Challenge:

What have you captured lately? Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great weekend!!

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Thursday's This or That - Chillin'

Here's comes the holiday weekend! While I'm not quite ready...lots of laundry, cleaning and packing still to do, plus a flat tire to repair...I am looking forward to some fun in the sun with family. We'll be visiting with my in-laws this holiday weekend and I will be glad to have a break from our routine. To keep it light today, I'm sharing some snap shots I took of Little Miss the other day. She has figured out how to open the doors to the fridge and freezer and I guess she needed to cool off because this is how I found her ;-P

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Linking up today at Deb's place:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great Thursday ;)

Photo Feedback - Week 20

 Hey there friends. I'm late to the party, but joining in another week of Photo Feedback hosted by fun and fabulous Kim at Mom Tried It.  If you are new to Photo Feedback and you enjoy photography, I can tell you it's a wonderful way to get an honest critique of your work from your peers. I find it very helpful to have some weekly feedback and direction from a fresh perspective.

Here is my photo for this week. I thought I'd try something a little different with my editing and I went for an old timey vintage look. Not sure if I like it, but it's growing on me a bit. I thought the location and wardrobe fit the edit. What do you think?

I cropped and did a clean edit in LR, then ran Pioneer Woman's Vintage in PS lowering the opacity to taste. I flattened then ran Paint the Moon's Hushed Softness lowering the opacity of each layer. 

Here's my SOOC.

And my settings. This was taken with my 50 mm lens in bright sunlight around 11 AM

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave your feedback!! Join the fun here! And be sure to check out Kim's giveaway for a seat in her upcoming Photoshop and Elements online workshop!

Wordless Wednesday Country Girl

Yesterday we had our Girl Scout meeting and bridging ceremony. The big girl is now officially a Brownie Girl Scout (as opposed to a Daisy). Since I can't share the pics of the other girls online, I'm sharing some pics I took of Little Miss while we were waiting for all of the Girl Scout preparations to be completed. The group meets at a big church out in the country surrounded by lots of wide open space. Perfect photo op!

As we were leaving a big storm came up. If you follow me on instagr.am you may have seen the pics I shared of that. If you don't follow me on ig and would like to just click the button in my sidebar to the left. 

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Project 366 Rewind - Week 20 - Above

It's time for the weekly rewind, and boy was last week busy. I felt like I was shooting in a frenzy when I did have my camera out. We seem to run from one activity to the next! Anyway here's a recap of what I captured.

Little Miss trying to fill some big shoes.

Our big girl went to Build a Bear workshop with her Daisy Girl Scout Troop and they all made Daisy Bears. She LOVED it!

Little Miss also discovered how to climb the stairs of our playset. 

Makes mommy a little nervous, but she was so proud of herself. 

 Bella Girl enjoyed sunning herself on the deck, as usual.

While hanging out with our neighbors in their backyard, I found some pretty hydrangea blooms and a perfect opportunity to capture some creamy bokeh.

 We did have a lot of rain last week so I captured some drops from above. (Prompt)

 And we took a trip to Target. I never leave my camera in the car so I carried it in and figured why not snap some pics? I'm becoming less self-conscious about shooting in public. I used to feel weird about it, but now I'm so enthralled with photography that I really could care less if anyone things I'm a crazy weirdo ; P

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Linking up with Gina and Sarah today for:

That's our week in a nutshell. Thanks for stopping by!

Scavenger Hunts Sunday Week 19

I had fun exploring with this week's hunt. Although I wish I had been able to devote a little more time to being creative with the prompts. But, here are my interpretations for the line up:

Rainbow - I didn't see any real rainbows this week, though we did have plenty of rain. But I spotted these cheerful little clips:

Fluffy - I didn't come up with anything fantastic for this one, just fluffy blankets and a sleepy baby:

Letters - I don't drink beer all that often, but when I do this one is my favorite.

Metal - this one you may have seen before - pulling from the archives:

Trees - one thing I love about living in an older neighborhood is all the mature trees and greenery:

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That's it for this week. Be sure to stop by Ashley's place for more Scavenger Hunt fun! 
 Thanks for stopping in. Have a beautiful day!