Friday's Photo- Windswept

Happy Friday friends! I hope you are enjoying a lovely fall day and looking forward to a relaxing weekend. What do  you have on tap for this weekend?

I'll be prepping for Thanksgiving dinner, attending a final soccer game for the little man, and taking our family holiday photos, which is usually a bit of an aggravation, but also means a trip to Colonial Williamsburg - yay! Ginger cakes and cider for me ;)

Before I head off into my wild and wooly weekend, I wanted to share my Friday favorite:

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Vintage Edit - Friday Favorite

Hi friends! I'm up to my eyeballs this week in editing so I've been super busy. Having opportunities to work is fantastic, but also makes life a lot more complicated! Blogging has had to take a back burner lately and I miss you all! 

Just sharing a quick post today. Here's my most recent favorite photo. 

I went with a vintage edit and I like the way it turned out. 

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Favorite Photo Friday

Happy Friday friends! Another busy week down...well nearly ;)  My week has been very productive despite all the cold germs passing around here. I'm happy to say everyone is feeling better now. We're gearing up for weekend soccer games and a little R&R on Sunday. 

I'm sharing my favorite image of the week today. Another of Little Miss. Gosh I wish I had her gorgeous eyes! She certainly didn't get them from me.  I love capturing them with my camera.

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All Sweetness and Sass

So sweet and sassy she is at 7. Oy! Are we gonna have fun in the teen years ;)

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My Girl

Happy Friday friends! I hope you've had a great week. Our first week back to full time homeschooling has been a busy one! So today, just a quick post to share my favorite shot of the week. T.G.I.F.!

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Friday Photo Love

Happy Friday friends! I hope you have all had a great week. As the last official week of summer here, it wasn't as relaxing as I had hoped. Nor did I managed to get as much accomplished as I had wanted. Why are the daily details of life so exhausting? It seems like I'm always playing catch up on paperwork, doctors appointments, cleaning, meal planning, yada, yada. I suppose that will never change. At least not with 4 kids around!

 My less than 6 month old 2T back up drive has decided it's corrupt, so I also have a snafu on my hands. Fortunately, it looks like all my data (1.3 T of pics!) is recoverable.  Whew! But, I'll have to be more careful from here on out and back up my back ups regularly. Since my RAW files are so big, I generally bypass my computer's hard drive and upload straight to my main external hard drive through Lightroom. Then my computer's hard drive (and any current edited photos) gets backed up weekly onto a Time Machine Capsule. At the end of each month I drop my file of edited photos onto my main hard drive to archive them.

I have another external hard drive that's smaller, but to be honest, I haven't been using it to back up my main external hard drive. I've considered on online service, but haven't been diligent about getting anything set up. Big mistake.

So tell me. What's your back up plan? Do you have a system that's easy to set up and use?

 On that note, I haven't spent as much time shooting or editing as I would like. I have gone through most of my pics from the 3 month old shoot I did on Tuesday, however, so today I'm sharing a favorite from that shoot. Love, love, love soft squishy babies ;)

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Sweet Siblings

Hello friends. I'm so glad it's the weekend. We've had a busy week of birthdays and I have lots of housework to catch up on. Blech. But I have to say, I am enjoying the cooler weather. Usually, it's miserably hot and humid here in August, but it feels more like Fall these days. I'm not sure I'm quite ready to give up summer, but I may not have a choice. When I went out this morning I noticed some of the leaves here are starting to turn already! Wow, that's quite unusual. Perhaps an early Fall it will be. What's the weather like in your neck of the woods?

Today I'm sharing a sweet moment I captured between my littles. 

Linking up with Kim and Lisa today.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a super weekend!

And puppy-lovers don't forget to enter my PEDIGREE DENTASTIX giveaway! 

Your dog with thank you ;)

Friday Photo Love

Holy guacamole this has been a busy week. I'm sorry I've been neglecting the blogosphere. I'm up to my eyeballs in editing, birthday preparations, house cleaning, bill paying...well you get the idea. It's been a good week, but I feel so far behind. I promise to spend some time visiting you all this weekend!

Just a quick post today to add my favorite image of the week. Our butterfly bushes have been great hosts this summer. I captured another butterfly taking a drink.

I am also so excited to see that my photo was chosen as last week's winner for Shoot. Edit. Submit. Wowza! There is some stiff competition. What an honor! Be sure to stop by Kim's place every Friday to check out all the awesome entries.

On a side note, I posted yesterday at Paper Heart Camera about how to shoot sharp images. It's a question I've been asked a few time here on the blog, so I shared some tips that I have found really helpful in getting sharper shots. You can check it out here: Shoot Sharp.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit. Have a beautiful weekend friends!

Savoring the Sunset

Hello my fabulous photography-loving friends! How nice of you to stop by today! 

I'm sharing a photo I took last night during my son's soccer practice. Pre-season practices have started up again for the advanced league, and we'll be spending a lot of time at the soccer fields this fall. Right now, most of the park is partially mowed, full of mosquitoes and a hot mess. Not exactly my idea of the perfect place to spend mosquito feeding hour, lol. But, the boy is playing well and seems to have some great coaches. Plus, I usually take my camera along and get to sneak in some golden hour shots. This one is my favorite from last night, and my entry for this week's Shoot. Edit. Submit. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit. Have a beautiful weekend friends!

Friday's Photo August 3, 2012

Well, I don't know how it got to be Friday already! I feel ill-prepared for this week's Shoot. Edit. Submit.  I took a bunch of crap photos this week, lol. I don't have much to share since I doubt you want to see those. I have been working on the water drops, but don't have anything spectacular to show for it. I need to stop being lazy, and get my tripod out so that I can capture the details and sharpness that I'm lacking. There just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day to go to all that trouble. 

Anyway, I'm posting this pic of Little Miss as it's my favorite this week. And I'm honored that my photo was chosen for the top three last week. Thanks Kim!!!

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You Are My Sunshine

Have a beautiful weekend friends!

Rose Macro

After hubs brought home a birthday bouquet for me last week, I knew I wanted to capture the deep rich color of these roses. They are so rich but the petals so soft. I just love that. I used my 50 mm lens and an extension tube to capture these images. 

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Garden Friends

After a bit of drought, we had some big storms roll through last week. The rain replenished everything. Our garden is buzzing again. I love the bees and butterflies. The vicious mosquitos I could do without.

 What's the buzz where you are?
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I have you have a fantastic weekend! ;)