One of my greatest accomplishments...my daughter

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My beautiful daughter caught in all this glorious natural light!

Our Wee One

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My beautiful grandson!
08-13-11

Stained Glass

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Some gorgeous stained glass in a church we visited in southern Indiana. I LOVE southern Indiana...GORGEOUS!!
08-12-11

Nothing But Blue Skies

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The relief of cooler temps has finally arrived! A gorgeous blue sky and fluffy clouds ain't too bad either. I took this while going down the road today looking through a windshield...just beautiful!
08/11/11

Our beautiful Dalmation of 14 years

Today's pic is dedicated to our dalmation, Oreo. Ms. Oreo, had been having more physical difficulties in the last year. She had arthritis, was going deaf, couldn't see very well...and just in pain many days. Oreo was the most loving, loyal companion. She loved her family greatly as we did her and we will miss her dearly. She brought much joy to us in the 13-1/2 years we had her. ♥

Lycoris Pink or also known as Surprise Lilies

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 These late summer beautiful flowers popped up in the last few days.

Sleepy Weiner

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Caught little Snick sleeping on the sofa today.

Cool Web

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Colorized Leaf

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I had a little fun in Lightroom with this one...had to jazz it up a bit. ;)

One more...

I thought my first edit was really good...now it's great!

Photoshop Editing Technique

Jimmy on Phototips.biz had this really cool and easy editing tip for Photoshop this week and here is what I did with it on a recent photo shoot.

My original edited pic:

In Photoshop, duplicate your layer (background). Go to "filter", gaussian blur with 30 pixels. Then under "layers" click "overlay" or "screen". I chose "overlay" which is the result below. Cool, isn't it? You can adjust the opacity a bit if you need to also. Quick and easy!!

After PS technique:

This technique gives a dreamy quality to the photo.

Recent Engagement Shoot:

Mexico, Missouri, is sucking the life out of me/us and has for some time now...I need a different scenery! Just not feeling ANY creative juices. Just want to shake the dust and blow this popsicle stand!