Photoshop

I love Photoshop!  And, I think I'm getting pretty good at it.  I've been using for 3-4 years now, and I learn more of what it'll do every week.  I took some pictures of a family about a month ago.  The conditions were not good for good photos.  The sun was very bright and harsh, and my choices were back lit subjects or squinty eyes.  Photoshop to the rescue.

I also edited some one of our family pictures that we took a couple weeks ago.  The sun was just sneaking into the lense, giving the photo a washed out look.

Here are the before and after edits:

Before

After

Before

After

This is the Place...

Aiden was off from school Thursday and Friday for UEA, and we took advantage of his time off and went to a fun Halloween activity at This is the Place Heritage Park.  Our neighbors got us two free passes, so I only had to buy mine.  It was a beautiful, warm autumn day.

The kids dressed up in their Halloween costumes.  Aiden was a cowboy, Mackenzie was a ladybug, and Connor was a pea in the pod.  The activities at the park included a trick-or-treat neighborhood, a story telling witch, kid friendly crafts, train rides, tractor pulls, pony rides, and panning for gold.  There was plenty of fun for everyone.  The kids had a GREAT time!

Our neighbors Andrew and Josh

Ride Em, Cowboy!

Future rodeo star

There's gold in them thar hills

Wagons, Ho!

Outlaw

Happy Halloween!

Family Pictures

At the beginning of the summer, Rich's cousin, Justin was able to get me killer deal on the newest version of Adobe Photoshop, so as a thank you, I offered to take his family pictures. So last Saturday evening, Oct 9, we headed off to Murray Park to take them.  Justin was kind enough to let our family tag along and take some of us too.

Justin and Becca

This year for our family pictures, we went with Rich's cousin Justin and his family.  I took pictures of him as a THANK YOU for getting me the employee discount on my favorite Adobe software.  He is also a photographer hobbyist and took family pictures for us.  Here are some of the highlights:

Scrapbook 2010

Here are a couple new scrapbook pages for this year's scrapbook.

Acknowledgments:

The layouts and papers came from JessicaSprague.com.

Mackenzie's papers came from the Shabby Princess Spring Breeze kit.

Connor and the Kids

Connor's personality is developing more each day. He likes to play with his siblings. He's sitting up and growing fast. He's eating solids, starting to roll over, and play with toys. We love our little guy.

Big Brother

Sweet Baby

Sitting Up

   

Big Sis