Playing with some new color actions!

I love Brenda's color boost, it's just subtle enough. I can't wait to do more with it.

Just when I thought I had a good picture...

Someone makes it sooo much better. I belong to this photography website, where i am surrounded by geniuses and one of them did this to my pic.

My three year old!

I've been trying to get some pictures of my three year old, since before he turned three. It is just not easy to get eye contact. Anyway here is a few of the ones we took today.

Moody black and white.

I was taking pics of my son trying out different locations in our house. It turns out the evening sun in my youngests room is pretty good for picture taking.

A boy and his best friend...

My son lost his best friend, and on his birthday. I don't know how long it typically takes to get over losing a pet, but I think it will take longer with a three year old in the house. He asked again today where Edy was and why can't the doctor fix her. It's been rough, we were visiting with the neighbors and all Ben did was follow around their dog. He loved our dog, probably more than anyone, except maybe my husband.

Edy, R.I.P. April 26, 2007

Our sweet puppy died yesterday. We are out of sorts this week, as it was pretty sudden. She was only 7 and way too young to die, I envisioned her being around a lot longer. We will move on, but it is quiet around the house and so we remember her.

More bubbles!!

Here's another of my son blowing bubbles.

Bubbles!!

We had fun playing outside yesterday! The weather was awsome and the kids enjoyed blowing bubbles. It's so great to be able to get outside and play!

Just my son

Just my son
Originally uploaded by llear.

We went for a walk this morning. It was so much fun, we looked at trains, flowers and fountains. It didn't turn out to be the photo session I was hoping for, but that may never happen.

A black and white conversion

I am trying a new black and white conversion, let me know what you think.

My new toy!

My first attempt at using the RAW setting on my camera
Originally uploaded by llear.

I took this using the RAW setting on my camera and then played around with it in Adobe Lightroom. It is amazing, I don't think I'll go back.

My friend's daughter

Here is a picture I took of Miss E on our walk the other day.

This is what I get when I ask my son to look at the camera!!

He really doesn't like getting his picture taken. Actually when I get my camera out he often goes running in the other direction. So this is what I'm left with.

A new pic of Jack

I have a trial of photoshop cs2 and have been playing around a little. It is so impressive, I wish I had gotten it sooner.

It's gonna be slow for a while....

It's going to be slow for a while, I just got a new laptop and I am trying not to put as many pictures on it. I have an external hard drive for my pictures, but this computer has Vista and quite frankly it a huge pain. I have to figure out all the little things that are different, but most important is the fact that a lot of my programs are not compatible with the Vista system. So if your in the market for a new computer, my suggestion is stay away from Vista and get a Mac.

Beautiful Weather

The weather has been gorgeous, so of course we've been outside everyday. This is great for the kids, not my allergies. I haven't gotten very good pictures, because I can barely see out of my bloodshot, swollen eyes, let alone get a good shot. Here is one of Jack, he really doesn't like getting his picture taken.

A beautiful baby!!

I recently took some pictures of my friends baby and this on is my favorite. She didn't take a bad picture, though.

Winter blues

I'm sort of having the winter blues when it comes to taking pictures. The lighting just isn't good, so I pulled this one out of my fall files.

New baby

I took pictures of my friends new baby last week. There are so many adorable pictures it's hard to choose just one. I love this one, though, she is so adorable.

Bathtime!!