Clean Color is OUT!

I've been patiently waiting for the Clean Color Workflow to be released and it finally came out this week! Today is the last day to purchase it at the introductory price.

Currently I don't do any editing to my photos except for a little brightening and it doesn't always come out how I want it to. I need all the help I can get to make my photos more natural looking and I really love the way Erin does her post editing. I've purchased elements 7.0 and lightroom books and can't find the time to work through the lessons. This workflow is a 2 hour video. Check it out here.
Erin Cobb's Clean Color

Landscape Photography

I took a phototography class from JR Cowell on landscape photography. Something totally different than doing everyday portraits. We met downtown Wichita at the Keeper of the Plains. Sadly I've lived here all my life and didn't even know how to get there so I googled it.



Yes..that's a piece of my hair in the image above...should have worn a headband knowing it was a windy day.








I learned the following...
1) I've been holding my camera upside down for the last 5 years
2) I shouldn't be squinting with one eye open thru the view finder
3) I can now use my left eye open...very new concept and hard to break old habits
4) It can get very heavy toting your tripod, camera bag, 3 lens, and a bottle of water around town on a hot day
5) You don't have to be looking thru the view finder to take the shot...leaving it on the ground is an alternative
6) What types of things to meter from
7) Be patient for bystanders to get out of your photo unless you want hippies and spandex in your photos
8) I've never shot at f/16 until today
9) Be open to your surroundings and what to look for
10) Always clean your lens and remove dirt and black spots before the shoot....learned after I uploaded all my pictures from the 3 hour shooting and found the same black spot on each image. Guess my eyes aren't as good as they used to be.

Backdrops

Drop it Modern has some really cool backdrops. They're currently doing a drawing for a free give away on MCP actions blog and all you have to do is post your favorite. Check out the site Drop it Modern.

T&D Wedding

This is Micah all dressed up for the funeral a few weeks ago, uncle Alex nicknamed him Ninja turtle cuz he's always showing off his fighting skills.


Kenzie always gets the comment that she looks like either Dora, Mulan, or Lilo.


Went to my friend's wedding this weekend. My mom made the cake. Doesn't the fruit bar look so yummy?

April layouts

My photography class with Allison Tyler Jones is underway and one of our assignments was to post an interpretive photo. Here was her critique: "Love this! Even the stripe in dad's pants adds to this- that baby thinks he's cool!!! Anyone who has boys knows exactly what this is about. Gret job - composition, lighting, concept, interpretation" (I'm beaming :))






Just a few various challenge layouts I completed this month.