Practice makes perfect

I've been spending more time on my photography skills. I am especially proud of this shot!



I used my homemade lightbox and bounced my flash off the top of the box. I had to adjust the white balance a little and dodge the edges. Overall I'm very happy with this one. I'm tempted to have it printed in a large print.

Here's another of LJ. I tried to go for a vintage feel with this one.



I've been really wanting to take railroad shots with the girls and I got a few today.



And the only good ones I got of Trinity were in front of the old condemned post office building.

More shots

I'm determined to learn the language of photography. At the moment, however, it's proving to be a tad out of my reach. I hear the words, but they don't mean anything to me. I set up my homemade backdrop tonight (easy peasy dye job on muslin...$6 for a backdrop that is 6 x 3.75. Big enough for headshots and almost big enough for toddler body shots. It needs to be a bit longer so I can position the subject further away though.) Alyssa was my most willing model tonight, but I got a couple cute ones of T-bug too.




The scarf was a big hit. We ran in the $$ store to get foam core board for my lightbox and came out with a light pink and hot pink fuzzy scarf. Made for a cute pic paired with Alyssa's cap.

Here are a couple of Trinity. I didn't edit these any.

Turning two is no fun

I love this shot. Hate that I cut his head off though. He wasn't in the picture taking mood, but I was playing with some camera settings and he was my only victim.

Photo shoot

I'm having fun getting back into photography and LJ is letting me take pics of him again. Set up a little backdrop and got LJ ready for some pics. Hoping to catch a good 2-year portrait. This one will work until I can get a better one. Wanted him to wear his cute Easter vest, but I don't have a shirt for him to wear under it yet. He's such a ham.

Joseph Glenn

Happy Birthday to my little man. Joseph turned 2 on January 24! I cannot believe how fast time has gone by. It seems like just yesterday I was laying in the hospital scared to death of the clock striking 11:00. I knew I would be wheeled away to the OR to deliver my baby and I was not looking forward to a c-section. Eyes closed tightly I made it through the deliver...it started before I realized it and was shocked when Joe told me he was already cutting! I kept my eyes shut until I heard the tiny little cry of my firstborn son. He sounded perfect and I was so happy he was here. I couldn't see him while they were cleaning him up and checking him because he was behind me. I kept hearing him crying funny but they said it was normal for a c-section baby. They suctioned out his throat until he was clear and finally brought him over to me. It was love at first cry and love at first sight!

Here's my little man today

GRAND OPENING

AVDesigns will be opening March 1, 2008! I'm excited and I'm getting things ready for the store. I'll have a couple free lotteries for my grand opening and a few coupons to offer up to a few lucky people.

19 degrees

Seriously? This is GA. It's not allowed to get that cold. Just seeing that 19 degrees staring me down on my computer monitor's yahoo homepage makes me want to curl up in bed with an electric blanket and hibernate! I'm scared to go outside. Why oh why do I have to work?

Well, I'm working on a fun new set for Trinity. I'm going to have her model for me and offer up a custom set for someone. Thinking of listing on eBay, but I haven't decided yet. It wasn't coming together exactly as planned, but I improvised and I think it'll be okay. I didn't have enough fabric and I searched high and low and couldn't find it. If eBay didn't have it then surely I was out of luck. Because if eBay doesn't have it, they don't make it. Right? I posted on sewingmamas.com and someone has a bit of it and another thinks they saw it at JoAnns recently, so hopefully someone can come up with 3 yards of it for my custom slot I plan to offer. If not, my custom will be a set with different fabrics but made the same style. That'll work too.

Stalled long enough..going to get ready for work.