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Cool fish I've never seen before at the aquarium...

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Took my kit lens to the aquarium today. So not as good as my 50mm in low light. Really had to use the flash a lot to avoid major noise at high ISO's. Ick. But captured this tongue flick after about 10 tries ;) Isn't it just creepy? I HATE snakes.

Sony a55 :: 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
Manual Mode
ISO 3200  f/5.6  1/125

PSE10 ::
Adjusted levels a little bit and sharpened eye and tongue.

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Max is really into hats lately...
this one just happens to be Piper's.

































50mm f/1.8 lens
Manual Mode
ISO 1600  f/2.8  1/180
                                                                                                                                            SOOC

PSE10 ::
1. Ran CoffeeShop Baby PowderRoom action
2. Adjusted levels
3. Tinted Sepia
4. Ran Pioneer Woman Slight Sharp action

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Sony a55 :: 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
Manual Mode                                                                                                   SOOC
ISO 100  f/9  1/25

PSE10 ::
1. Ran Pioneer Woman Warmer action
2. Ran Pioneer Woman Sunshine action
3. Ran Pioneer Woman Dim the Lights action
4. Adjusted levels
5. Desaturated headlight bulb

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Went to take a sunset pic... had plenty of time, so stopped by the library to return books, then stopped by 7-Eleven for a slurpee to bribe Piper with so she'd pose for a silhouette... the sun had already gone behind the mountain when we got to the spot I had planned for. Oops.

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Giggles
                                                                                                                          SOOC
50mm f/1.8 lens
Portrait Mode w/flash
ISO 200  f/3.5  1/80

PSE10 ::
1. Adjusted levels
2. Ran CoffeeShop Baby Powder Room action
3. Ran Pioneer Woman Warmer action
4. Added a bit of sepia tone

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having a crappy day (thanks to the IRS & SSA & my own forgetfulness) - a little self affirmation from one's cellphone never hurts, eh ;)

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Peanut Butter M&M's... mmm good.

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have a love/hate relationship with google chrome right now - it's not letting photoshop work properly - geeksquad has spent at least 4 hours on my computer this week and I still can't get photoshop to work... maybe my PSE 8 disc went bad??... downloading trial version of PSE 10 now.... grrrr

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Brought in the backyard slide for some entertainment...

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flu and now computer problems... grrr...

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Piper spent 11 hours violently puking yesterday - it's Diet Coke day!

Sony a55 :: 50mm f/1.8 lens
AP mode
ISO 100  f/1.8  1/10
SOOC

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Zhu Zhu pet races

Manual Mode

ISO 1600  f/4  1/40

PSE 8::

1. Ran Pioneer Woman (PW) Warmer action

2. Ran PW Sepia Tone action                                                                             SOOC

3. Ran CoffeeShop Baby PowderRoom action

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Manual Mode

ISO 1600  f/4  1/40

PSE 8::

1. Ran Pioneer Woman (PW) Warmer action

2. Ran PW Sepia Tone action

3. Ran CoffeeShop Baby PowderRoom action                                                      SOOC        

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Got out the tripod & remote - forgot to check if my head would get cut off - oops. But love how he was driving his cars on my shoulder!

Manual Mode

ISO 1600  f/4  1/40

PSE 8::

1. Ran Pioneer Woman (PW) Warmer action

2. Ran PW Sepia Tone action

3. Ran CoffeeShop Baby PowderRoom action

4. Ran PW Slight Sharp                                                                                SOOC

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you must watch this: how to get better head shots - getting rid of the double chin/neck scrunch - it's all about the jawline!
http://scottkelby.com/2012/its-guest-blog-wednesday-featuring-peter-hurley/

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Brothers

Manual Mode
ISO 800  f/3.2  1/80
PSE8 ::                                                                                                                  SOOC

1. Ran CoffeeShop Baby PowderRoom action for skin enhancing
2. Ran Pioneer Woman Warmer action
3. Ran Pioneer Woman Sharpen THIS action on faces

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Max's brothers

My little guy Max (front center), is adopted. He has three biological brothers, two of which are pictured here, along with his sister (who is biological to me). We met his brothers for the first time yesterday. They were both adopted by the same couple. They live thousands of miles away, but coincidentally were in our city on a ski vacation! How cool is that?! Max and the younger brother have the same birthmother and birthfather. The older brother has the same birthmom but different birthdad. It was so fun to see them interact! And they come up every few years, so it won't be the last we get to see them :)
{Should have used the auto setting and a different lens, I think - I was too busy soaking it all in that I couldn't concentrate on my settings - I actually had to head-swap Max because he wasn't in focus in a single picture, and this was the best I got!}

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My 6 year old took this picture of the light hanging over the kitchen table... I kinda liked it.

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Playdate with Max's future wife, Kaelyn. She's a bit shy.

ISO 800  f/2.2  1/125

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First RAW image with the new camera. Didn't like the post processing in my RAW converter program. Think I'll stick to JPG's and Photoshopping :)

Auto Program w/flash
ISO 400  f/2  1/80

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Dusting for fingerprints... Piper has been watching way too much Dino Dan.

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Bubble reflections -
I like the reflection in the top pic better, but like the colors in the bottom bubble better...

Maunal Mode :: Manual Focus
ISO 800  f/2.2  1/100

PSE8 ::
1. Ran CoffeeShop 20/20 action on top bubble
1. Ran Pioneer Woman Define and Sharpen on the second bubble
2. Adjusted levels on both

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 Fun with bubbles today (I wasn't fast enough to get them mid-air)

50mm f/1.8 lens
Manual Mode & Manual focus
ISO 800  f/2.2  1/160                                                                                            SOOC

PSE8 ::
1. Ran Pioneer Woman Boost action
2. Ran Pioneer Woman Sunshine action
3. Ran Pioneer Woman Slight Sharp action






And another one of my faves from today...
It looks more like glass than a bubble.

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Sometimes mommies get owies too...

Manual Mode

ISO 400  f/1.8  1/125

PSE8 ::
1. Adjusted levels and color for skin tone
2. Ran Pioneer Woman Sharpen THIS action over band-aid

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Cookies and milk

Sony a55 :: 50mm 1.8 lens
Manual Mode
ISO 400  f/1.8  1/125

PSE8 ::
1. Ran Pioneer Woman Slight Light action on all 3 pics
2. Put them into clipping mask frame from here

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Big boy cup (Reflo flow-controlled cup)

Sony a55 :: 50mm 1.8 lens
Manual Mode
ISO 800  f/2  1/125

PSE8 ::
1. Ran Pioneer Woman Slight Light action
2. Ran Pioneer Woman Slight Sharp action

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iPad glow

SOOC
50mm f1.8 lens
Manual Mode
ISO 3200  f/1.8  1/200

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My big 6 year old got her ears pierced yesterday. She was so proud of herself!

Sony a55 :: 50mm f/1.8 lens
Auto Mode with flash (didn't want to miss the moment playing around with manual settings)

PSE8 ::
1. Dodged and burned the eyes per this tutorial.
2. Ran Pioneer Woman Slight Sharp action                                                                      SOOC

2. Ran Pioneer Woman Sharpen THIS action on the eyes

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Sony a55 :: 50mm f/1.8 lens
Manual Mode
ISO 800  f/1.8  1/160

PSE8 ::                                                                                                                                   SOOC

1. Ran CoffeeShop Baby PowderRoom action
2. Ran Pioneer Woman BW Beauty action
3. Ran Pioneer Woman Define THIS action on hands and eyes
4. Cropped

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Hit the aquarium again.

50mm 1.8 lens
ISO 3200  f/1.8  1/125

PSE8 ::
1. Adjusted levels
2. Adjusted color with 'remove color cast' option
3. Desaturated under water part of photo by creating an adjustment layer and repainting color in top portion of photo
4. Brightened eye by running CoffeeShop Eye Bright action

SOOC