textures, photos, answers and a smile

You've got questions and I've got answers!

First of all I want to say thanks for the compliments on my spring photos. I have a lot to learn but I am always happy to share what I do know.

It sure is fun to play a bit and take a great moment that is an alright photo and make it into something that you just adore, something that really brings the feeling of that moment to life for you.

Here is the photo that I took of my girls on their outdoor adventure as it looked straight from the camera.

First I brightened the area where my girls are; to draw the eye to the "subject"

This is one of the textures that was applied over top of it to get the nice textured look in the sky. It is from a pack by Micheal Smith- aka:ASH a totally talented photographer with amazing textures that you can purchase here. The final result of my play time is the photo in my last post.

And you can find some good "how to" tips for applying textures here

Note: I don't know this guy , this is Not an ad, I am just really honestly impressed with what he does :)

2. My SAG album track.

I am getting so so excited about this next trip

YES

[you need your photos with you]

and I just got the address to the forums for the event so I will put together a list of photos and the sizes that you may want, and post it there.

{Do Not Stress About This PLEASE!}

let me repeat

NO STRESS!!!

I am pretty "free" as a teacher, There will be No hard and fast rules, I want you to walk away feeling like your creation is your own and you LOVE it. So if I have used a 5x7 photo and you love BIG pics and you want to use a 7x10"

GO FOR IT!

and if you want to throw in 6 small wallets instead then

RAWK ON!

The important thing is that you get your stories told and have some fun learning a few cool techniques along the way. The idea of this album is to tell the stories of your BEST BEST BESTEST memories.

For me, I narrowed that down to best summer memories just to give me a focus. You can keep it broad or choose a focus but

Start looking through your pictures now, choose 25 memories to record in this album,

and begin writing down the stories that go with them.

I will See you in the forums SAG friends :)

3. Randoms
Jewelry today: silver sparkly plastic star earrings and a star wrist band

around the house: organizing things into buckets. baskets and big strainers. Letting the dishes pile up.

drinking: a butter caramel iced capp from Tim's

healthy snack: apples and vanilla yogurt

activity with the girls: making finger food for supper and eating it outside while picking "beautiful" daisy-lions

Working on: -some new digital brushes for a guest designer thingie ( RAH RAH RAH...this is totally new Go me!!!)

-a fun assignment layout for October CK

-some photo shoots

-and a cool sketch layout for something special ( come back tomorrow to see!)

Lens on my camera: 28-135mm...feeling like getting the wider angle today, tomorrow it might be the 50mm 1.8 Those are the only two I have so it is pretty much a 50/50 chance I'll be using one of them :)

well there you have it
Anymore random questions? Leave em here

FUN STUFF!!!