Shoot & Edit - Family/Friends - The Edit

So earlier this week I showed the uber adorable photo of Miss Aubrey demolishing her birthday cake and making the most adorable kissy fishy face ever.

I wanted to enhance the photo a bit so I brought the image into Camera RAW made some minor adjustement on exposure, fill light then brought into my CS5. I made a really slight unsharp mask, adjusted the levels a bit to bring out more the the bokeh in the background then ran Florabella's Halo action and dropped the opacity to around 30% - I can't remember specifically, I really need to get better at saving the psd file or writing down my steps... Hope you like the edit - and that it went from good to WOW!

Here is the SOOC

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Black and White Wednesday - Brady

I shared a photo the other day of Miss Aubrey, so it is only fair that I show one of her big brother, Brady - or Superman.

He was a trooper on Saturday and had a fun time jumping off the bench pretending to be Superman. I did not make many of the photos into black and white (I think only 3 total) because all the colors were so pretty and it just did not seem fair - and you know I love black and white.

Happy Easter

I have not entered in the Trendy Treehouse Shutter Love Tuesday in awhile - either forgot, got busy, or life just got in the way, but I am back this week to share with you a photo of my adorable newphew Evan. 

I can't get over how big he and his vocabulary has gotten. Sunday we all went over to my sister and brother-in-laws house for some good food and family time. I also brought over some confetti eggs for Evan - every kid should experience the confetti egg! I hid them outside and Evan had a blast, and found it really funny when all the confetti came out of the egg.

Here he is trying to get him to look at the camera while he was egg hunting. Hope everyone had a great Easter.

Shoot & Edit - Family/Friends

The shoot and edit theme this week at Jill's blog is all about family and friends. I was going to use a photo of my nephew Evan but I am sharing that later this week, so I opted for a photo of my dear friend Erin's daughter. 

This past Saturday we headed out to Old Town Spring and took some photos of Aubrey and Brady. The session was more for Aubrey since she turns the big 1 next week - so hard to believe. I also did her newborn photos too, so its crazy to think a year has passed! She did a fantastic job and had the cutest outfits. Of course the shoot would not be complete without a little cake. This is one of my many favorites from this session - is her face not the cutest thing you have ever seen? Apparently she makes this face a lot when she eats and I am glad I captured it.

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Spring Fling

So a few weeks ago I was pushed by a friend to put together a "Children's Spring Fling" a day of mini sessions for kids. This was something I had been thinking about doing for awhile so I thought why not! Since I have started to get my business going  I thought this would be a great way to get my name out there. I was just hoping to at least book a couple sessions but turns out I have been able to book 7 out of the 10 slots I have - super excited and cannot wait to do this. Also, for my Houston friends I have 3 slots open, so if you know anyone pass it along!

Before and After - Dalton

I thought I had shared this photo of the handsome Mr. Dalton - but looking back I had not, so here he is again gracing you with his presence. Him ans his sister Sophia were really great during their session, and I cannot wait to work with them again when I head back to New Orleans.

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AFTER

I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend. I will be taking some 1 year old photos of Miss Aubrey and her big brother Brady in Old Town Spring on Saturday then heading to Kingwood on Sunday to spend Easter with my hubs, my parents, sis, brother-in-law, and wonderful nephew Evan.

I Heart Faces - Wind

The theme for the week at I Heart Faces is all about wind this week. The day I took Haydyn's photos happened to be a somewhat windy out on the beach. I love the look on her face, seems like she is so interested in the beach and ocean.