Before and After - Capital Building

I am excited to share this before and after with you. I shot this while I was working our conference in Baton Rouge last week. This is the Old Louisiana State Capital building – it was located next to our hotel so we walked by it every morning.  Isn’t it gorgeous? My coworker and I joked that it didn’t look very old. In fact we pretty much agreed it looks like something Disney built and just dropped there. Never the less, it is still a beautiful building.

BEFORE

AFTER

Shot with Nikon D5000 using 17-55mm/2.8 lens.

Edited in CS3 - I adjusted the levels/curves a tad. Ran Totally Rad Action Lux - did some minor adjustments there, converted to black and white with an antique tone and added a slight vignette since the sky looked kind of flat

Brooke in Sepia

As mentioned, I am sharing another photo of Miss Brooke. I am going to submit this shot for the sepia challenge at The Photo Freak and for my favorite shot over at Faith's Simplicity blog. This is one of my favorites from this session because Brooke was definitely showing off her sassiness. Her mom, my cousin said this one was one of her favorites as well, so I figured I would enter it as a favorite, and kill 2 birds with one stone and process it in sepia. Enjoy!

Black & White Wednesday - Miss Brooke

A couple of months ago my cousin asked if I could take some photos of her daughter while I was visiting this past weekend, of course I said yes. On Saturday we headed out to City Park in New Orleans walked around the park and got some adorable photos of Miss Brooke, her mom, and her Nona.  Miss Brooke is quite the sassy one, and she hammed it up for the camera!  I will definitely share more, but here is one of my favorites so far!

Zoom Zoom

Being gone for a week has put me severely behind in blog world. After my crazy work schedule last week in Baton Rouge and then heading to New Orleans for the weekend flying back to make my nephews baptism - I was exhausted. Actually that is in understatement. In my mind I guess I thought I would have some time to read and write. Oh well, it's a new week and I have a new photo to share for Touch-Up Tuesday and for Shutter Love Tuesdays

I took this while I was in New Orleans this past weekend. This is the '41 that belonged to my Uncle. My Uncle Sal was a constable in New Orleans a little over 10 years ago, up until he passed away in 1999. You can actually see him pictured in his car HERE. and read about the legacy he created. After he unexpectedly passed away my Aunt Kim became constable, and now her son and my cousin followed in her foot steps. I have always loved this car and it is such a great family memento.  

BEFORE

TOUCHED-UP

I am also using this photo for my "zoom zoom" submission for Shutter Love Tuesday. Enjoy!

Black & White Wednesday - Puppy Love

Ok so I thought I was going to pre-write some blogs this past weekend to post while I was out of town this week for work...but yeah nope that did not happen. But, I DO have a black and white photo to share for Black and White Wednesday. I am actually going to share another puppy photo that I took at Thanksgiving. I am trying to edit these and get them to my husbands cousin so you might see a few more posted.

I am hoping that while in Baton Rouge this week I get some photos other than the ones at our convention and reception - we are staying next to the gorgeous capital building, and I have a nice river view. I will definitely have some photos from my quick family visit this weekend in New Orleans, so I will be sharing some new photos soon! Until then, feast your eyes on this sweet face

Also, if my fellow black and white participants don't see me linked up could ya link me up? Your the bestest!

Check out more black and white photos at the Long Road to China here!

Scavenger Hunt - I'm on a Roll

What...THREE weeks in a row??? I have really enjoyed doing the Scavenger Hunt Sundays and I really love seeing others interpretations of the various themes. Here is what I came up for this weeks themes.

1. Black & White - If you have followed my blog, you know I love black and white photos. This is not my best one, but how can you resist a cute little face like that? This is my husbands cousins dog - Suki. She loves to travel in her little bag, and is a super sweet puppy. I have a bunch of photos of both of her puppies, and I know she is excited to see the rest!

2. I Ate This - We spent Thanksgiving at my husbands parents house and we enjoyed a TON of food. I could not pick just 1 photo, so I made a collage!

3. Historic - I am pulling this one from the photos I submitted for my photo hunt challenge. I used this for my "vintage" shot. This is an old red ryder wagon that my husbands parents have

4. Off-Center - I took this on Thanksgiving as the boy were playing a game of washers. No real story behind it, but I am trying to take more still life photos, and branch out the creativeness. I actually think this is my favorite this week.

5. The End - I had to think about what I was going to use for this, and had a few ideas. We put up our Christmas tree and I was hoping there was an ornament from 1999. My idea was that 1999 was the "end" of the millennium, which I think works for this theme. Every year my husbands parents get him an ornament that represents something significant that happened that year. So his favorite basketball team won the national championship in 1999, so thus the Spurs ornament.

Check out more entries here

Also, don't forget to enter into Ashley's giveaway

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! It has been a nice break before my super busy week next week. I will be out of town from Tuesday-Sunday for work but I am going to try and pre-write some blog posts so if anyone sees them could ya link me up?? That would be great and I would be your friend forever!!

Scavenger Hunt - I'm on a Roll

What...THREE weeks in a row??? I have really enjoyed doing the Scavenger Hunt Sundays and I really love seeing others interpretations of the various themes. Here is what I came up for this weeks themes.

1. Black & White - If you have followed my blog, you know I love black and white photos. This is not my best one, but how can you resist a cute little face like that? This is my husbands cousins dog - Suki. She loves to travel in her little bag, and is a super sweet puppy. I have a bunch of photos of both of her puppies, and I know she is excited to see the rest!

2. I Ate This - We spent Thanksgiving at my husbands parents house and we enjoyed a TON of food. I could not pick just 1 photo, so I made a collage!

3. Historic - I am pulling this one from the photos I submitted for my photo hunt challenge. I used this for my "vintage" shot. This is an old red ryder wagon that my husbands parents have

4. Off-Center - I took this on Thanksgiving as the boy were playing a game of washers. No real story behind it, but I am trying to take more still life photos, and branch out the creativeness. I actually think this is my favorite this week.

5. The End - I had to think about what I was going to use for this, and had a few ideas. We put up our Christmas tree and I was hoping there was an ornament from 1999. My idea was that 1999 was the "end" of the millennium, which I think works for this theme. Every year my husbands parents get him an ornament that represents something significant that happened that year. So his favorite basketball team won the national championship in 1999, so thus the Spurs ornament.

Check out more entries here

Also, don't forget to enter into Ashley's giveaway

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! It has been a nice break before my super busy week next week. I will be out of town from Tuesday-Sunday for work but I am going to try and pre-write some blog posts so if anyone sees them and could link me up that would be great and I would be your friend forever!!