Caught in the act

Here we have Miss Kitty watching my childhood favorite; The Last Unicorn. I caught her face as the red bull is chasing the unicorn to drive her into the sea. I love this face, it's pure magic...



and then...


Kids are fun. Here we have my three year old picking her nose without shame. Isn't she lovely doing it?

Lunch time!

As much as I would love to front, my girls aren't always dressed to the nines. Here we have Kitty on an early afternoon of a favorite (outgrown) dress, a stunning hair-do and a cheese sandwich. Just one life's little moments.

You Capture- Water

This is an oooooold photo I took with a point and shoot several years ago. It's of my oldest daughter and her cousin being gal pals at the beach one day. I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with my edit. Horn? Tooted.

Baby Soft

Self-improvement is a funny thing. Photography is one of those areas I actually love doing it but rarely do. For years now my darling man and mother have encouraged me to take this thing that I love and run with it. To learn more, to shoot more, to explore. I dip my toe in and pull it back out. I never take the plunge. I've decided to pour as much as of myself as I can spare into taking beautiful pictures and making them even more beautiful. Lucky for me, I have five jewels just waiting to be captured. Here's one now...

Here is my SOOC shot of my sweet girl Marian basking in the early evening sun yesterday.

Love the baby, not crazy about the shot. Especially the way the sun puts emphasis on her mottled and newborn acne plagued skin. After searching for a awhile I found a few resources to help me improve my shot without making her look like a baby doll.

Angie Warren's newborn skin tutorial was a lifesaver. After following the directions and those over at CoffeeShop for thier Baby Powder Room action and applying my gorgeous Florabella actions, I had this. Perfection? No. But I feel a little closer to beauty for having tried it.