My Gallery of Layouts

I recently got all of my layouts uploaded to Flickr and grouped into a set. Now I can show them off as a slideshow!

Swimming in Jackson Lake

We took the kids down to the lake one of the days and while I took a ton of pictures, I'm only going to subject you to less htan half. Beware it's still a lot of pictures. I decided that I couldn't put all my pictures into one post, so I am trying to break it up somewhat.

(she wasn't trying to drink the water, just prove that she could put her face in, like her big brother)

She was really proud of herself.

I Heart Faces- Photo Walk

Do you know what a photowalk is? I didn't either until I signed up for this one. we had a group of about 45 people, all with cameras, walking around the 9th and 9th area of Salt Lake. We had a great time and learned a lot form each other and the photowalk leader.

Here are just a few of my favorite images from the walk. I would have liked to have more pictures, but i had to run to Xander's baptism, and left the walk early. I will be going on another photowalk while we are on vacation in Yellowstone. If you want to photowalk, there is a utah group that meets monthly and there is a worldwide photowalk taking place on July 24.

A New (Toy) Tool

Before:

After:

I am in love with a new attachment for my camera- the only difference between the two images above--

(and it's not photoshop!)

A Light Scoop!

I love that the images straight out of the camera are much more usable and I am looking forward to being able to capture more indoor images of the kids. 

A few more of my test shots:

Last but not least

Mimi was feeling left out and the other kids thought she needed some valentines too. So, one photo shoot, one trip to costco and 3 hours later Mimi has her own valentines.

New Jessica Sprague Class

If you are interested Jessica Sprague is offering another free class. Registration starts Nov 2.

Jedi Training Academy Scrapbook

Day 13

Collage

Use clipping masks and brushes to collage a series of photos

Day 12

Storyboard photos in a frame with word art

Day 11 Selective Color

Day 11: Selectively color part of an image

I have tried this teqnique before, using layer masks to reveal the color "hidden" beneath.

I just tried to have a little fun.

Imogene was disappointed because her body wasn't painted, being in black and white kind of bothers her.

I like this picture better in color, with a little bit of sharpness added, MiMi's eyes just sparkle.

Day 10

Today was a recap of all the teqniues so far-

clipping mask

textures

text overlay

some type

edge burn

Here is my result:

Day 9

I really liked the tecnique that was taught today; burned edges. I haven't seen using a gradient mask to burn in the edges, and it really naturally darkened the edges and allows the center to pop.

Day 8: Add text

Day 8 assignment: Using Text

Add text to a photo

optional: add texture or coloring

Mimi 1 year photoshoot

Imogene at the Beach

Xander is a bit of a ham

Day 6 TTV & Mega Challenge

Day 6 goal:

Add a vintage feel and a TTV filter.

I just learned about the TTV (through the Viewfinder) technique a few days ago (here) and I have to say i am intrigued. Basically the photographer uses a dual lens reflex camera and takes a picture using a digital camera pointed through the viewfinder of the DLR. I need to try this, the only thing holding me back is the need to come up with some kind of contraption to keep light out of the lens of the digital camera while taking the picture TTV. I just need to try it and see how it turns out.

Until then, there are a ton of textures and "frames" online that can be applied to mimic TTV.

First one of Imogene at just over one year old:

Next Xander (an old pic, from our visit to St. George in 2006)

This is a detail of Mercy's wedding dress- I love the aged look on the satin

Mega Challenge:

Tint a photo add TTV and any other technique that has been covered so far in the class. I chose the swirly stamp in the corner. I personally like the above image better, I think making it aged and a TTV filter is "messing around" with the picture enough.