Easter Outfits

They loved their outfits, Xander liked not having a "real" tie.

The Girls like anything pink, ruffled, flowered, and with pockets.

Mimi @ 2

I was able to get Mimi outsode last week to get her 2 year old pictures done, she was very cooperative and I have some great pictures. I love her little half smile. I didn't realize how often she does that until I was going through all the pictures.

This is her official 2 year old portrait

And a few more shots to capture who she is-

Do you ever feel like...

you're just not sure what's going on?

Just had to share an old pic of Imogene.

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.

Happy Valentines Day

3 Gigabytes

What could be bad about having a 3 Gig memory card for your camera you ask?
Having to process 633 photos.
Pictures like:

The incredible escaping baby

Imogene and Gypsy

MiMi queen of flour messes

One of the better pictures from a very cold day

Xander  (one of the best pictures of him that day)

And 628 others including 246 of baby lexi.

I feel so free now I have a blank memory card and a goal to take more pictures in the coming year.  I'd like to try for a picture a day, but I may have to do make-up days because I am already behind. I'm not going to stress about it- I just want to improve my portraits and photographs and more practice means better pictures.

Other pictures from the memory card will be making appearances in later/earlier posts, so stay tuned.

Random Cell Phone Pictures

Are you Lego?

Have you ever wondered how you would look as a Lego Character?

Heres your chance!

We used the Mini-Mizer to create Lego figures that looked like us.

Adam and MiMi aren't here, they were at work(adam) and sleeping(MiMi).

So without further ado:

Here's Mom

Imogene-they didn't offer pink as a color choice, but the kitty made up for it.

Xander- missing teeth, transformer shirt and light saber all very appropriate

Xander's new super hero- a batman/flash/jedi/sith combination

You can also customize the shirts with your own text, add a tattoo, a ghost costume and so much more.

We have fun and spend way too much time when we start playing.

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.

Day 2: Brushes

Assignment: Load brushes into photoshop and apply to an image.

Result:

Photoshop Frame-ups Class

I signed up for a free Photoshop class through Jessica Sprague. Here is the first assignment. I had to add a frame and a word art.

Settling in and a few pics

We are home from a great vacation, and now have to get back to real life.

We had a great time and took tons of pictures so you will have to put up with Disney and Beach fun for a few days.

Xander and Imogene each wore a special Happy Birthday button, on their birthdays. And all three of them wore a first visit button the first day.

The pictures are out of order, but here are three of my favorites.

Goofy really liked our T-Shirts, Mickeymus Prime, he did his own transformation from "car" to "robot".

This is one of the few pictures with MiMi out of her stroller, and standing on her own. (she still isn't walking by the way)

Imogene met Jasmine, Ariel and Aurora on her birthday. She was a little disappointed that Cinderella wasn't there, but later in the day we found the Fairy Godmother.

Xander in Crayon

I have been scanning in Xander's artwork to add to his blog (if you want access, e-mail me or fill out the contact form and he will "invite" you) and I just loved this self portrait. It's funny to me because he so rarely spikes his hair, but that is how he always draws himself.

MiMi

I finally set aside some time to take MiMi's 1 year portraits, these are a few of my favorites.