well we survived Christmas and we have been spending a few days of relaxing. Well the girls are, hubby is working all weekend long. I thought I would share a moment from our Christmas morning. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.......

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!

Just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I will not be posting anything till after the holidays are over. We plan on spending the next few days with family. Enjoy your holidays and be blessed.

Ok, I was reading an article on white balance and thought I would give it a try and play around with it. I never really understood all there was to know about white balance on a camera before. I have changed it to the different settings, "sun, flourecent light...." but there is a setting that is just a K- which stands for Kelvin. SO here are a few different photos playing with the Kelvin setting of my white balance on the camera.

This is one was set with Auto White Balance, in manual setting F5.6 , 1/4 sec. iso 125

This one I brought the Kelvin down to 2500 (which will produce more blues in your photo's. )The camera was set to f.6.3 1/4, iso 125

This last photo I changed the Kelvin white balance to 10000. (which brings deep reds to the photo.) I like this one the best. f.6.3 0"3 iso 125

This was a fun project to do. I plan on experiementing more with the Kelvin white balance. I want to understand it more.

Well here is my banana ready for her Christmas performance at school. I know it wasnt really a "Christmas" performance, Politically correct it was a Winter Performance. Who is kidding who. They sang Christmas Carols. So it was a CHRISTMAS performance..... I snapped a few pictures right before we left on Tuesday night. Tonight, I will be dressing all the girls up and doing our annual sister pictures in front of the tree. So you should see some new photos in the next day or so.

Well I am working on my Thanksgiving weekend photos. We were up in Ft. Jones, visiting and on Thanksgiving monring it was extremly foggy. The girls & Vic took the dogs on a walk around the property. When I finally got the camera and on, Only Hannah was left in my sight. I like how she is almost "lost" in the fog.

Credits: I will have to post those in a bit, I have to go hunt everything down that I used in this template........

Well there are no photos or scrap pages to post today. I have been laid up on the couch with an injured foot. On Wednesday I was feeding the dogs and decided to "fly" off the back porch. Thankfully the dogs pillow was at the bottom of the stairs, otherwise I would of ended up on the cement. I sprained my foot pretty badly, but my foot didn't swell too bad or bruise at all. I have such a faint bruise, that I wouldn't even classify it as a bruise. :) Hopefully within the next day or so, I will be able to post a photo or too.
I have been reading a bit on techniques and I cant wait to go outside and snap some photos with these new techniques.
Hope all is well...........

Well today I am home disinfecting the house because 2 of my lovely children are home with the flu. They have been banned to the upstairs because the downstairs is totally sanitary.

Anyway, I did a Grand Theft Layout over in Scrapmatters. Then I had to do a second page to finish the photos. I am learning that I have to do both pages at the same time otherwise I may not get them done. Ugh!!!!

Credits: awall-a gift for you2- from oscraps.

Well yesterday I had a photo shoot for a very dear friend. We took many shots out at UOP and at home. You might find many shots from this shoot on the blog. I really like it, I turned it Black and White to add some dramatic feel. Every one of the kids is looking at the camera, event he baby, may have a funny look, but it is a great picture of the kids. The biggest challenge yesterday was the two little ones not "looking" or wanting to "do it myself". I had a lot of fun and since these kids mean a lot to me, it made it extra special.

Well you get 2 posts in one day. I did this scrap page for a Tuesday Template Challenge over at scrapmatters.com I really liked how it turned out.

credits: monsutt01, sweet genevesse spunky sparkle gem, wm2 G&S paper

Well 2 nights ago, i practiced some low lighting shots. We had a fun time putting up our tree and when the lights were on I pulled out the tripod and changed lens' on the camera. I put on the 18-55mm lens and then added the cross screen filter to add some sparkle to the prints. I set the camera to bulb and just left the shutter open for about 10 seconds per shot. I turned one black and white. I like them both so I htought I woudl share them both.

Well after being gone for a few days to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, I am back and well rested. :) This is a photo of a church we drove by while on vacation. When leaving town, I made my darling hubby stop so I could take some photo's of it. This church just called my name. I love the fall colors surrounding the church.