Self Portrait and Indoor Natural Light

Since Best Buy didn't have the tripod I wanted in stock today, I decided to mess around with the self timer and the use of natural light indoors to take a self portrait. I got my hair done today. I did a little editing in Lightroom to soften my features and get rid of some issues i didn't like. I like how it came out... Could probably use some more intensive editing but this is good for now...
:) melissa

Bye Bye Tree

It is almost time to bid the Christmas Tree good bye. Before it goes though, I decided to try to attempt some Bokeh pics of it. I shot these on manual. ISO 1000, f1.8, 1/25 sec. Next time I will try my subject closer to the tree i think?? Or cough up the money for that tripod I want. haha
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Aperture

I did a whole photo shoot focused on low aperture and the kind of background blur I love. I mean that is really why I bought the 50mm lens right?? I got some great shots of my daughter on her favorite rock... This one I shot at f/2.2
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My Loves

I couldn't choose just one from today. I shot close to dark and really think the lighting worked well. The biggest issue I had was focus. Moving subjects are hard to shoot. I took a lot of pictures to get these ones but in the end I am happy.

The last one I took was what my night actually was like... my daughter doing her Taylor Swift impression with the guitar she got for xmas.
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Before and After... Lightroom 4

I love the cool feature in Lightroom 4 of being able to see the image you started with and compare it to your working image. Even a subtle change like warming up the colors can make a huge difference in the end product.
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Throw Back Thursday... Balloons

Thursday is going to be Throw Back Thursday where I edit an old photo I took before. On the tails of my jumping picture from yesterday, I thought the jumping balloons one would be another good one. It is one of my favorites of my daughter. I took it in honor of her 5th birthday about 8 months ago. Bout time I edited it. :) melissa

Umbrella

Inspired by yesterdays rain and with my favorite model back I decided to do an umbrella picture. I shot this in shutter speed priority at 500th. I love how jumping pictures turn out and this one is no different.