I Heart Faces: Water

♡ Chelsey

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

So, I decided to challenge myself a bit this week and put ALL of this weeks scavenger hunt items into one photo... here it is: me looking out the window... holding a glass of water... the quote at the bottom... yes, that is page 25 of a magazine :D... the activity is me looking out the window. Hee.

I still searched for my individual items too...

Water

Quote

Window

Activity: Ruari watching the kids play.

Page 25 of a Magazine

Ok everyone! Don't forget to vote for your favorite Valentine's photo here! Voting ends soon!!!

❤ Chelsey

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Birthday stuff.

All I want for my birthday is... I don't know! A camera lens... which one?

Day 17{365}: Crazy Cat Lady.

 

Thanks to all the advice I got from this post... this one right here... I've narrowed my camera lens choice down to the 50mm 1.4 OR the 55-250mm... oh goodness. I don't know. What I DO know is whatever lens I buy... that will be it for a while. Maybe even till next Christmas. I've saved for this for quite a while. Now, with my birthday money coming soon I am ready to buy! But, which one? I don't know.

Shutter Love Tuesday: Tints

Shutter Love Tuesday: Tints

Week 3{52}: Morning.

Day 13{365}: Oregon.

Day 14{365}: Xamara and Danny.

Day 15{365}: Farley.

Day 16{365}: It's Raining... It's Pouring...

Is anyone else noticing a pattern with my photos? They're all up close and all in your face. I need to consider this. Oh man. I don't know.... What do you guys think between these two lenses:

50mm 1.4 OR the 55-250mm

OH, and I went on a walk yesterday. NOT in my pajamas. A 30 minute... serious walk with a 21 pound baby on my back wearing jeans. NOT pajama jeans... even though I secretly want my own pair... I will get back in shape.

Awww.... I just realized that today (well... tomorrow since I'm writing this on Monday Night) is Ruari's 13 months birthday! I'll write a happy little update of her for Wednesday. Can't miss that!

SOOC: for Shoot and Edit

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- Chelsey

Some photo challenges...

Simplicity Photo Challenge: Food
AND
Pixel Perfect Before and After:

After:

Before:

Before:

365 Challenge:

Day 10{365}: Orange you glad I didn't say apple?

Day 11{365}: Tea time.

Day 11{365}: Water study.

So, I'm linking this up with Jill's water study link up. I'd LOVE to see if you guys try this out too. I have only ever tried photographing water a couple other times. During these photos my lighting was pretty bad and I had to REALLY raise the ISO to it's highest. I didn't want to use a flash and I don't have a speedlight. :D My SOOC photos were fine, but I really wanted to sharpen these photos up.

Other water drip photos I liked:

I've linked these water drops up here!

Shoot and Edit:

Before:

After:

Edit: For this weeks edit Ashley stuck with a basic/simple edit. Since I had already done that with this photo previously... I just linked up the edit had already done. I can't remember the exact details of my edit... but, I always adjust my Levels.... curves... run through Noiseware... sharpen if needed... So, I sort of have issues with with shadows. I'm uncomfortable with them. If there's a lot of shadow I automatically feel the need to fix it. But, I didn't. I'm ok with that! :D

Following Ashley's Edit:

Following Ashley's edit: I pretty much followed Ashley's second edit exactly. I really love how soft and sweet it turned out. AND: the shadows are not as harsh. :D

Altogether now:

You Capture: Doorways

This is the lock to our garage. It's prettier if you zoom on in. :D

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