Anna was actually skating without help today! That is, for the first 20 minutes. Then she laid down on the ice for the next 40 minutes and wouldn't move!
I have been immersing myself in Photoshop CS4 over the last couple of weeks. It's been fun. I have been able to make some crappy out of the camera shots look a lot better. This picture is from our little skating outing this weekend. I brought my little crappy point and shoot (trust me, it's terrible ... it even got terrible reviews!) because I didn't want to risk falling on a big camera. One, that might hurt me and two, it might hurt the camera!
Great exercise in editing for me!
I took this picture of Peter yesterday and didn't like it at all. But then I decided to take another look at it and played with it a little in Photoshop. I think it's better, still a snap, but cooler.
Late in the day and I realized I didn't have anything for my post. I had taken the old point and shoot to the ice rink and was very disappointed in the pics (birthday is coming up ... hint hint Joe). Later in the day, got the kids in showers/baths and pulled out the good camera (one that doesn't suck!). It was a good test for me. The light is low, so I had to pump up the ISO, open up the aperture and give it the old college try. She looks pretty good to me!
This wasn't taken today, but I spent a lot of time today going through pictures from the past few months of my own family that have been neglected for far too long. I love this shot because Anna LOVED the leaves this fall.
This is the official start of the post a day. I can't promise I'll post EVERY day (I have a feeling I might run out of ideas sometime during the year) but the idea is to challenge myself.
I took this picture of my daughter Anna today with just the light coming through the window in my mother-in-law's kitchen. Anna wasn't too pleased to be inside with all the boys outside, but she insisted on wearing her brand new sparkly shoes and the yard was a mess of mud and melted snow. We tried entertaining her, but she wasn't really happy and no smiles were forthcoming. Still not too bad.
