Monday, February 16, 2009

Sunday, February 15, 2009

This is me.



Jess and I had a date today. We headed to Pennypack Park. We had such a great time. I never even noticed the photographical opportunities that were there until we made a stop under one of the bridges. We practiced photographing each other and came away with some really awesome pictures. I have to say, I must be sort of a purist. I find it so difficult to edit photos b/c I honestly love the color quality of the straight-out-of-camera versions.

In these next 5 pictures, the only edits I made were to the sharpness of the eyes, to add some sparkle. Also, I played around with creating a watermark for my photos.
















Here are a few shots Jess took of me, which I edited in Photoshop using some of the Pioneer Woman's actions. The first two are Heartland. The one all the way up top is Seventies with a little quick edge burn.


Monday, February 9, 2009

A day at Kelly Drive and Main Street Manayunk

Jess finally got her camera!! So I finally have someone to go out and shoot with. It's so much more fun learning that way. We headed to Kelly Drive by the Philadelphia Art Museum:


Water Works


Boathouse Row


Another shot of Boathouse Row. Jess was doing a photoshoot with the geese.

Philadelphia Art Museum (side shot)


Then we headed to Main Street in Manayunk. One of our favorite places is the Manayunk Brewery. We always have a great time there, especially in the spring and summer when we can hang out on the back deck along the Schuylkill River.




Jess with her pregnancy glow



We found this awesome rock wall with some moss growing on it, and some strange blue coloring. It was so neat to come across such great colors in the drab winter landscape.


Daisy did some posing for us




And I happened to get an accidental panning picture! I've read a lot about panning and how it takes a lot of practice but you can sometimes get them accidentally. I was pretty proud of this one.