Easter

Easter this year was really low key - the best part was the Easter egg hunt for the kids...

Easter Pics

I had the pleasure of taking a few Easter photos for my friend Carrie, her husband Mark, and their super adorable daughter, Emma (who I describe as the perfect blend of Carrie and Mark). Here are just a few of my faves!

Thanks so much you guys for letting me do the honors!

Another fun photo outing

I want to thank Tammy and her two adorable boys for being guinea pigs for Jess and I! I had an awesome time and am thrilled with the photos. I hope you are too! Here are a few of my favorites...

Snow

We got some snow last night and are still getting some now. The weathermen really messed up this forecast. We went from expecting 10-16 inches to barely getting 4 inches here at my house.

Anyway, I threw Daisy in the snow and tried to get some pics of her - she's really difficult to photograph because she moves all over the place (unless you put her on a table like I did in previous pics). I ended up having to hook her up to the tie-out so she wouldn't run away on me.

Here's the best of the worst!

more editing with PW actions

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.

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.