29/365 - techy Jordan

Jordan LOVES our apple laptops.  Jordan really loves anything that involves a backlit screen.  Cell phones, TVs, computers and tablets are of course his favorite toys.  He is a high tech baby, like his daddy!

I wanted to give the photo a retro look, so I used a retro photoshop action from thecoffeeshopblog.com.

22/365 - boring day

seriously, nothing exciting happened today.  So i give you a photo edit - vintage style!  Jordan with Aunt Trista

21/365 - Sad Day, But Jordan makes everyday a bright

Today we went over to Clint's Parent's house.  His mom had already left for Albany NY.  Clint's Grandma was dying, and only had maybe 12 hours left.  We went over to Titusville to comfort his Dad and his sister Trista.  We knew that Jordan would bring smiles.  Trista and I took photos of Jordan.  This photo is Jordan in Trista's arms.  I was trying to get a nice closeup of his BLUE eyes.  The colors of her sweater and his eyes were so nice, so I had to post it!

We had a nice time with them for the afternoon.  We left around 6, and found out that she passed on at 6:30pm.  At least she is no longer suffering.  I just pray for their family and for Clint's Mom, this must be so hard for her, i can't even begin to imagine.

20/365 - in honor the craziness in Egypt

With all that is in the news right now  - Cairo, Egypt anti government protests - this seemed appropriate.  This was taken in Nov 2009 in Las Vegas at The Luxor.  This is a part of the Vegas Series that I am re-editing.  This photo is dedicated to Trista!

17/365 - Horse Fish of Vegas

Again, an old photo - newly edited.  I am going to take a few weeks and re-edit some old Vegas photos.  I took so many back in 2009 but I never took the time to edit them properly.  Here is the Horse in front of Caesar's Palace.

15/365 - Octotunes!!

This is one of MY favorites of Jordan's toys.  It's manufactured by LAMAZE, but looks sort of crafty/handmade.  I love the quiltiness (as if that is a word) and the vibrant colors.  I took some shots as if it was for a product manual or magazine review.  I put together a small collage to show of the product at different angles.  I just love the Octotunes!

14/365 - Bye BYe ToonTown

ToonTown in WDW will be torn down after Feb 12th.  Jordan will never remember this place, so we took him to ToonTown for a last goodbye.  We toured Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy's places.  Mickey's House is of course the best, and here it is all hyped up on color and saturation.  not a fabulous photo - but a fun one.

10,11,12,13/365 - Mega-Update

It has been a bit crazy, and lazy for me around here to be honest.  But i kept taking photos.  So here is the mega update!

We bought Jordan his FIRST Mickey Mouse

He posed himself, what a model!

Trying some fun colorful editing

Re-editing the photo above with crazier colors and B&W

6/365 - Changing Time

I was Changing Jordan, and I noticed how his outfit (navy and yellow) really complimented his blue eyes and the yellow polka dotted changing table pattern.  So I grabbed the Camera and went to work.  This was also a chance for me to rally focus on his beautiful eyes (just like his daddy)!  Man he is so handsome!

5/365 - new photo editing skills

     An old friend from Oklahoma gave me a few tips with editing the EYES of my models.  I do not use a flash when I take photos.  Since I have been taking a lot of indoor shots with poor lighting, I needed to figure out a way to make the eyes pop out more.  She told me to look up the BABY POWDER ROOM action by Coffee Shop Photography.  I did, and then at the end of this editing session, I painted a little bit of Blue in the overlay to make the color pop out more.  Here are the steps I took from beginning to end.  the 4th photo is the FINAL RESULT.  Not too shabby.  Thank you Amy Sargeant Photography and Coffee Shop Photography for all the tips!

4/465 - smiley

Jordan stayed home with Daddy today.  But when I got home, Daddy had to go to work to help someone cover their shift.  Jordan and I played a little game of "where's the baby?" and every time I would say "there he is" and pop out from behind a pillow, he would smile like this.  It took a few shots to get this perfectly.

 After all holding a camera in one hand a pillow in the next, not looking through the camera lens so as not to hide my smile from Jordan, all while shooting Manual mode a 1/30 of a second at aperture 5.6 is not easy.  But luckily it only took me 4 smiley shots to get the right one!  I love how his tongue curls.  I did use photoshop to create some effects, vignetting and some color work.