Light

old but beautiful...

Capturing Beautiful Moments...

When I watched this little girl I decided to bring along my camera along. She lives on base in Germany and her dad is in Iraq for a whole year now. He left a couple days before she was able to walk. She will get to see him for 2 weeks in June and then he will be gone for another 6 months. I can't even imagine what that is like, but I hope these pictures bring joy to her mom and her daddy. These are a couple of my favorites. I sent a cd with over 200 edited pictures to her mom. I LOVE editing pictures. It is so much fun to watch how I can change a picture completly with only a few clicks.

The Angle...

It's interesting how two different angles can change something so dramatically. This is the pic I posted below. The lion looks calm but sad and the man carrying him/the burden looks exhausted. I like the colors in this picture and how light everything is. I like the dirt and the algae.


From this side it looks dark. They both look frightened. They are scared of drowning. I know how they are feeling all to well. I know it sucks. I wish I had someone who would carry me through the next couple of weeks.

I also hope I will be able to pick up my camera again and start taking more pictures soon.

RAW(e) Distractions

- Clinging on for dear life -

What really distracts me from what I should be doing at the moment is clinging. (I sure hope this is the right word, I had to look it up and am not 100% sure) I am clinging on to someone, someone I shouldn't depend on anymore. I want to let go but it is very hard and painful. I am working on it and it is getting better from day to day. I know there will be many tears over the next few weeks, but I also know that my heart will eventually heal...
I feel like the lion in my picture. I am clinging on so hard, that it doesn't feel as if I am living my own life at the moment.. This feeling has taken over my whole body.
I know I should rather be clinging on to Him and that is what i am working on very hard...

Blog Hop by Sami over at Sailor & Company

RAW(e)

I haven't blogged in a while and since I like Sami's idea and I actually have a picture of a door knob that I photogaphed in September, I am just gonna go ahead and be a part of this blog hop!!

picture editing!

Photoshop is sooo amazing!! Everyone should check it out!!
We had some friends over and went to a gorgeous park! I took pics of Nicole and Momo!!


I LOVE the first pic of Nicole. I like that she is "trying" to smile, but I noticed her feet were missing (I need to practise photography a little more, then I wouldnt make those mistakes), so I took a couple more pics. The thing was, she had weird face expressions in the rest of them! I was a little frustrated. Thurday I had my photoshop class and now I am able to do this!!!

This is the pic I like!!


This is the one with the weird face expression but WITH feet!!


I opened both in Photoshop and this is what I got!!! :)


Then I ran it through lightroom and now it's just perfect! Well at least in my opinion!! Just remember I just started learning how to use some functions of Photoshop and I am not even close to using those propper!! I probably made amillion mistakes editing this pic but I think it turned out great!!

fall adventures...

photoshop rocks!!

i have been practicing my photoshop skills some more!!

i am now able to make make a wall, not just to erase stuff!!

i am able to let people disappear!!

and i can also let wrinkles around the eyes go away!!