Suprise

I decided to do my blog. :)

I am so happy that it is finally nice enough to take the girls outside. They were really getting cabin fever. Bill and I took them to the Park today and I took over 200 pictures. For the first time in a long time I was enjoying my camera. Out of the 200+ that I took, there were only a few that I needed to trash. It is going to take me forever to edit them all. So here are the few that I did get through so far.

What am I doing wrong?

I don't know if it is my camera, my lens, or the operator. My pictures are terrible lately. Sometimes my lens will NOT Auto Focus and I have to take it off and then put it back on. The focus is never Tack Sharp. Maybe it is because the sensor is dirty? I don't know, but it is driving me crazy! Please ignore the composition in these and that my girls need their hair brushed. Of course they were wanting their pictures taken before getting dressed for the day. HARD CC is appreciated. I need help and adly. The color is off I think. Thanks!

It's been a long time

I have totally slacked on this blog lately. I have had so much going on health wise and kind of got depressed. SOme of you already know whats been happening with me so I am sorry to bore you with the details again. LOL! I had to go to the OBGYN last week, She said she could feel a cyst on my left ovary, but it did not really concern her. Being on the safe side I have to go have an Ultrasound done this coming Friday. WHile being there, my heart was beating very irregular and so she made me make an appointment with my Family Doctor. I had blood drawn, and an EKG. The EkG proved that I have Tachycardia. On Tuesday, I have to go back for an Echocardiogram. I could be anemic, have Thyroid problems or I may have Mitrovalve Prolapse. Mya had to have some personal things done to her, but is much better now and Every single one of us are sick with the same cold that keeps coming back! GRRRR.
On a good note, my WONDERFUL Mother bought my fake floor for me that I have been wanting FOREVER, but I do still need to get the baseboard. I can't wait to take some pictures using it. Though My camera is still acting like a piece of poop and I am still having a hard time parting with it.
So the picture that I included today was of the ice that formed on my Lilac bush. We had a ton of Ice fall yesterday. It looked beatiful, but I am so glad I didnt have to go out in it. Hopefully I will get back on track now and be able to keep up with my blog.

still in theme before and afters

Before
just resized and saved for web



After
defogged>soft light layer>USM>cropped and saved for web



Pretty simple tonight.
THanks for looking. Thank you all for you comments and advice yesterday. CC always welcome. Good or bad. I CAN TAKE IT!

photoshop before and afters

before

AFTER

brought the midtones up in curves to 160 since I underexposed

defogged

soft light

usm

Then ran Multiply Vignette action twice and cropped

I am so behind. This has not been a very good week for me. Mya woke up on Sunday with symptoms of a UTI. My little sweetheart was so miserable. We both did a lot of crying, but thankfully the antibiotics are doing there thing and she is getting back to normal. Today Laken woke up with a slight cough and I have a feeling by tomorrow she is not going to be feeling so well. I hope that I am wrong. I just cant get a break from the sickies in my house. I had a cold, then Mya had one, then just as she is getting better had to get the UTI and now Laken is getting sick and I think I have a few sniffles myself. Also in quite a "FUNK" with my photography skills once again. It is so upsetting to me to see people that started around the same time as me doing so much better. I just want to be so much better and it isnt happening fast enough. Anyway I am using an old picture just because it makes me happy. Not quite happy with the edit, but that is what this is all about right? Feel free to give CC.

Silly me

Last night I was thinking it was the last night for focus, but then found out today that I was wrong. Again it took me all day to figure out something. Then I seen my idea as Bill (dh) was sitting on the couch watching his favorite team playing football. He had his beer in his hand and focused on his game. Annoying the hell out of me I must say. Surround sound turned up, yelling and screaming at the tv as if these people really hear what he is saying. I am sure I was annoying the hell out of him telling him how I wanted to take his picture and telling him to hold the beer bottle this way and then he wanted to take a drink and I was telling him, I am not done yet. All the while he is trying to stay focused on his team. So this I guess is how I end the week in focus!

The last day of FOCUS

This has been an interesting week. Focus can be taken so many different ways. when the week started, I was thinking up everything I wanted to do and each day I seen that my ideas were also ideas of others. Making me think harder so that I was unique. I guess that is the whole idea of doing this blog. Getting the creativity flowing. I like the others want to focus more on my family, focus on my health and focus on my friendships. Those will come first. Then after taking care of all of that I realize one thing that I would LOVE to have time to focus on would be to have time
To actually shave my legs. Being a stay at home Mommy to two daughters and having a husband who works crazy hours makes it super difficult to find time for this one simple task. Thank goodness for being able to wear pants right now.

to end the week of focus I decided to :

Take a picture out of focus!

Thank you again for all of you leaving me comments!