{From Mom}

{It's been too long..}

aaaawwww..it's been so long since I posted last! Things have been tough lately....car business and photo business are both slow right now....crossing my fingers that my interview on Monday {at Java Joes Coffee} went well and I outshined everyone..even though I nearly had an emotional breakdown {due to the pressure I put on myslef to interview perfect} before the intervew..I hope they couldnt tell and will hire me!! Praying!! Here are some photos of some things recent...but I did get off track from shooting everday.

{Dragonflies}

Today was almost magical...In my yard was a crazy amount of dragonflies..they were everywhere..and NOT shy...I tell Corey.."look"..and point..."see all the dragonflies"...one of them lands on my pointing finger...Corey says that they have landed on him several times...so I run in and grab my camera..picture this..I am standing in the middle of the yard..finger pointed to the sky..looking in the viewfinder of my camera and just waiting for a dragonfly to land on my finger long enough to snap the photo....it took 3 trys but only about 10 min..here are the shots...

{A Great Day}

Corey sold the Ranger...so he has money for inventory...since we are having such a hard time getting a bid in at the auction we started looking at personal sellers..today he came across a 95 wrangler..I have always wanted a Jeep but couldnt afford one..even when I had the extra money to buy one I got scared..after all Jeep does stand for 'Just Empty Every Pocket'......lol...b/c I wanted an older Jeep I knew it would need work and I would be emptying my pockets...the seller on this jeep just wanted to get out from under it...so....lucky for me he was selling it below book..way below book...So Corey buys the Jeep then trades me the Jeep for the Mustang!! YAY!! Here are some pics....

{I'm not putting dates up anymore..I keep forgetting..lol}

So I love lens flare in a photo BUT I hate how it loses a lot of vibrance and color with the haze..what I usually do is put the haze on its own layer and lightly brush over areas or lower the oppacity or both! But today I found a great tut from photoshopgirl.com ... this tut allows me to add some warmth back into the photo without effecting the entire photo (by making faces and skin too orange or red).... I love it...I posted a before and an after using the skills learned today..thanks photoshop girl!!

{Day 14 and 15}

I have decided to walk for Breast Cancer Awareness..the walk should be sometime in October so I have plenty of time...I would like to pledge $1000 and I think I may be able to reach that goal with t-shirt sales...here are some items I have been working on the last couple days....

{Day 11, 12, 13--I keep forgetting}

Day 13th I just took this photo of my mailbox...no reason it is just what I did..lol...no enhancemnets on this photo though..it may seem a bit drab without those enhancements..I will get to them later and post it!

My clothes line is from day 12--I wanted to get some photos that I could hang in my laundry room (when it is finished)...these two are what I came up with!!

This is my pup Joe...this is my day 11 photo.....he usually does not sit still for anything but on this day he was the perfect little model....