7 posts tagged “black and white”
And with that title it kinda says it all!
I am still unpacking.. you know this ;)
I am still adjusting to Arizona.. you know this ;)
I am still using way to many emotes.. you know this :D
I don't have a whole lot to write, I haven't gotten a whole lot of chances to do any photography yet, monsoon season has been hiding, other than a couple little blowby storms, there just is not a whole heck of a lot going on in my life!
I did have time to edit a few of pics though, so I will at least share those to those of you who care lol.. So, back to unpacking and or.. editing more pics. My life is so redundant atm!
Yes, I sat down today and spent the day doing near nothing. Well besides waiting til almost noon to go to the storage shed when the weather warnings said not to do anything in the mid day due to the heat warnings.. So I am a newb to the desert... hang me out to dry with the rattlers ;)
As to the rest of my lazy day, well I actually got some editing done. My new header for instance. That moon is smiling over Texas. The first rest stop that we got to after entering that beautiful state we had to pull over so that I could photograph a monsoon cloud that we had been watching off to our right. Then I turned around and saw a beautiful full moon watching me, so I decided to watch him! I finally got to use my big telescopic lens yay!
Here is the monsoon cloud that we pulled over to watch. It is a bit grainy due to the fact that it was nearly full night time when I took it so I had to leave the shutter open for a bit to catch it.
But without further ado, here are the cows with the blooming Monsoon cloud in the distance.
We're down to the wire here, only 1 more week til D-Day! The 15th is the son's last day of school and then we're free and clear to head out!
The hubby suprised me last night by picking me up a Gisteq GPS for my camera since we're going to be driving cross country and I know for a fact that there is no way I am going to remember every remote stop we make across the way to take pics. I have wanted one of these for soooo very long! I just hope that it gets here in time and doesn't delay our leave date hehe.
So nothing else new here, with all the packing going on I have not even wanted to pick up the cam nor edit any pics I already have, let's hope that this changes once we get un-packed in Arizona!
And that is about it. Coffee is starting to kick in and if I don't get off my behind and start working I will lose my motivation for the day!
Arizona or Bust!
So, my son, despite knowing how stressed I have been, knows how to take my mind off of all the things going on in our life. He grabbed the canon and tried taking some ala myspace pics. They were a blurry mess so he asked if I would take some pics of him. So I posed him out by the birch (they are going to have to tear the birch down in order to redo the septic, that is breaking my heart :(. We only have one birch on the property and of course it is smack dab in the middle of the septic field *sigh*)
So, for a little while at least I got to take my mind off of everything going on here and snapped away.
And now it is back to packing, and trying not to look out the window as the machinery is tearing up my whole yard and pretending that they are not looking at the birch and planning on cutting it down...
This pic is my fav, he was walking past me as I snapped and it had just the smallest amount of blur to it, the b&w treatment took care of the blur though.
This is the one he liked, he likes how he is looking up at the sky. This one I actually used an infrared treatment on, it looks so cool.
A couple color images, I prefer the second one more, it brings out the dark tones. No flash used on the second one also.
My second fav, in my opinion his coloring is just really complimented by B&W when he is dressed in his grungy outfits. He likes the color ones, I think they detract from his eyes though.
And, it is raining... has been since I got home pretty much. Did I need anymore reason to want to move you ask?
I am also just blah, so just going to post the pics I edited today and turning in early, will try to write something witty tomorrow... I think the sun will be out also, they are calling for a gorgeous weekend!
Ok, so now it really does feel like spring. We had one heck of a doozy storm come through last night. I was in the other part of the house when I heard what I thought was an explosion. I had bleach on my head which meant I had to stay in that part of the house or have everyone bitch about the odor, so I sent a text to the hubby "Did you hear that explosion?" His reply.. yes I dont know what that was. No sooner had he replied then the heavens opened up and thunder and lightning just started all sorts of cracking. The rain came down so hard that we had a flood watch and then within moments it had turned to hail. And of course no warning of the hail so my car was not in the garage ugh. Thankfully no damage though!
So while it is raining and I turn into a slug during those times I decided to try to brighten up my day by doing some editing and came up with the following..
The first is from my visit last year to Berkshire Botanical Gardens <3. I am still editing those pics, I absolutely love that place!
The second image is in my studio/craftroom, I needed some color the other day and picked up some flowers to photograph.
Enjoy, I am off to try to get motivated more!
In keeping with the fantasy theme, I started this one this morning before even logging into Vox, so I ended up having alot of fun editing this image.
This is a background of a tree in Mexico, original photo is by me spring 2008 from the Music Boat cruise. Fairy's and other stock photography from unknown artist's on Deviant.com. Will add their names soon as I can find out who they are. Lots of brushes and textures and layers of darkness to give the picture an ethereal night time glow.
Also for fun, a pic of my sister that I edited for her facebook profile.She is soooo gorgeous!!
