grass

seems i've been in a creative rut lately.  i haven't even picked up my camera for almost three weeks.
so to start again i went outside this morning and shot some pictures of the grass before the blades of the mower whipped them away...

i heart roses

from my garden - 'i heart roses' color storyboard

beyond layers week 26 - color storyboard

ok, i cheated a little bit... i started off doing a color storyboard - honest, but than got this
idea to place several different mug shots of max instead.  i have so many pictures of him
with different expression it was hard to narrow it down to just six.  the background shot
was sooc... glad now that i didn't toast it.

texture tuesday

on hot summer days ali's favorite fun is diving into the water after a ball (or rock or whatever)
i managed to get off a few shots by getting my camera focused on the spot i thought i could
throw the ball to.  not sure who was goofier looking - me or ali
anyway... here's a fun 'no' texture tuesday collage

beyond layers week 25 - polaroid love

having fun playing with old polaroid frames...

and here's a  before  and  after

texture tuesday

'textured flower photo' is the theme this week over at kim klassen cafe
i used kk_stamped_softly.  the font is called luna bar

beyond layers week 24 - mug love

this week we're pulling out our mugs to shot ...
here's two that were both gifts from friends and i love em both

texture tuesday

using kim klassen's texture 'kk_peony to create 'soul mates'

beyond layers week 23 - a fun processing challenge

this week kim offered us one of her photos to process any way we want.
i didn't use any textures only brushes and gradient map adjustments.
i finished off running it through radlabs.

beyond layers week 21 - a little of this and that

we were presented a few new techniques to try at beyond layers this week...
using gradient adjustments for a soft dreamy effect and adding a border also using
the gradient adjustments.
here's a few takes on the techniques shooting more peonies from my garden...

texture tuesday - the quote edition

my first harvest of peonies from my garden made for a great photo for this week's submission.
i used kim klassen's 'dear dreamer' and dear dreamer2' textures... as well as playing with gradients

beyond layers week 20 - focus

beyond layers week 20 - intentions

for lack of imagination ...

beyond layers week 20 - change

beyond layers week 20 - peace

beyond layers week 20 - week of inspired quotes - life

this week over at beyond layers we're doing a week of quotes.
today's word prompt is "life"

storm walk

there was a lull in the storm the other day so i decided to take the dogs to the park.
with the lighter skies behind me and the storm clouds in front, it made for some really
cool contrasty (sooc) shots...

 

beyond layers week 19 - fun with type

dog tales

texture tuesday

using kk_epiphany

beyond layers week 18 - pattern plan

used two different patterns (both altered through radlabs) from Sublet Patterns

texture tuesday

using kim's texture 'chase'

beyond layers week 17 - fab recipe

wow! am i behind... too much outdoor spring enjoyment going on.
i was cleaning up another flower bed this afternoon and before i pull
this dandelion i grabbed my camera and took a few shots.
i used kim's fab recipe with a few tweaks here and there and ended up
with golden kisses...

after the rain

beyond layers week fifteen - animated gif

one of this week's challenges over at beyond layers was to create an animated gif.
this is so cool and easy.  i took several shots of ali and max as they came running
toward me.  back home brought the images one psd file and here's my first animated gif...