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Click on the image for a bigger view. My camera is still in the shop so my buddy Joe has loaned me his D200 to play with for a while. I am having a blast!! :) Truthfully, it puts my D80 to shame. All I can think about is now must be time to move up to a big girl camera. I am finding the images are sharper and more on point. I signed up for a photo editing class at JessicaSpraque.com. This picture of Holly is from Lesson#2. It is a self paced class and I am really enjoying the video lessons. The cost is only $45. Even if you do not have a DSLR and you are working with a point and shoot. If you would like to learn how to make your images pop in either Elements or Photoshop. Go and check out the class. So what do you think of this image of Holly, it was taken with the D200. She is a Senior this year and we have been taking all kind of images trying to find just the right ones. Don't forget to work kimi's Kreative homework . This week came with a super cool brush link. Have a happ...

Click on the image for a bigger view. I participated in a Scrap Challenge yesterday and used my homework image. So I thought I would give it a show. If you have nothing to do today... keep an eye out on the Pioneer Woman's blog . She is running contest all day long. :) (just gotta love that gurl) And a link to some romantic grunge. I mean really, what could be better than romantic grunge. You can download brush or png format. B ittbox.com Luv you all.. ~kimi~

Click image for a bigger view. I know you have seen images of my little buddy Grace. This is her family. I used this image for kimi's Kreative homework # 49 I am working on adding a old fashion tint to some of my images. Take a look at the homework instructions. It is really quite easy, I hope to see your image posted in the homework thread. On a happy note: Our Darla is home and getting stronger every day. Thanks so much for all of the good wishes!! :) Happy Tuesday... ~kimi~

ok, lets start with the Warning.... Keep all chocolate away from your dogs!! It can kill them. This is our doggie, Darla. She got into some chocolate last Monday. She is only 3 pounds and was rushed to the vet within the 2 hour safe range that is stated on the internet. The vet gave her something to throw up. My daughter picked her up that afternoon. By 10:30 that night we were at the emergency clinic with a dog that was near death. Severely dehydrated, with a temp of only 94, when a dogs temp should be around 100. She spent 3 days at the vet and 2 nights at the emergency clinic on an IV drip. No one thought she was going to make it. She couldn't stand or move her head. She was limp and barely breathing. She came home yesterday. Weak and full of awful red spots where she was too dehydrated for them to get and IV in. I can't even count how many times she was poked before they finally got a vein. This morning she is skin and bones but wagging her tail and looking for food. She e...

Click on the image for a bigger view. Click on the image for a bigger view. We are so blessed with such talent on our little forum. This week we are working a tutorial that Christell shared with the forum. The top image in this post is one of hers. First, I had never used the clone tool this way and second, it is so cool because you don't add the effect until the cloning is complete. This gives an awesome image. So do take a moment to give it a try and share your work with us. :) kimi's Kreative homework #47 While you are there... click on "new post" and check out some of the other threads. Hope to see your work there soon. ~kimi~

Just a reminder for all of those who promised they would learn more in the upcoming year. kimi's Kreative homework #45 was posted Tuesday. It is all about using your hue/saturation slider to alter your images. Are your skin tones too red? Want to learn to give a quick selective color boost to an image? Then go and take a look!! Click on the image for a bigger view. I was scraplifting a page out of the "Digital Scrapbooking" magazine that I get. It is on page 15 by Renee Pearson. If you get at chance do run out to the book store and pick it up. Full of wonderful things to look at and read. I was thinking I could incorporate this look into an offer for my Seniors. What do you think? If you were a Senior would you think this was cool enough to pass out to family? I'm going to give one with Holly a try. Kristie.. if you are reading this, I already have a copy printed for you. ;) awwww, she loved it!! Now everyone off to work your homework... Happy Friday!! ~kimi~

I had my flash on with a diffuser. I placed the camera on manual and put my shutter speed on 1/15 with an f stop of 5. The flash still went off at 1/60 but the drag left the shutter open long enough to expose the background. Most were ok, some were blurry. (I'm sure it was the photographer) You really need to look at the bigger version to see the differences. I grabbed Holly to give it a try. She had no make-up on and I promised no one would see them. Poor Holly, she falls for it every time. SOOC Click on the image for a bigger view. After Processing Click on the image for a bigger view. I posted this before but the eyelash brush can be found here. Obsidian Dawn And as a side note... if you scroll way down, I have a post about creating a brush folder outside of your software. You can add folders and keep everything organized. :) {{hugs}} ~kimi~