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Jerry at Shadowhouse Creations (AKA, Ghostbones) has been posting the most wonderful weed images using his free textures. He has also posted an in-depth tut on how he made his "Thistle" image. Certainly a must read!! Well, it is that time of year again. The yearly dandelion hunt. I drove around a few days ago and there were none to be found close to home. Kristen was kind enough to bring me home two she found today at school. We tried taking shots while she was blowing. Between her blowing too hard and my shutter speed not being fast enough... most were bombs. But here is one before we started. I was using my 200mm zoomed all the way out to get the most blur out of my background and the smallest aperture number the lens had to offer for the smallest depth of field. And I searched for the perfect green background so the white would have contrast. I also focused on the weed and held down my focus lock button so the focus wouldn't change while I shot on continuous. Always g

I know... you are thinking I must have been abducted by aliens. I promise to start doing a better job of keeping up my blog. Please forgive me? I wanted to share the kids Save the Date card I designed. It has hit everyone in the family and Kristen said it was fine for me to share. =) I started with a blank document in a 5x7 format. Combined some of my textures from Jerry and created the background. Browsed the web for inspiration and came up with this. The Polaroid frame is the one that is for sale in my frame set at "The Shop" . The tape is mine also. I came up with most of the design on my own. I knew we had a dark brown card so when we went out to take engagement photos, I processed the image to go with the theme of the card. I fell in love with the picture the minute I saw it. It is the oozing love image. So here you go... FRONT BACK I know that sending out Save the Dates is a rather new concept. Some of the older folks really don't have a clue as to what they are. (

Yes, it is that time of year again. Time really does go by too fast. So to celebrate I have posted a birthday freebie at "The Shop" . And because I have to have an image to go with every post, Down here in Louisiana, I give you spring... On my walk yesterday. My neighbors Japanese Magnolia blooming. I ran the Orton Effect and added a tan colored texture, changing the blend mode to soft light. pretty huh? =) Happy Weekend! ~kimi~