tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78913775176981019392024-03-05T01:50:29.537-05:00Blissfully BeckyThe online ramblings of a teenage photographer.Becky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-8467760745072622222012-09-22T11:09:00.000-04:002012-09-22T11:09:42.766-04:00"Summer Days are Gone Too Soon.."So, it's September again.. well, the end of September at this point. I've been going insane between working, school work, and PFA I haven't had much time for photographic anything.<br />
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With the exception of today.<br />
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I know, Pinterest is such a fad and everybody gets their ideas from there, but I saw a picture that inspired me to do some eye layering edits. So I'm going include some of those, along with some of the other things I've been working on, insignificant as they may be.<br />
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This was my first attempt at eye layering, and I liked the result, but I felt like it was kind of.. evil looking. Just one red flower in the eye, I don't know. <br />
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So, I tried again, including the bouquet in the pupil, and I'm a lot happier with it. I really like it. (: PS: My boyfriend gave me those flowers, and I took the picture of my eye myself. Score!</div>
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A couple weeks ago we went to the beach. It was cold and it rained. We had fun anyway. (:<br />
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~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-81616082583064276182012-07-17T12:19:00.000-04:002012-07-17T12:19:11.844-04:00♥ Just Because Shoots ♥<br />
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Yesterday evening my friend [future sis-in-law, might as well be sister] and I met up with one of our most favorite couples at a local county park to do a just because photoshoot. And man, did they turn out gorgeous!<br />
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They've been dating for 2 years, and are absolutely adorable together. They were a blast to do a shoot with, and I'm sure there will be more shoots to come with them.<br />
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We met right around 5:30 and the sun was just beautiful. It was like a photographers dream.<br />
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~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-41366538698963576502012-07-12T16:11:00.000-04:002012-07-12T16:11:11.308-04:00Sunshine and SummertimeI was bored this afternoon and hadn't done a model shoot in a while, so my sister and I went to work. (:<br />
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I shot these all completely manually and in RAW.<br />
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I'm a firm believer that RAW files are the only way to shoot. (: <br />
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~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-62655399609379922402012-06-14T23:13:00.000-04:002012-06-14T23:16:11.835-04:00Summer Lovin'I am officially on a long awaited summer break! This summer holds promises of being one of the best summers yet. Or atleast I hope so. (: Even if it's not the best, it'll be pretty great. This summer is going to fly by, which is quite alright with me because then I'll be entering my SENIOR YEAR of high school!<br />
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I realized a few days ago that I haven't blogged or gone on a semi-formal shoot in months, so today I set out to take some pictures of daisies in some of our flowerbeds, but it quickly turned into something more than that.<br />
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Oh, and on a side note. The difference between shooting a picture in RAW and JPEG is incredible. I personally shoot in both simultaneously, but the quality of the RAW images are so much better! The image is sharp and clear, and the colors are so much truer. <br />
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I found a little bitty grasshopper, also known as a nymph (thank you Mrs. H's 4th grade science. I still remember that! ..and a lot of other stuff about flowers and bugs and birds and whatnot that has proven to be very useful.)!<br />
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I love bugs. Grasshoppers and lighting bugs in particular. <br />
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Then I started wandering around my yard and over to the gardens. Corn is one of my favorite things to watch grow, but it's hard to take cool pictures of little corn.<br />
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So I decided to take pictures of the growing onions. It's not very exciting, but I thought it was still kind of neat. <br />
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I think I like them because they're so colorful. There's the brown and purple and different shades of green.<br />
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I don't know, I like looking at them.<br />
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~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-28049098470095900552012-04-13T20:29:00.009-04:002012-04-13T21:03:52.242-04:00Phlox and Foals<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbge0Waqjgkkqb5l38ryWDEQ719sKlD63eqswP0KsNuyWY_g6AcTnfmJeqqmHH_ytzcxMPKmQKxC0WnzlPVk777gIv71ZeXzrrs-GiejYpwHyMTPl8kvgcVaPr9CNKJoK9b1lUuz3n_3f/s1600/phlox+6.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbge0Waqjgkkqb5l38ryWDEQ719sKlD63eqswP0KsNuyWY_g6AcTnfmJeqqmHH_ytzcxMPKmQKxC0WnzlPVk777gIv71ZeXzrrs-GiejYpwHyMTPl8kvgcVaPr9CNKJoK9b1lUuz3n_3f/s320/phlox+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731054036003665026" border="0" /></a><br />I love spring. Flowers are blooming and babies are being born. (:<br /><br />Today I cut some branches back to give my phlox more sun, then I ventured over to the farm where my boyfriend works to check out their foals.<br /><br />They're cute little buggers. (:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIg51qhf3DZi-wncvdJUPxNWu3Y71BbNCuWyugOrDGjzZ1NFEJvEuHqE0IDi209QSpWPILnh5tY_TPQ244wP4Jz7sOiC6mfAEDmHrxeB5Yrji__-Xh-OpgXSqP9_HO0vF-TSSgldKC942u/s1600/foal+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIg51qhf3DZi-wncvdJUPxNWu3Y71BbNCuWyugOrDGjzZ1NFEJvEuHqE0IDi209QSpWPILnh5tY_TPQ244wP4Jz7sOiC6mfAEDmHrxeB5Yrji__-Xh-OpgXSqP9_HO0vF-TSSgldKC942u/s320/foal+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731052601425902210" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUHbokNpcz7xIUFiT7t_aUmIUBf1EEjn752ViY3ujnJj3T_kc0o82Wo0IHxuEWXQT8kxJKnufTQmLm4zI2lHG735Zl2dCUBEDNm3uHj7xlb2dTtH0CZkIIMlTy2Sb7ZI6BpWsZSWuXzRT/s1600/foal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUHbokNpcz7xIUFiT7t_aUmIUBf1EEjn752ViY3ujnJj3T_kc0o82Wo0IHxuEWXQT8kxJKnufTQmLm4zI2lHG735Zl2dCUBEDNm3uHj7xlb2dTtH0CZkIIMlTy2Sb7ZI6BpWsZSWuXzRT/s320/foal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731055392543293586" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mbdrd65wbJemOFKdA8DwpyDTq62GG24Kq-v9kjqs-DJBqL5Mh2Sz9Y16TzMTwJUh7SHBSbsYJQe2GS5mL8BryRfjX40hJJDf0qnorKOGdJs9EVU9kkDOT3FD-9f16HVb8j2zrfozXB-A/s1600/phlox+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mbdrd65wbJemOFKdA8DwpyDTq62GG24Kq-v9kjqs-DJBqL5Mh2Sz9Y16TzMTwJUh7SHBSbsYJQe2GS5mL8BryRfjX40hJJDf0qnorKOGdJs9EVU9kkDOT3FD-9f16HVb8j2zrfozXB-A/s320/phlox+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731054656979690738" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSmLK_y52sq07_cXBqnwJM-Z8X_rb2kty7vFrj47H1hEZTSve5w8Ii-sEECDEs-BXkxfUbJmC6ZsF0zLlktC-UM4QEn36SwEVfGqJX3nYyfMYDSkkFyinKvg_mfLw-HSstrveWjpZCzWVx/s1600/phlox+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSmLK_y52sq07_cXBqnwJM-Z8X_rb2kty7vFrj47H1hEZTSve5w8Ii-sEECDEs-BXkxfUbJmC6ZsF0zLlktC-UM4QEn36SwEVfGqJX3nYyfMYDSkkFyinKvg_mfLw-HSstrveWjpZCzWVx/s320/phlox+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731053027515109346" border="0" /></a>~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-38104859608170081702012-04-09T18:39:00.013-04:002012-04-09T19:01:12.582-04:00Building Photography<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWPq1mM29UewUZsxnr4eYoAEzF6lq7YkC5WxXpfu8fsPDcWNy6BFh5nDX-iJZiN5fMLdKdGDZVLh5mJ5blSLOLg-LMLgm3jv0igu58NWLIRXLQFqA9qgyrY4PYB3s37BYlwED9SyzTN8G/s1600/_DSC0036.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWPq1mM29UewUZsxnr4eYoAEzF6lq7YkC5WxXpfu8fsPDcWNy6BFh5nDX-iJZiN5fMLdKdGDZVLh5mJ5blSLOLg-LMLgm3jv0igu58NWLIRXLQFqA9qgyrY4PYB3s37BYlwED9SyzTN8G/s320/_DSC0036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729536264371675026" border="0" /></a><br />My dad owns a construction company and recently built some additions for a homeowner. He asked if I would take some pictures of the final product for his company's portfolio.<br /><br />Today was an absolutely gorgeous day and perfect for taking pictures, so I took all the photos of the additions and the property itself.<br /><br />I don't normally like to take pictures at high-noon, but for taking pictures of buildings with trees, landscaping, and other buildings around them, it was perfect. The sun didn't cast any problem shadows that I would have been frustrated with if I had shot earlier or later in the day.<br /><br />These are all SOOC. I might add some contrast to them and boost the blacks, but I like the colors for the most part.<br /><br />Back view of the house and addition.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVvdvTYbW-YAp7wIOMTITEDM0Jco-tqWyCUfZnXsYGqMWr8vrhQ-lpnBv5Tvz-fS3Jat1mcpd1rvOkgGSY9u4c4chZm-3Xuhm5wxVK-5R_UaLIctqa4HTUDeb-jjHxGMqdeNBALgB4_SS/s1600/_DSC0099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVvdvTYbW-YAp7wIOMTITEDM0Jco-tqWyCUfZnXsYGqMWr8vrhQ-lpnBv5Tvz-fS3Jat1mcpd1rvOkgGSY9u4c4chZm-3Xuhm5wxVK-5R_UaLIctqa4HTUDeb-jjHxGMqdeNBALgB4_SS/s320/_DSC0099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729536533389991586" border="0" /></a>Side view of addition.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJUKcCBEJVL4Udv8oFvQqHJOer2NDfJXEwQfL_YynJO8tOYP-scbpsLzVS_m7lF680BFQppUyl99jVXK1aFC5EWWfrMuqRzwT5EYtGNhwKANEFVOmfRSrgtxiBA6fWa3TjeqXFEm-37sf/s1600/_DSC0050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJUKcCBEJVL4Udv8oFvQqHJOer2NDfJXEwQfL_YynJO8tOYP-scbpsLzVS_m7lF680BFQppUyl99jVXK1aFC5EWWfrMuqRzwT5EYtGNhwKANEFVOmfRSrgtxiBA6fWa3TjeqXFEm-37sf/s320/_DSC0050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729537871186329682" border="0" /></a>The addition.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX7GUHl1gy_uHbSd4gN5vy0ziObi6lztGrPVYJbvWfhDpXJr78laP3JMux1LBkqKwPeQcFZ42fHTaijF4_M53RNfDWtLTd6m1zGx5fisO44uMCQIXT5oIZFo0kRHykHLhlXg9L1nT6OXc/s1600/_DSC0039.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX7GUHl1gy_uHbSd4gN5vy0ziObi6lztGrPVYJbvWfhDpXJr78laP3JMux1LBkqKwPeQcFZ42fHTaijF4_M53RNfDWtLTd6m1zGx5fisO44uMCQIXT5oIZFo0kRHykHLhlXg9L1nT6OXc/s320/_DSC0039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729538209244013026" border="0" /></a><br />Front view of the barn addition.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoRc3EdBx2w8RYhtgvXMUc0cuBla2t-dJdals-VnScBsL1Wu0WFfz8aWiyvnxUSqKzrfuPP1QHXv8t6pGc009v56ZLDZzYFrr18cwrc8pKs91ykqKfdFgegGE0o8H-QPqL1PYuJhHi4iO/s1600/_DSC0060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoRc3EdBx2w8RYhtgvXMUc0cuBla2t-dJdals-VnScBsL1Wu0WFfz8aWiyvnxUSqKzrfuPP1QHXv8t6pGc009v56ZLDZzYFrr18cwrc8pKs91ykqKfdFgegGE0o8H-QPqL1PYuJhHi4iO/s320/_DSC0060.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729537401304592114" border="0" /></a>Back view of the barn addition.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Rar-DkvACnYykJPFLDficmY3KTabDHygJIYLKgcwETpHFqqI4NnCPh1Vb0dUCnmR3EOxidwD36tJnZg1vtaHQUTH7AobWEdbyvSPYGCYAvdThFmC7CF0JMowDnb_n7LUvZ6PlXSSc9nE/s1600/_DSC0067.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Rar-DkvACnYykJPFLDficmY3KTabDHygJIYLKgcwETpHFqqI4NnCPh1Vb0dUCnmR3EOxidwD36tJnZg1vtaHQUTH7AobWEdbyvSPYGCYAvdThFmC7CF0JMowDnb_n7LUvZ6PlXSSc9nE/s320/_DSC0067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729537006249983202" border="0" /></a>This is just because the artist photographer in me just couldn't resist that color.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC07EuMGVcQNOnemoEng_TmZW0VC4SGCn45kQJ3YOSl10g9-wRt7yL3BAeDdrD0dlQhpwXReDWhleh-rPJC_a7M2BS0Vm1Jq96FF6v4isefhBvOOF0UH-zKnelJ9A2EQB8sHKKltw6LS0/s1600/_DSC0045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLC07EuMGVcQNOnemoEng_TmZW0VC4SGCn45kQJ3YOSl10g9-wRt7yL3BAeDdrD0dlQhpwXReDWhleh-rPJC_a7M2BS0Vm1Jq96FF6v4isefhBvOOF0UH-zKnelJ9A2EQB8sHKKltw6LS0/s320/_DSC0045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729539697932382162" border="0" /></a><br />I just can't get over how gorgeous today was! The weather was perfect, the sky was so blue, and the grass was so vibrant!<br /><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-32969527401053193482012-04-03T23:17:00.004-04:002012-04-03T23:26:31.206-04:00Romans 12:12<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0mNqLm5AiVJ4CkxJTIaTqPBnfI4hTj_mL8zHMdHrgpAMkPp-daxhM7ZNCBSXy9gqug7LFOuZdTX9Xq_yyqjVSskgjTbG76f8Xz_lmNqpzsEBfjEJh841yIZ9FJLCp-lR0tNO49Po7nhS/s1600/Romans12_12.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0mNqLm5AiVJ4CkxJTIaTqPBnfI4hTj_mL8zHMdHrgpAMkPp-daxhM7ZNCBSXy9gqug7LFOuZdTX9Xq_yyqjVSskgjTbG76f8Xz_lmNqpzsEBfjEJh841yIZ9FJLCp-lR0tNO49Po7nhS/s320/Romans12_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727379856286483042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is my favorite verse and I am constantly coming back to it. It's such a great reminder as to how we're supposed to respond to situations. It always helps me to take a step and think clearly about whatever is going on.<br /><br />I designed this in my graphic design class for a quote design project, and it ended up getting hung in our Winter art show.<br /><br />I hope other people saw it and took a step back and thought about the words.<br /><br />I don't know if you would consider this a promise from God or not, but I always kind of feel like it is. I feel like it's a promise that if we are praising God through the good times, working with Him in the bad, and praying about everything, He'll take care of us.<br /><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-82947142326520104392012-03-23T21:44:00.010-04:002012-03-23T22:41:13.716-04:00Environmental Portraits Round 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NEmqBFcrs7Mf9-lloCaU4_Pg4Z2vlGsVQU5kClCClK77q7tbB4-IFd9VUdfFoFzQj5WDWqkw6m9HmhPdrPySBLoaJkt2JzqgymdOVJppL5Cv20wnzU8qXoyBkBju9CtY_YpBi5vFzvaU/s1600/Tractor.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NEmqBFcrs7Mf9-lloCaU4_Pg4Z2vlGsVQU5kClCClK77q7tbB4-IFd9VUdfFoFzQj5WDWqkw6m9HmhPdrPySBLoaJkt2JzqgymdOVJppL5Cv20wnzU8qXoyBkBju9CtY_YpBi5vFzvaU/s320/Tractor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723286533677080226" border="0" /></a><br />So, here are some more of my environmental portraits that I've been shooting for this assignment. I didn't get do all the things I would have liked to for the assignment, but I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out.<br /><br />There are so many things around me that I never really see until I look through my viewfinder.<br /><br />What always attracts my eye is the color, once I look through my viewfinder I see the composition, or get an idea for the composition. I love the photography process.<br /><br />Sorry if blogger is doing dumb things with my pictures. It messes with quality sometimes.<br /><br />I'm in love with the pop of blue from his shirt in the monotonous yellows and browns.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVxHCo4mvHj2QLc9JsORPUnQIyY7UT6r-CSrjL0YWx7ZJgwBzqfM4NZcABJMmQIhY6JLSD_eYphgENdawrNTdNqgqtS_2s-GHMWRU2pCwMY9Vw6Xdu6zHNRJApjxO1Emi4MYyptGMRKch/s1600/Nathon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVxHCo4mvHj2QLc9JsORPUnQIyY7UT6r-CSrjL0YWx7ZJgwBzqfM4NZcABJMmQIhY6JLSD_eYphgENdawrNTdNqgqtS_2s-GHMWRU2pCwMY9Vw6Xdu6zHNRJApjxO1Emi4MYyptGMRKch/s320/Nathon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723282717407695730" border="0" /></a>Lines. Horizontal, parallel lines. All different colors. That's all I can see in this.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYd3F4Q95B-ui4cEiXVOCQn_TapjUmSJwJgHSGaZ5m-w9oIQcJZoi8Qz9m-9PsGfsEmyT_R_W1oU1_IchVKZPFv9DwVfagZo4V8iDQ1UAPQxHqkVErBGYovlv1dXihGiSMYlVqIYp_tLX5/s1600/Baseball.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYd3F4Q95B-ui4cEiXVOCQn_TapjUmSJwJgHSGaZ5m-w9oIQcJZoi8Qz9m-9PsGfsEmyT_R_W1oU1_IchVKZPFv9DwVfagZo4V8iDQ1UAPQxHqkVErBGYovlv1dXihGiSMYlVqIYp_tLX5/s320/Baseball.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723282832680559138" border="0" /></a>This was an attempt at a self-portrait environmental portrait. I'm pretty psyched with the way it came out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuRzi61aNRbBeRrqhlu8PhAYW1XzixGXNcKc5KI1B3o6RRJp-OfKDbKeJPEhlU2lQyvFHAW_Pk5PtFFjo9dsHa3e-WIZP6xyLeMuSg4NYCMbxn4cNlbuNowfU8vJmYcHlJH0Mf4gjk3I4/s1600/pond+self+portrait.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuRzi61aNRbBeRrqhlu8PhAYW1XzixGXNcKc5KI1B3o6RRJp-OfKDbKeJPEhlU2lQyvFHAW_Pk5PtFFjo9dsHa3e-WIZP6xyLeMuSg4NYCMbxn4cNlbuNowfU8vJmYcHlJH0Mf4gjk3I4/s320/pond+self+portrait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723283067716388130" border="0" /></a>~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-26653049596738144532012-03-13T21:40:00.010-04:002012-03-13T22:16:32.946-04:00My DIY Camera Straps!This past week I was inspired to make my own camera straps.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5b5PI_PfM-jPyxjHemve2TWI-ZANQJ8-FvRSztMh_7exT9VyplzRKNRbw-cPV4vKdTmbZU1vVPAJ53tEiJlMltAZ6HXhxAF2xX2jJPWX_mMGlB_jD_C9wAVULw477NqwKSs8LIlCM2_dX/s1600/_DSC0039.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5b5PI_PfM-jPyxjHemve2TWI-ZANQJ8-FvRSztMh_7exT9VyplzRKNRbw-cPV4vKdTmbZU1vVPAJ53tEiJlMltAZ6HXhxAF2xX2jJPWX_mMGlB_jD_C9wAVULw477NqwKSs8LIlCM2_dX/s320/_DSC0039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719564502800467970" border="0" /></a> I was sick of the black and yellow straps that declared "NIKON USER!" Not that I'm ashamed of my Nikons, I actually love them. A lot. I just wanted something a little more.. me. So after searching relentlessly for a DIY on the internet to make one, and not being happy with any of them, I decided to just wing it and make my own.<br /><br />Sorry there aren't very many pictures during the actual process of making it. I was consumed in my work.<br /><br />Don't worry, though, it's super simple. Especially if you cheat like I did and start with a pretty scarf.<br /><br />I'll apologize right now for my lousy point-and-shoot pictures of the final product. I wanted a picture of both straps on the cameras, but it's hard to take a photo that you can upload to a blog with a 35mm.<br /><br />So anyway, here's how I did it..<br /><br />Today I ventured to my local thrift store in search of fabric remnants to make my neck straps, but ended up falling in love with some super cute scarves that were just what I was looking for. I purchased the striped one on the 35mm for $0.98, and the yellow and green one on the DSLR for $1.75.<br />Best 3 bucks I ever spent.<br /><br />I started out by folding my scarf in half, with the patterned side of the scarf on the INSIDE of the fold. You want the ugly side facing out. Then I pinned along that edge.<br /><br />With this scarf it didn't matter which way I folded the fabric, both sides were the same. However, on my second strap, it did matter. The pattern was on one side but not the other.<br /><br />The picture is supposed to be flipped the other way, but for some odd reason, Blogger keeps rotating it the wrong way. Sorry for the neck ache.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8OEBoCsY6X7KXMgpW-unG6_sK_K_2gUTAMPICtrJGcv93ipf0enkUO4dsqGCER1zExHaqkF0_PP307xiRHyqVgtzYVs364t4a7Hxq46MWlYjJtsZtcm19wGtpGsMXcllQztq6U5OP-5w/s1600/_DSC0015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8OEBoCsY6X7KXMgpW-unG6_sK_K_2gUTAMPICtrJGcv93ipf0enkUO4dsqGCER1zExHaqkF0_PP307xiRHyqVgtzYVs364t4a7Hxq46MWlYjJtsZtcm19wGtpGsMXcllQztq6U5OP-5w/s320/_DSC0015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719566500465373762" border="0" /></a><br />After that I sewed along the edge, but then realized it wasn't as thin as I wanted, so I sewed a parallel line to the first one along the middle of the scarf.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsGBemRX4ca61JJSDtvTCVFrtq_N7RF9NIbxvVswMjjcwrGa1NHIDUNHFTfjmOTK3gjMXgzumqiTbjvH1UuAtubL4rEqql8oq9Xk27q0xHkbelGhiIQC44HLht-cKMcqf3CAVp8ZO3Ukk/s1600/_DSC0016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsGBemRX4ca61JJSDtvTCVFrtq_N7RF9NIbxvVswMjjcwrGa1NHIDUNHFTfjmOTK3gjMXgzumqiTbjvH1UuAtubL4rEqql8oq9Xk27q0xHkbelGhiIQC44HLht-cKMcqf3CAVp8ZO3Ukk/s320/_DSC0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719566993023514450" border="0" /></a>After I had it the width I wanted, I flipped it right side out. Now you'll have a nice, not as visible, seam on the back of your strap.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMbsdLRqFZQnLXj2JnWfF4F4lrcGuW4LFj09jwMuB9FYcsjURrKTfPPBIj6sTbyZfu3CntEZg40O4uBvZ3ipr65JpyYtlN3RFq2qaxqtG-vgqvTmFJWloFYXw8mJ9ueAqOENobVg_A7P2/s1600/_DSC0017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMbsdLRqFZQnLXj2JnWfF4F4lrcGuW4LFj09jwMuB9FYcsjURrKTfPPBIj6sTbyZfu3CntEZg40O4uBvZ3ipr65JpyYtlN3RFq2qaxqtG-vgqvTmFJWloFYXw8mJ9ueAqOENobVg_A7P2/s320/_DSC0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719567980288368354" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When that was done, I just tied it onto my camera! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFhSWSEzjqE3WBHK7oRySgc6PNw9PTnje42Yfki-0dZp6GG2tobdKjRT7Z2lgiykCKfkWvMcsBsgIyXn1mepBtWDvKes8ad3NTp-YC0qBgsowuDCU5f5ukWGxJR6aOYTgvvm01j8zy5Va/s1600/_DSC0019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFhSWSEzjqE3WBHK7oRySgc6PNw9PTnje42Yfki-0dZp6GG2tobdKjRT7Z2lgiykCKfkWvMcsBsgIyXn1mepBtWDvKes8ad3NTp-YC0qBgsowuDCU5f5ukWGxJR6aOYTgvvm01j8zy5Va/s320/_DSC0019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719568385165423074" border="0" /></a>I'm really happy with the way it turned out! Just what my cameras needed.<br /><br />Here's a picture of the other one I made for my DSLR. Had to go about making this one a bit differently, but it wasn't a big deal. Instead of just one strap I had to cut my bandana in half and then into two strips. After that I did the same thing as before and just sewed the two sides together.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAH6vUyAqEYTQ8KokqE_QhRB2onf1_WrZTPofF131TYwkvGyl4C6exLmXpCARfoukQgFdZl0G-FsngNxZzCZjEWNw-x8GBb1lCTMaTA3Sk1csrqLGDFEDkRTQ4qEtFLw3FTZScs4_69bD/s1600/100_0265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAH6vUyAqEYTQ8KokqE_QhRB2onf1_WrZTPofF131TYwkvGyl4C6exLmXpCARfoukQgFdZl0G-FsngNxZzCZjEWNw-x8GBb1lCTMaTA3Sk1csrqLGDFEDkRTQ4qEtFLw3FTZScs4_69bD/s320/100_0265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719568735518261330" border="0" /></a>And here is one more lousy picture of them around my neck.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVJRLf9uWGnbBqT3Mz3z5ZM95iWx9dRpYOHI1p1O9Y1h-LEq9RN0a_cSyoe4G8eNAjjOIo9cH1zwWMumNDymvD0eVcDQXOlzHo6XUdhYzXEbj68OXCKkFJP1ML0HWwGHgM4Mp2VxSEjfb/s1600/100_0268.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVJRLf9uWGnbBqT3Mz3z5ZM95iWx9dRpYOHI1p1O9Y1h-LEq9RN0a_cSyoe4G8eNAjjOIo9cH1zwWMumNDymvD0eVcDQXOlzHo6XUdhYzXEbj68OXCKkFJP1ML0HWwGHgM4Mp2VxSEjfb/s320/100_0268.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719570548973505666" border="0" /></a>~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-42584220660636178672012-03-10T16:06:00.011-05:002012-03-23T22:39:28.728-04:00Environmental Portraits/ Photo Journalism<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhDxZAFNiIHG6EGSiK6kUsSoZWYDvD744ttfSP0ogZAt47UvxgwUXOYlmVwiOfKmT-61mYCKtTmGaLugIwb3KxrpbG6yBg1I9wGruIG7ouJGRTciL2i915jyI6N7bIMsQSt9hJ721NezT/s1600/Bill+2_BW.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhDxZAFNiIHG6EGSiK6kUsSoZWYDvD744ttfSP0ogZAt47UvxgwUXOYlmVwiOfKmT-61mYCKtTmGaLugIwb3KxrpbG6yBg1I9wGruIG7ouJGRTciL2i915jyI6N7bIMsQSt9hJ721NezT/s320/Bill+2_BW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718378186672465410" border="0" /></a><br />For my latest photo assignment, we have to shoot environmental portraits/street photography/photo journalism. So here's what I've been up to. (: I need to do some more shooting, but this is what I have so far.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxNfuPnWRPuu5X4PjMZfb7Zn7qvNFIGf3tY-Y5T4ophZ71MV5XJtTNEHBqYHcfdkGrRR-eW66zrQaQHtqgZHTTZLgnT9wiXjc_Ac8r3COtkudZcQtDHey-nHP9T2jVmAqobS2M2p4yjV6/s1600/Bill+1_Color.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxNfuPnWRPuu5X4PjMZfb7Zn7qvNFIGf3tY-Y5T4ophZ71MV5XJtTNEHBqYHcfdkGrRR-eW66zrQaQHtqgZHTTZLgnT9wiXjc_Ac8r3COtkudZcQtDHey-nHP9T2jVmAqobS2M2p4yjV6/s320/Bill+1_Color.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718378298302322514" border="0" /></a><br />This is the series I shot for the photo journalism. This will be accompanied by an article about "Ross the Mountain Man".<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm132NS-7-QBNFvs-5aVR-NECUaHi-9jj_iqzKnH-Hd9hQE4tsaAlKzIFpgoFOc_eWtDwJwIxtOOzhyphenhyphensDo6V9suEjA8SxexzompUVBrN_Jd-qvxjfghGr5uiYqylr8h72er9WnJgryX0YK/s1600/graves.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm132NS-7-QBNFvs-5aVR-NECUaHi-9jj_iqzKnH-Hd9hQE4tsaAlKzIFpgoFOc_eWtDwJwIxtOOzhyphenhyphensDo6V9suEjA8SxexzompUVBrN_Jd-qvxjfghGr5uiYqylr8h72er9WnJgryX0YK/s320/graves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718378455125793778" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLg8oaMxWwjA_16QozI69dDjQyrK7R2Mgn-1fR_nZUmxn2Pl6Gy5bDDfjFwTjkHJJDzp0urOgzRuG9U9wIVq9JnaJmtCzf4kp0U5z7A-Ynq-WJyAxIZIoCFe1CMWl5CCeE4uBdGPUm-AQ/s1600/trailer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLg8oaMxWwjA_16QozI69dDjQyrK7R2Mgn-1fR_nZUmxn2Pl6Gy5bDDfjFwTjkHJJDzp0urOgzRuG9U9wIVq9JnaJmtCzf4kp0U5z7A-Ynq-WJyAxIZIoCFe1CMWl5CCeE4uBdGPUm-AQ/s320/trailer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718378641177476706" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4859H3_WV_lTbGskxYH9MAJ-lEPzYmWOUpAxJCTr1CXm7pAtePWMIiXKX2HKxGwHfpGA1wZnkIt0ourQlz37ONVRPyes2ybuKeZqkYc9KTdGQnhIExSyX13uzEWWogOkP3w_11Z822AGU/s1600/Shack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4859H3_WV_lTbGskxYH9MAJ-lEPzYmWOUpAxJCTr1CXm7pAtePWMIiXKX2HKxGwHfpGA1wZnkIt0ourQlz37ONVRPyes2ybuKeZqkYc9KTdGQnhIExSyX13uzEWWogOkP3w_11Z822AGU/s320/Shack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718379161320903714" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6oxcyQnyoElCTh4fcAy9A5qCGzvukyjAef48z0QTl0VO5NAVKKhVifZXMki4XiChCIVp5M4-ZEFCjTBUesS2P1VQqXhuERY2dwq3WZSeo-FxTN9jP6_Azq8ojzOEE-SoGsFG2EClXp2z/s1600/House.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6oxcyQnyoElCTh4fcAy9A5qCGzvukyjAef48z0QTl0VO5NAVKKhVifZXMki4XiChCIVp5M4-ZEFCjTBUesS2P1VQqXhuERY2dwq3WZSeo-FxTN9jP6_Azq8ojzOEE-SoGsFG2EClXp2z/s320/House.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718378883747710738" border="0" /></a><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-67319338496755509032012-01-21T17:53:00.007-05:002012-01-21T18:03:20.786-05:00Snow Day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM-b1bUSpQ3dlddkqL4UPRPRESZjlujyUZNB3mWv-_2cREfveWn0xb-wkQNH9vBgUzXp2h3KFMN8gQcah4btSNjcSPZqq5aZHmAK32ZPrTqm3cA6h1gM1wfHXjeDGOaHtkWFAt7DlkzjB/s1600/Rachel+10.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 361px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM-b1bUSpQ3dlddkqL4UPRPRESZjlujyUZNB3mWv-_2cREfveWn0xb-wkQNH9vBgUzXp2h3KFMN8gQcah4btSNjcSPZqq5aZHmAK32ZPrTqm3cA6h1gM1wfHXjeDGOaHtkWFAt7DlkzjB/s320/Rachel+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700223078394482386" border="0" /></a><br />I'm back!<br /><br />I realize, I haven't blogged in almost a month, but<br />I've been busy.<br /><br />So to make up for it, here are some highlights from a shoot I just did today.<br /><br />We got a few inches of snow over night, and decided it would be a great day to do a snow photo shoot.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVoH1gEL-jZVMnlDKS3X8EE7krLcyvAcFOciTK07ckwUEo-qbDdL2TTa5K5MmEn8YuJyjXnWnFBs3PbXB0_lzq9yGpG8YcpKZUk_4LxtbztcqAwmn3YIRTi_rTKthppGQrgglcoh9qOF2/s1600/Rachel+6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVoH1gEL-jZVMnlDKS3X8EE7krLcyvAcFOciTK07ckwUEo-qbDdL2TTa5K5MmEn8YuJyjXnWnFBs3PbXB0_lzq9yGpG8YcpKZUk_4LxtbztcqAwmn3YIRTi_rTKthppGQrgglcoh9qOF2/s320/Rachel+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700223531678404722" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhh25OqpPX8cmAQHGcSDZzsvp6KgTAd6ocyYOa-3dwb0nW4_Vz_7jweIi0H-THAufhiOQ1DEI3WWaJvzOxtYEH8RO12Ul6BM-FnMleV63DqByycpoJou7ergH1LFYTZtCbg4jGgew0hBZ/s1600/Rachel+8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhh25OqpPX8cmAQHGcSDZzsvp6KgTAd6ocyYOa-3dwb0nW4_Vz_7jweIi0H-THAufhiOQ1DEI3WWaJvzOxtYEH8RO12Ul6BM-FnMleV63DqByycpoJou7ergH1LFYTZtCbg4jGgew0hBZ/s320/Rachel+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700224165745581730" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXwhijBer9OBMe86wceoAxPdGLd4LkDCaYD4EwZGrf7aym5ebb6iYVaox-l0pH5QS9_30bw6oUAqlEp8WkuT9C277yqe1sGqcX4bmVJPb-uZYd-8X2SF6nS_PZy2HRTlK3ljfkTfnbuJd/s1600/Rachel+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXwhijBer9OBMe86wceoAxPdGLd4LkDCaYD4EwZGrf7aym5ebb6iYVaox-l0pH5QS9_30bw6oUAqlEp8WkuT9C277yqe1sGqcX4bmVJPb-uZYd-8X2SF6nS_PZy2HRTlK3ljfkTfnbuJd/s320/Rachel+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700224038073977538" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WDwiauMb9LELJnp2FznyH295RcuXZ5JgiTYstTKaaKo4IEvHCoGwFjCdxpGqrWnAn6HRdq-DELZ585ON5AMcrpon-ekjALY86ZvWtme-V25XFpCWVwxpapbCRKyT0Y6exbVdSFma0Muo/s1600/Rachel+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WDwiauMb9LELJnp2FznyH295RcuXZ5JgiTYstTKaaKo4IEvHCoGwFjCdxpGqrWnAn6HRdq-DELZ585ON5AMcrpon-ekjALY86ZvWtme-V25XFpCWVwxpapbCRKyT0Y6exbVdSFma0Muo/s320/Rachel+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700223712109110146" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-UgrR0Oruq78U_5PNMEZlP8IawPFNJUUwKpVe4_esGLnnAc8Ym82CChLGvZuhnXC2AcEYh4ECg_Q3YcMvTFDEJpcqPphvib_wWJOFYODMD5HIS_OmysiUrtHEHIATWpq92hI2DaRfvpW/s1600/Rachel+9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-UgrR0Oruq78U_5PNMEZlP8IawPFNJUUwKpVe4_esGLnnAc8Ym82CChLGvZuhnXC2AcEYh4ECg_Q3YcMvTFDEJpcqPphvib_wWJOFYODMD5HIS_OmysiUrtHEHIATWpq92hI2DaRfvpW/s320/Rachel+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700223841531581250" border="0" /></a>~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-65940711285221119762011-12-23T20:52:00.011-05:002011-12-23T22:16:26.719-05:00Presents!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQGqTrP2HE5rqZdHshr1Qq5CmfFdE3j_3aA2qBM7HRoacpM9uuqVgQZmg25b9yjw1BKqO_ipmGxyDaKFnvynSl8VClRlaXSNmJycFti9SLK1nMm7l5_1u6b5k54pscBPeLz5YffMNqava/s1600/_DSC0002.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQGqTrP2HE5rqZdHshr1Qq5CmfFdE3j_3aA2qBM7HRoacpM9uuqVgQZmg25b9yjw1BKqO_ipmGxyDaKFnvynSl8VClRlaXSNmJycFti9SLK1nMm7l5_1u6b5k54pscBPeLz5YffMNqava/s320/_DSC0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689507579697864786" border="0" /></a><br />Today's post in the Christmas series is presents! They've all been wrapped and are ready to go under the tree. (: I CANNOT wait to give them to everybody! I'm so excited! These pictures had incredible natural light, so they didn't really need any editing. They're SOOC. I took them manually, but I can't remember where all the settings were at. Sorry.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RuxYT_q3vMmuOz8145P9oqxYqpvhbRN_cfvZLeA6E53k52pa_-KMvBTFpm9mWA2KaviD661_kVSq6O7Zjla5V-k2pVl_zQ-8WAxFyO1N8rBPuC7HVwSMJmtoQfaI1dkpv02UH3E5bPOC/s1600/_DSC0005.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RuxYT_q3vMmuOz8145P9oqxYqpvhbRN_cfvZLeA6E53k52pa_-KMvBTFpm9mWA2KaviD661_kVSq6O7Zjla5V-k2pVl_zQ-8WAxFyO1N8rBPuC7HVwSMJmtoQfaI1dkpv02UH3E5bPOC/s320/_DSC0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689507733513415666" border="0" /></a><br />I always wrap with brown craft paper. I really love the old-fashioned feel of it. This year I tied jute around them, as well as gold ribbon. The ones with the ribbon are a little bit fancier, but I like the jute, too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJzeVnvWVF38Wk7pk6WuQ217gWWpP-Yw8tl8ZR0Czp6uZ5HBxCGPWpe7ulBa8ZMS3Asj1O_Oz4DqgyMAiw_30COuH-f31R3suKrz0cQcW13CpRpFh15L9lESGKtAU6PMXKj-ZAToi2WJk/s1600/_DSC0009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 405px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJzeVnvWVF38Wk7pk6WuQ217gWWpP-Yw8tl8ZR0Czp6uZ5HBxCGPWpe7ulBa8ZMS3Asj1O_Oz4DqgyMAiw_30COuH-f31R3suKrz0cQcW13CpRpFh15L9lESGKtAU6PMXKj-ZAToi2WJk/s320/_DSC0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689508135481605186" border="0" /></a><br />This year I made my own gift tags. I LOVE the way they turned out! I used a vintage keyhole that I have, traced it onto watercolor paper, and cut it out. Then I used a black Sharpie to outline the tag, fill in the keyhole itself and outlined that. After that, I put them in a shallow container of hot water with 3 teabags. The teabags dye the paper and give it this totally vintage, antique, kinda look. After they dried I covered them with Mod Podge to give it a hard, smooth, shiny finish.<br /><br />You could do this with any shape or patter or idea, but I really love the keyhole.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnK9VAADdGtMsbkRPJV2QS6kW3fJI5K94FsZwBzOWq28l31pyMRNdHHMFMnnU8iM-DuRrMk1NgUe9PTzr8gQmYEPCWEH3fPBrh7Xv6n2_0crcb1LQbzTvgBVFhqsp3BfmqyfVZWA_QuHd4/s1600/_DSC0011.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 361px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnK9VAADdGtMsbkRPJV2QS6kW3fJI5K94FsZwBzOWq28l31pyMRNdHHMFMnnU8iM-DuRrMk1NgUe9PTzr8gQmYEPCWEH3fPBrh7Xv6n2_0crcb1LQbzTvgBVFhqsp3BfmqyfVZWA_QuHd4/s320/_DSC0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689508905164609970" border="0" /></a>The only problem, I must say, is that the brown craft paper DOES NOT stay together very well. Meaning that scotch tape will not hold it together. You end up using like 3 pieces just to get the ends to stay shut. I thought about using duct tape. I probably should have.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHJ6P61KawSh3EVfNfPwuFGTzyRYJz_kAqscENB0YBr4pPJrWT2BP7vCPauAHvmmK9EzHGIAymf4oM-kFCktDOQDh83UG_HvkWMFzExeaoq8cjSErYbyLqfE_FajLa3JHUgcc1efMR662/s1600/_DSC0004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMHJ6P61KawSh3EVfNfPwuFGTzyRYJz_kAqscENB0YBr4pPJrWT2BP7vCPauAHvmmK9EzHGIAymf4oM-kFCktDOQDh83UG_HvkWMFzExeaoq8cjSErYbyLqfE_FajLa3JHUgcc1efMR662/s320/_DSC0004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689509666070878754" border="0" /></a>And to conclude this Christmas present post- the presents under the tree. (:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91oAeC2eTmD7X04mutThLKxEtJIT0GEZjjb0dR3EQrkEo4BmEzId-rm-Gd4lReZ_z5jHna05qBfYabtC25i1riGYpVDMsilq0d8Cty1IAutnMmjJggq7II8gyV-XKtdqJ6kT9ViDcvFbm/s1600/Christmas+Presents.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 415px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91oAeC2eTmD7X04mutThLKxEtJIT0GEZjjb0dR3EQrkEo4BmEzId-rm-Gd4lReZ_z5jHna05qBfYabtC25i1riGYpVDMsilq0d8Cty1IAutnMmjJggq7II8gyV-XKtdqJ6kT9ViDcvFbm/s320/Christmas+Presents.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689510184597586306" border="0" /></a>Two days til Christmas!<br /><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-27093246492260056172011-12-19T23:11:00.011-05:002011-12-19T23:37:18.566-05:00Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sJtqaujwSN9RJF9KeSWy8zOMp1wkd_-QCFtul2zXGauDnGkNvNDDby_o4eLIrn8LD7V9AOQQguvSZFcAZOnNz9Wl8L7JBF5QLWO8s4TwEh4Fa4hs2a6t3n6qtwXXC4V6MybkjsE6lyj0/s1600/_DSC0009.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sJtqaujwSN9RJF9KeSWy8zOMp1wkd_-QCFtul2zXGauDnGkNvNDDby_o4eLIrn8LD7V9AOQQguvSZFcAZOnNz9Wl8L7JBF5QLWO8s4TwEh4Fa4hs2a6t3n6qtwXXC4V6MybkjsE6lyj0/s320/_DSC0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688059651535550242" border="0" /></a><br />Next post in my Christmas series: Christmas tree!<br /><br />I took the liberty of actually preparing for this post by taking pictures of the tree in anticipation of them going on the blog. Maybe I shouldn't be telling you this. Now you'll be expecting some elaborate pictures that are beautifully captured with spectacular lighting.<br /><br />My lighting was lousy. Sorry. I did my best with what I had, but it doesn't always work the way you want it too. Thank goodness for photoshop. And a wonderful friend who lent you theirs. (:<br /><br />My family and I always go and cut down a tree. Or at least we try to. This year we got to the tree farm a minute after they were supposed to be closing. We got there at 4:31. It usually takes us hours of "I like this one!" "No, what about this one!" "That one has a bald spot! No way!" to pick out a tree. So Dad jumped out of the truck and asked if we could still go and cut down our tree. The man said yes, but we had to be quick. We picked out our tree in, literally, 3 minutes. By the time we picked the tree, cut it down, got it wrapped, and loaded it in the truck it was 4:41. We picked our tree in 10 minutes flat. It was quite the accomplishment.<br /><br />Did I mention my Christmas tree smells like a citrus fruit?<br /><br />I'm not joking- it really does. If the internet had scratch-and-sniff I would totally be doing it right now so you could smell it.<br /><br />Don't ask me what variety of tree it is. I have no idea. All I know is that it smells like a fruit.<br /><br />Anyway- now onto the Christmas tree photos. Enjoy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq-cEcPQBJOgPo48XRFGHYgjDxQ3NBinzKCb0wISSiIyxNwTvdtrnqfpJ3Bh0QqFvx0oEbIKNckPRtd1c-N2ZSlIBbLfQjPeW6H3ECmqTgYpPl46ESd6-sE86fijY-xL_we__2LiEu1-o/s1600/snowman+ornament+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq-cEcPQBJOgPo48XRFGHYgjDxQ3NBinzKCb0wISSiIyxNwTvdtrnqfpJ3Bh0QqFvx0oEbIKNckPRtd1c-N2ZSlIBbLfQjPeW6H3ECmqTgYpPl46ESd6-sE86fijY-xL_we__2LiEu1-o/s320/snowman+ornament+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688059979173041666" border="0" /></a>Last Christmas we strung cranberries to go with the popcorn strand we made 3 years ago. My boyfriend had the privilege of helping us with the cranberry one. He was thrilled. (;<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjeuscGBVJ1sIjFKO61lY6ngP62DNgikdPyb3yOOfgepidT4lB7oAYXgEs11M34Tf5Awwvw-e_DfTB6AbvT397A-qywIeG3wJbrrUtL_3Lrp0MgOYyF-HOB5jvyKPkFnidVZR-PNLzn0U/s1600/popcorn+and+cranberries.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjeuscGBVJ1sIjFKO61lY6ngP62DNgikdPyb3yOOfgepidT4lB7oAYXgEs11M34Tf5Awwvw-e_DfTB6AbvT397A-qywIeG3wJbrrUtL_3Lrp0MgOYyF-HOB5jvyKPkFnidVZR-PNLzn0U/s320/popcorn+and+cranberries.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688060336998055634" border="0" /></a>This is my Dad when he was little. As you've seen in other photo posts of my Dad, he has a goatee. My cousin, who was 8 at the time, saw this and said "Wow, your dad had a beard when he was little, too!"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IMnqB0ExhVx2C_wY7x9rByuLDgyivYftoKoP99-v2q33W_wuPdMMs3wxfzuEcK1-W4CZieNuN0b5XZovQ6TMEsU1dMaT0bke_TLq6pXDp1O_m7C6vrIqLoom0G0ozOMGYvQy1zLrVQQJ/s1600/Dad+ornament.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IMnqB0ExhVx2C_wY7x9rByuLDgyivYftoKoP99-v2q33W_wuPdMMs3wxfzuEcK1-W4CZieNuN0b5XZovQ6TMEsU1dMaT0bke_TLq6pXDp1O_m7C6vrIqLoom0G0ozOMGYvQy1zLrVQQJ/s320/Dad+ornament.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688060910873541842" border="0" /></a>I did this picture with two different edits. One in black and white and one in color. I'm not sure which one I like best. Thoughts?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNoqNIKa5azCgKFWziJfsoZxg6Xb6m8e_eb6i18owpKumkbyf1ngltth_K0blhjGE_V8o7H6KPYk3CwjACzNWHRY1KCRi8pkyEYDpa1FZTIve-bqtoRtlrn5cqGa61j4EEup4CiE7kk0f/s1600/popcorn+strand+b%2526w.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNoqNIKa5azCgKFWziJfsoZxg6Xb6m8e_eb6i18owpKumkbyf1ngltth_K0blhjGE_V8o7H6KPYk3CwjACzNWHRY1KCRi8pkyEYDpa1FZTIve-bqtoRtlrn5cqGa61j4EEup4CiE7kk0f/s320/popcorn+strand+b%2526w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688061394046211042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGHDN7iLp3rkyzZQ5uil_EMzYkRJCEbJIT9I1AazwI5IEXH2oZfA-UfiBxVJFlesiiNwKZh92jy21uiJZtbfDd4UaOOK58z5Tcf1Po1ragiA9psWbAOI65E8SGZsQ3h9f0Ilx40NmwufL/s1600/popcorn+strand+color.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGHDN7iLp3rkyzZQ5uil_EMzYkRJCEbJIT9I1AazwI5IEXH2oZfA-UfiBxVJFlesiiNwKZh92jy21uiJZtbfDd4UaOOK58z5Tcf1Po1ragiA9psWbAOI65E8SGZsQ3h9f0Ilx40NmwufL/s320/popcorn+strand+color.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688061783950081506" border="0" /></a>And in conclusion of this Christmas tree post- my Christmas tree in all it's lit up, popcorn stranded, ornamented glory. It didn't turn out so bad for picking it in 3 minutes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3G164cqrY_ajH6Mg1oW-RFrb_dbLbro0sJs_7CzsFb0OvdO74fPBE3egGUscDVnf30NUIE8ZzjZtMot9KGqjhgo-jIaGne5ER1_-JSSKi5iUCu2YjCKDRBOnqqBr0w-Zmpu6LKtiP5VM/s1600/_DSC0038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA3G164cqrY_ajH6Mg1oW-RFrb_dbLbro0sJs_7CzsFb0OvdO74fPBE3egGUscDVnf30NUIE8ZzjZtMot9KGqjhgo-jIaGne5ER1_-JSSKi5iUCu2YjCKDRBOnqqBr0w-Zmpu6LKtiP5VM/s320/_DSC0038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688062267028928242" border="0" /></a>~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-32516788286733896062011-12-17T17:18:00.005-05:002011-12-17T17:24:23.394-05:00Cookies!Ok, I have 3 rather lame pictures for today's post in the Christmas series. Sorry :\<br /><br />They're of cookies.<br /><br />Sugar cookies.<br /><br />They are decorated.<br /><br />Ok, I'll stop stalling.<br /><br />Here ya go..<br /><br />This is a snowman that, I believe, my mother decorated.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLYSur3j-RROk2QcxKITAHenGJWwOzMhU4HYTiLfarTEt9tgHSfqCPdiAkDptVviK7yXEk-xWrVMlBgf4TMaLgHlM-CaCpTOLyMdaW4sloL9FyGE_p2H2oQLSXomtUdynUne5z1xuE9S4/s1600/Christmas+cookies+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLYSur3j-RROk2QcxKITAHenGJWwOzMhU4HYTiLfarTEt9tgHSfqCPdiAkDptVviK7yXEk-xWrVMlBgf4TMaLgHlM-CaCpTOLyMdaW4sloL9FyGE_p2H2oQLSXomtUdynUne5z1xuE9S4/s320/Christmas+cookies+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687226258262898178" border="0" /></a>Some of the finished products. (:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jt9RqMfE5eZxwqkkp96FvfSzFPFjFoafsFGOJEgHdWYN-pniefxug9XmI6x_aktcz42ajQ6PLZKwHEA-L1Kz7b81tHo-bB223iH4PVo8wq3Ou5x-jjXKTHc8D7aPrqnOfZdSM98kOsoS/s1600/Christmas+cookies+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5jt9RqMfE5eZxwqkkp96FvfSzFPFjFoafsFGOJEgHdWYN-pniefxug9XmI6x_aktcz42ajQ6PLZKwHEA-L1Kz7b81tHo-bB223iH4PVo8wq3Ou5x-jjXKTHc8D7aPrqnOfZdSM98kOsoS/s320/Christmas+cookies+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687225826435502466" border="0" /></a><br />A Christmas tree!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jCC2qpqH-QlFF9fWsmeaajZ-GI6PCCQUyEP9wq_W4UfpRET8a9XxuPyOX5lPNv8OLpNFeeecznlwwEzxXUmvy7jwKpHOgZrSxi1CEmtjz2uZE90G-Qp0zBVBgPvDSTC2E2xeW33Bj_an/s1600/Christmas+cookies+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jCC2qpqH-QlFF9fWsmeaajZ-GI6PCCQUyEP9wq_W4UfpRET8a9XxuPyOX5lPNv8OLpNFeeecznlwwEzxXUmvy7jwKpHOgZrSxi1CEmtjz2uZE90G-Qp0zBVBgPvDSTC2E2xeW33Bj_an/s320/Christmas+cookies+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687225997600243794" border="0" /></a>Yeah, that was all. Sorry.<br /><br />Next post will be better, I promise!<br /><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-65168942390354223762011-12-15T17:27:00.001-05:002011-12-15T17:29:04.817-05:00Drum Roll Please....Next post in my Christmas series will be cookies! Bear with me, though, there aren't very many pictures for this post.. cookies are hard to photograph. You end up eating your subject. :\<br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-26921195797946241472011-12-14T22:24:00.018-05:002011-12-15T17:29:38.619-05:00Lights!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI5tU0G_xjpNSJhpgBRWwcAEPh4WVZmvXat9nmzeAHvbIjwTk68yDuG33lNbaCae5D5LDvLrp2brHQABzyMr2SkfR-KVk-x81bgy0ogB55PAj4hvN3D8p66kFYGoxl7pLiX0-H5KN-awU/s1600/_DSC0033.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI5tU0G_xjpNSJhpgBRWwcAEPh4WVZmvXat9nmzeAHvbIjwTk68yDuG33lNbaCae5D5LDvLrp2brHQABzyMr2SkfR-KVk-x81bgy0ogB55PAj4hvN3D8p66kFYGoxl7pLiX0-H5KN-awU/s320/_DSC0033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686196566775767986" border="0" /></a><br />Welcome to the first post of a series of Christmas posts! The first matter of business- LIGHTS!!<br />I love Christmas lights, and Christmas light photography is always so much fun. You can do so many creative things with them. And some not so creative things. Or you can try to do creative things and epically fail.. like this one-<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdu-xHTw8z3p3rmVzWGdI4iKnJwAAuYCd5IK0urwg8kkQfXU_6d7s9l6i_CkZsisNqZ1KzuCTRRb69p0ms4PsAZvEAVf6Kt-NrOoSaIM0A2Q2QNN4k7y6bb3FFY2ALlOG4o_PnDO8M0FPR/s1600/_DSC0016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdu-xHTw8z3p3rmVzWGdI4iKnJwAAuYCd5IK0urwg8kkQfXU_6d7s9l6i_CkZsisNqZ1KzuCTRRb69p0ms4PsAZvEAVf6Kt-NrOoSaIM0A2Q2QNN4k7y6bb3FFY2ALlOG4o_PnDO8M0FPR/s320/_DSC0016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686191910675410098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYpzRzDyYFW3ydR8zVQk7doZQRXZ1Zy734R6aaHFCeFBCHnH_q5j6GjL9LhWBhkhS9ByXNHTmajzzf9CDS6LbRaByLCGoSeEoYX-yr0gkJaIalLf_o-oqKlDHxYer9GIeNMrRw7IPebYc/s1600/_DSC0010.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYpzRzDyYFW3ydR8zVQk7doZQRXZ1Zy734R6aaHFCeFBCHnH_q5j6GjL9LhWBhkhS9ByXNHTmajzzf9CDS6LbRaByLCGoSeEoYX-yr0gkJaIalLf_o-oqKlDHxYer9GIeNMrRw7IPebYc/s320/_DSC0010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686192687052566226" border="0" /></a><br />The whole 'shaped bokeh' thing is really cool. I've seen some awesome examples of it, however, I have yet to master the art of shaped bokeh. I've got the idea, but not the technique, I guess. Here's the lens hood I made for it-<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's cute, isn't it? Well, it didn't work that well.<br /><br />I took these with my Nikon D3000, completely manually. I was rather proud of myself for that. I can't tell you what each pictures settings were, but they were an 5.4f, 400 ISO, and somewhere between 1/6 and 1/13 shutter speed. Anyway, onto some better examples of Christmas light bokeh, and a few ornaments. (:<br /><br />Here is one example of just bokeh. Nothing fancy, just plain old bokeh out of Christmas tree lights, on a small tree. It's kind of cool just by itself, but I like having it focus on something else.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4K4dDidvzA0TkFbVOFrNSvUlTBNMaLL7w8kS3MsYzAVT4oBjJtKZu36rZZl1jQq1_lfFCMhOABoaGTa7x1qkYOEWqgpUMwtkRM0oQXhHbDI3iVvnkzoJllyQ3_PYAj7RAjLwfhEm9CyoK/s1600/_DSC0023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4K4dDidvzA0TkFbVOFrNSvUlTBNMaLL7w8kS3MsYzAVT4oBjJtKZu36rZZl1jQq1_lfFCMhOABoaGTa7x1qkYOEWqgpUMwtkRM0oQXhHbDI3iVvnkzoJllyQ3_PYAj7RAjLwfhEm9CyoK/s320/_DSC0023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686198604178129490" border="0" /></a><br />I love how you can see the lights reflected in the snowglobe. It's like double bokeh. (:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnRMAhI_aAhTvWLAF1hGg1Fei4OylW0G_q174j7g7qdpRd4qhYkiTlt4R5hDl9mx6_LwiL3XVoUzJg5ow_-gesLfaMXiQICpgceJkm2z_7iU5enfb6Qy6831zldYc-vz8KqO1-wUBGrps/s1600/snowglobe+bokeh+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnRMAhI_aAhTvWLAF1hGg1Fei4OylW0G_q174j7g7qdpRd4qhYkiTlt4R5hDl9mx6_LwiL3XVoUzJg5ow_-gesLfaMXiQICpgceJkm2z_7iU5enfb6Qy6831zldYc-vz8KqO1-wUBGrps/s320/snowglobe+bokeh+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686193251695493490" border="0" /></a>Isn't he adorable??<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFFA8rimRtUKFRhHUdJC4VxMecWGD76CWpxdFE-ZWnRnBg2c8hrc4onbAzfawWhpQHSjCScOaJuX7qPKlcReMorq71vmNO03dVFoK0rEF5XvvBFw9_Ml5lP_PJc6mPlXYpkyZX94WWgyj/s1600/snowman+bokeh+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFFA8rimRtUKFRhHUdJC4VxMecWGD76CWpxdFE-ZWnRnBg2c8hrc4onbAzfawWhpQHSjCScOaJuX7qPKlcReMorq71vmNO03dVFoK0rEF5XvvBFw9_Ml5lP_PJc6mPlXYpkyZX94WWgyj/s320/snowman+bokeh+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686193836440193218" border="0" /></a>I love this one because you can see the whole antler reflected in the snowglobe. (:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7RuMHnmTnusmZWSA8V290rX5-5pHVh-F7-zBa870zGqfV6r8jwEnvrpBfPUO7day3z3FpgcU7Yz9WMhhV7FYRFcK8EBcjNa699dfsi7G1zhkuGnzvWB4s9asYn3XcPBSjaL2HvGDvya3/s1600/snowglobe+bokeh+2.jpg"> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7RuMHnmTnusmZWSA8V290rX5-5pHVh-F7-zBa870zGqfV6r8jwEnvrpBfPUO7day3z3FpgcU7Yz9WMhhV7FYRFcK8EBcjNa699dfsi7G1zhkuGnzvWB4s9asYn3XcPBSjaL2HvGDvya3/s320/snowglobe+bokeh+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686194088222231826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VlVh3Do6XZlOuqg3ukDkBeFQ4JWyARISTDZShKGlOI4oF6fisMG0_nEyf3WQxgwv1FrvRUgoWVAfRyc4xGRBFPf-AIwcVMOs6HFyw2K1olnVIRzN9aBWn_9xCMjRRUqfFj5i0ySh5jEA/s1600/boxes+bokeh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VlVh3Do6XZlOuqg3ukDkBeFQ4JWyARISTDZShKGlOI4oF6fisMG0_nEyf3WQxgwv1FrvRUgoWVAfRyc4xGRBFPf-AIwcVMOs6HFyw2K1olnVIRzN9aBWn_9xCMjRRUqfFj5i0ySh5jEA/s320/boxes+bokeh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686194800988266594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VlVh3Do6XZlOuqg3ukDkBeFQ4JWyARISTDZShKGlOI4oF6fisMG0_nEyf3WQxgwv1FrvRUgoWVAfRyc4xGRBFPf-AIwcVMOs6HFyw2K1olnVIRzN9aBWn_9xCMjRRUqfFj5i0ySh5jEA/s1600/boxes+bokeh.jpg"> </a>Can you tell I love snowmen? (:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49HA2k4UY2vy4WoZ1TX64CdGvA87D3ahEAG2v5Xzx7u9lzsJHTc8OWrFlPOqajNRjuplOc58N8U9llHJKg2oqyxNMw7XWeBBvIIhNa92Y5UcoOQgdQDouT1ILEMiaymi8-054LS4jBhPL/s1600/snowman+bokeh+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49HA2k4UY2vy4WoZ1TX64CdGvA87D3ahEAG2v5Xzx7u9lzsJHTc8OWrFlPOqajNRjuplOc58N8U9llHJKg2oqyxNMw7XWeBBvIIhNa92Y5UcoOQgdQDouT1ILEMiaymi8-054LS4jBhPL/s320/snowman+bokeh+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686195485118253250" border="0" /></a>And just because I love my deer, and am a bit of a redneck...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRwcYHFEyUNL_mlat3gekzqDKQ_jWLRwbClG-d9Qn_b9qTvfO5FlbrPucMeom5ZGXNDm5lk9zzaDb1fSCL9pZVC9WMGP0nuR54EPimyGukwxesSRKhxUue-0n-ZBSdNefDLl2IarTl0nL/s1600/deer+and+lights.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQRwcYHFEyUNL_mlat3gekzqDKQ_jWLRwbClG-d9Qn_b9qTvfO5FlbrPucMeom5ZGXNDm5lk9zzaDb1fSCL9pZVC9WMGP0nuR54EPimyGukwxesSRKhxUue-0n-ZBSdNefDLl2IarTl0nL/s320/deer+and+lights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686196215913273874" border="0" /></a>~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-87052560339890294032011-12-13T15:36:00.002-05:002011-12-13T15:38:27.373-05:00Christmas SeriesI know, I haven't posted in close to a month. But I'm here to say that I'm getting ready to start a Christmas series of photos! Get ready for lights, presents, cookies, and decorations. (:<br /><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-78195849955778319162011-11-24T21:30:00.009-05:002011-11-24T21:38:33.759-05:00ThanksgivingThanksgiving is my favorite holiday. (: This year we went to my grandparent's house for Thanksgiving with my Dad's sister and her family. Here are a few of my favorites from the day. (:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3A7v8qU4XKSS7WcDm-RclH-l5pOvtc2p5Yzmz66QcR2yB0OM8MGeRYIFbrQuGqNIYnDZALzYdg0_wwckimMC84P0eafRzkOYeCRr3rFWg1YOyNCzAdDEiVVhTAHSkAml6n0ORh4Vn-w_/s1600/fuzzy+cow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3A7v8qU4XKSS7WcDm-RclH-l5pOvtc2p5Yzmz66QcR2yB0OM8MGeRYIFbrQuGqNIYnDZALzYdg0_wwckimMC84P0eafRzkOYeCRr3rFWg1YOyNCzAdDEiVVhTAHSkAml6n0ORh4Vn-w_/s320/fuzzy+cow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678756245634316562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qRQhS0MU1uKkHzNdloep-VUDik_sKpnmLNRKxVG_ldT1o6yQCFryl3XQ9pcC2dgtb9J6yxFRzS0-3hnv4Rou6XOzcHwBvk8pANmgY0istqqUzhtiCAYSaJAuPGS94EIcAQxqQToiDzB7/s1600/posted+sign+on+fence.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qRQhS0MU1uKkHzNdloep-VUDik_sKpnmLNRKxVG_ldT1o6yQCFryl3XQ9pcC2dgtb9J6yxFRzS0-3hnv4Rou6XOzcHwBvk8pANmgY0istqqUzhtiCAYSaJAuPGS94EIcAQxqQToiDzB7/s320/posted+sign+on+fence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678756820948799778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iuFoAoCgRR3nxXQcVE1CYiFgwy3ZyiBuRblxeyoapYZm6UqKd5ixDEOZuLbX6lLEvRru3frDV1HO-WQHLiEvjxrkiIjgy25_5F2ukg9xZdCnYM3UisUgGwN6wpew8SrrHQM3UJVwFmpc/s1600/posted+sign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iuFoAoCgRR3nxXQcVE1CYiFgwy3ZyiBuRblxeyoapYZm6UqKd5ixDEOZuLbX6lLEvRru3frDV1HO-WQHLiEvjxrkiIjgy25_5F2ukg9xZdCnYM3UisUgGwN6wpew8SrrHQM3UJVwFmpc/s320/posted+sign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678755956260133026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORyyfCAfysJQgiPV89W7hp48OYIAXgbmvazbnHY1zJydqwxaJdlAO6k1h-aUU7xvRdL6jpsE_a4nZC8TGBoYX7iCbZJG3s2zsQ-nPrKjMpyrcwQhNxDCKEArGZ3yB2xLKIx_IF6mjMaBO/s1600/_DSC0112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORyyfCAfysJQgiPV89W7hp48OYIAXgbmvazbnHY1zJydqwxaJdlAO6k1h-aUU7xvRdL6jpsE_a4nZC8TGBoYX7iCbZJG3s2zsQ-nPrKjMpyrcwQhNxDCKEArGZ3yB2xLKIx_IF6mjMaBO/s320/_DSC0112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678755773138388194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKhhznMAm33hstZ2YlC6b8B2SN5hsXok8FEg7yASb5DdE7fc91Q1B8HCuAR7GHCNvyjX6o8D5WRVKgGQgDTgSGzSTrljYkwQZgligevaIr1OUccLYY_B6XyRxu-ZS1PBr2QRAAxYjTVRw/s1600/_DSC0011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKhhznMAm33hstZ2YlC6b8B2SN5hsXok8FEg7yASb5DdE7fc91Q1B8HCuAR7GHCNvyjX6o8D5WRVKgGQgDTgSGzSTrljYkwQZgligevaIr1OUccLYY_B6XyRxu-ZS1PBr2QRAAxYjTVRw/s320/_DSC0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678755671181417650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWY8yObrc_X1f8-f0EjXO9MP9bqHynYk05Zx95b9dOLEeztPsmscV-Zkm6cPuViOAFSLoFMsleJHTMeosWJsFjAdNh8D9WXZ_2cQ_2k4QhyphenhyphenJZoQJJw9Nj5NZ_WKGWSyIhINslYmkyKC607/s1600/_DSC0014-edit.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWY8yObrc_X1f8-f0EjXO9MP9bqHynYk05Zx95b9dOLEeztPsmscV-Zkm6cPuViOAFSLoFMsleJHTMeosWJsFjAdNh8D9WXZ_2cQ_2k4QhyphenhyphenJZoQJJw9Nj5NZ_WKGWSyIhINslYmkyKC607/s320/_DSC0014-edit.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678755587697319922" border="0" /></a><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-27695076410266374502011-11-18T21:55:00.003-05:002011-11-18T21:58:36.135-05:00More Star Trail PhotographySo here I am, once again posting a star trail photo. This one is by far my favorite. I still need to figure out how to get rid of the purple corners. Maybe if there was less light around it would help. Same settings as last time, but I cannot remember for the life of me how long it exposed. Possibly somewhere between 10 and 25 minutes.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJZozhNjb2-f2Wq1J0uqiwXK7ZrK6OhC6zCKWiKp1tMp_lRFEf-uXcir7wfRy2yzA2ZKLh0sxIIijJ_MiT2FAIx4K6iea8FgEXu7Y7eXQ1noAPeON3V9VpC5iz1w6fsP-hUf0Eog0yiPV/s1600/_DSC0001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJZozhNjb2-f2Wq1J0uqiwXK7ZrK6OhC6zCKWiKp1tMp_lRFEf-uXcir7wfRy2yzA2ZKLh0sxIIijJ_MiT2FAIx4K6iea8FgEXu7Y7eXQ1noAPeON3V9VpC5iz1w6fsP-hUf0Eog0yiPV/s320/_DSC0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676535626969434978" border="0" /></a>Becky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-66479274419603898942011-11-14T14:20:00.009-05:002011-11-14T14:26:27.120-05:00C&D Couple ShootThis past Saturday I did a just for fun couple shoot of my boyfriend's sister and her boyfriend. They're adorable. (:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PN0QSRZXjsjvAd438nS9jhsSkU7o88gZeLMGkU5tK5yfak28LFhcqd9oG3NxT4bps173Xoam70IOk_Dd7QQwot0xiUL9I9bndFZuzCdLzRy870BqdHgC1Q3mMaMMpnZ9iYlZYwfX0QWY/s1600/Chelsea+and+Daniel+12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PN0QSRZXjsjvAd438nS9jhsSkU7o88gZeLMGkU5tK5yfak28LFhcqd9oG3NxT4bps173Xoam70IOk_Dd7QQwot0xiUL9I9bndFZuzCdLzRy870BqdHgC1Q3mMaMMpnZ9iYlZYwfX0QWY/s320/Chelsea+and+Daniel+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674934403726723442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhDCfk0GQAU56EYIixEvqBfuexKJAdG-Fh796wD0ioxxCcTZQS8j-TXJSkNV53wfycUHPEIGoefLfCij_e5Hws-gqWIxHZbbVYyB5h3JWKnCroSI5FpUgX55d6PgL8_IwpEidvXONXseP/s1600/Chelsea+and+Daniel+10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhDCfk0GQAU56EYIixEvqBfuexKJAdG-Fh796wD0ioxxCcTZQS8j-TXJSkNV53wfycUHPEIGoefLfCij_e5Hws-gqWIxHZbbVYyB5h3JWKnCroSI5FpUgX55d6PgL8_IwpEidvXONXseP/s320/Chelsea+and+Daniel+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674935005135918466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzjDb-ihj0BRosuwOf50WeOvCt1cW5vbUYTh4c24gnriMExRkP_MUW147qKNkJYzRuieTaFYtvuuJO96BNZbcRdWJoVH1pHEGKtr8UeVibtiFTTEdXdudU7ZAG61nV-IxBbKwQEoMCukS/s1600/Chelsea+and+Daniel+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzjDb-ihj0BRosuwOf50WeOvCt1cW5vbUYTh4c24gnriMExRkP_MUW147qKNkJYzRuieTaFYtvuuJO96BNZbcRdWJoVH1pHEGKtr8UeVibtiFTTEdXdudU7ZAG61nV-IxBbKwQEoMCukS/s320/Chelsea+and+Daniel+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674934255776457186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsxr9Z_rDkg2ZcwCVvHUYjduSr0x2VaVQzuWhhMtVqocFMjuz5e2uV-cPTb_TpJKq6b-xQXcthJ93xlKSgZYslJ69cB3atzQNm_uuS2R-u0bQxLc1zJcmB3W0KQDl7K8UZZPxLnahgVuy/s1600/Chelsea+and+Daniel+14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsxr9Z_rDkg2ZcwCVvHUYjduSr0x2VaVQzuWhhMtVqocFMjuz5e2uV-cPTb_TpJKq6b-xQXcthJ93xlKSgZYslJ69cB3atzQNm_uuS2R-u0bQxLc1zJcmB3W0KQDl7K8UZZPxLnahgVuy/s320/Chelsea+and+Daniel+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674934176288664018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgX2NsJnmhbDlbvc3Tyi1aC3yGcaZfaAXwNhjQ6eYTPn-H7JfsSPWVkmgzshyxMZ8KmTz0czBJQT1L9Q30VqOt-EeAnywlX9QVD7ViycC3QBDCm9Yas9F9fwBFWLZq7K3uosrlKQSoe9c/s1600/Chelsea+and+Daniel+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgX2NsJnmhbDlbvc3Tyi1aC3yGcaZfaAXwNhjQ6eYTPn-H7JfsSPWVkmgzshyxMZ8KmTz0czBJQT1L9Q30VqOt-EeAnywlX9QVD7ViycC3QBDCm9Yas9F9fwBFWLZq7K3uosrlKQSoe9c/s320/Chelsea+and+Daniel+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674934004789792450" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_TkdgeqAx9j7lOBDonA_BSMyarEEZTMQ0aV3tkg6ioK4rR3UarncUfTAFe0IiZr539mmzYhS9jkEVajjcAHmrwHN6HzTwgPiEBuER139hIZGl7Tw98V5ps78jmoppjfSrXHV42tUEwPR/s1600/Chelsea+and+Daniel+8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_TkdgeqAx9j7lOBDonA_BSMyarEEZTMQ0aV3tkg6ioK4rR3UarncUfTAFe0IiZr539mmzYhS9jkEVajjcAHmrwHN6HzTwgPiEBuER139hIZGl7Tw98V5ps78jmoppjfSrXHV42tUEwPR/s320/Chelsea+and+Daniel+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674933913423886674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTPgeTm0sHnN0J8kZQjxJGdmygly9m8DkGT2e0rtcRTDUwgzNvJ2nctTFkeKEJkquCHixbCt-cC9eA06yPKWXengNBwGU4IQlf42zfqfs_qNusZFNADV4tOjtGmusRSeRXoLgOfu3Unkc/s1600/Chelsea+and+Daniel+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTPgeTm0sHnN0J8kZQjxJGdmygly9m8DkGT2e0rtcRTDUwgzNvJ2nctTFkeKEJkquCHixbCt-cC9eA06yPKWXengNBwGU4IQlf42zfqfs_qNusZFNADV4tOjtGmusRSeRXoLgOfu3Unkc/s320/Chelsea+and+Daniel+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674933841421983698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoUPyQK1K4WknQDIfLb5xmI4kUqlcnDPRjnsbUQ6lMwoZj_tJGfBflxOGwDZYtvBr-yDj7ydGaUK__Xj1f1oArBuq9dM0sHxP3tAvFPEFLWPSsNbQdvOTqShJFe7z-LlWqa-9FAsuNkLp/s1600/Chelsea+and+Daniel+15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoUPyQK1K4WknQDIfLb5xmI4kUqlcnDPRjnsbUQ6lMwoZj_tJGfBflxOGwDZYtvBr-yDj7ydGaUK__Xj1f1oArBuq9dM0sHxP3tAvFPEFLWPSsNbQdvOTqShJFe7z-LlWqa-9FAsuNkLp/s320/Chelsea+and+Daniel+15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674933764709183010" border="0" /></a>~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-31189179881580626212011-11-08T18:38:00.003-05:002011-11-08T18:46:57.342-05:00My Star Trail Photos!So tonight I finally got around to doing some star trail (long exposure) photos. As far as the quality, they're not that great, and they're nothing compared to the ones I shared when I introduced this shoot. But, all that aside.. I'm so excited because.. IT WORKED!!! I'm definitely going to keep practicing and do some more of these, but doing these long exposures sucks all the juice right out of your camera battery, so I could only do 3 exposures, and only 2 of them are worth posting. These are completely SOOC. I used my camera's remote on the Timed exposure in my Manual settings. I let them expose for about 5 minutes each (it should have been WAY longer, but I was too excited to let it expose any more (: ). ISO 100, f10, and... I think that was it. I don't know what's up with the purple in the corners. Any ideas? The first one is without a flash, and the second one is with the flash on.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2-2YPrWHoHq8b-NMKaJuAE0l-Jt6-0z9eHczJRnsuA59A6Ik6FnUl9OQddNCY0l9trFAlWmN1108c3D6fUNyBZBLQt__eqxJcGEzaNbQOZpu9kMD2c2DFxkCenKONZITrK_Bnc22ztuF/s1600/_DSC0002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2-2YPrWHoHq8b-NMKaJuAE0l-Jt6-0z9eHczJRnsuA59A6Ik6FnUl9OQddNCY0l9trFAlWmN1108c3D6fUNyBZBLQt__eqxJcGEzaNbQOZpu9kMD2c2DFxkCenKONZITrK_Bnc22ztuF/s320/_DSC0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672774695607435410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtgjvPbOjotCwOnM-TOjzKNhyphenhyphenFVmdbouXfO3VacwNRLybtAJbXxdqBph9XJW_PAOBs5uyqwvyLhHnYZVtjR1xKeFB8BF6LhiSDR4C3UbimBycfGT8Ry1v52OU0i5aKo2DTJSMW4If7grx/s1600/_DSC0001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYtgjvPbOjotCwOnM-TOjzKNhyphenhyphenFVmdbouXfO3VacwNRLybtAJbXxdqBph9XJW_PAOBs5uyqwvyLhHnYZVtjR1xKeFB8BF6LhiSDR4C3UbimBycfGT8Ry1v52OU0i5aKo2DTJSMW4If7grx/s320/_DSC0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672774957976822322" border="0" /></a><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-82860313545353392332011-11-08T16:56:00.003-05:002011-11-08T17:02:31.652-05:00Georgia O'Keeffe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQv7c4eUtwEqVUUebkRgPM0ZycbehYS6jKXmoy2_8ow865WmYseiBjcSZlkY8J3A_XWq8ZyphluaX78-CQ0uuf_dGJWNI-6y0VjWGVMr_3tHaxTSKSYbdBpAlhQZKvhg207hN8zHuCF-K/s1600/GeorgiaOKeeffe-Summer-Days-1936.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfQv7c4eUtwEqVUUebkRgPM0ZycbehYS6jKXmoy2_8ow865WmYseiBjcSZlkY8J3A_XWq8ZyphluaX78-CQ0uuf_dGJWNI-6y0VjWGVMr_3tHaxTSKSYbdBpAlhQZKvhg207hN8zHuCF-K/s320/GeorgiaOKeeffe-Summer-Days-1936.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672747682793341586" border="0" /></a><br />For my photo class at PFA I had to research an artist, so I chose Georgia O'Keeffe.<br /><br />As I was researching I stumbled across this painting that I fell in love with. It's called "Summer Days" and is, in fact, by Georgia O'Keeffe. I immediately saved this to my hard-drive and printed out. I had to have it for my wall, even if it was just a lousy inkjet print. I love the subject of the photo- the buck skull. When I think of Summer, this painting is not it, but I guess if you lived in New Mexico or Arizona it would be. I love the colors and the contrast of the cool background with the warm horizon and flowers. I just love everything about this. Someday I will have a real print of this. Framed. In my house. Somewhere.<br /><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-46322650966185405952011-11-05T21:53:00.011-04:002011-11-05T22:11:15.913-04:00November 4th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIXZ-EMEMeX40N2epkuASp02njdh_9mW-43HbHIXaRj6aiuA4F5QHrBHkPn5esjtPDBobVfQC8V4aUvNP-AzyYQT0ZjIkngF7UajDTpUW1u7P_6ONj1My6Xu1z_AUgjKUodU2VxfoLg48/s1600/shotgun+shells+1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIXZ-EMEMeX40N2epkuASp02njdh_9mW-43HbHIXaRj6aiuA4F5QHrBHkPn5esjtPDBobVfQC8V4aUvNP-AzyYQT0ZjIkngF7UajDTpUW1u7P_6ONj1My6Xu1z_AUgjKUodU2VxfoLg48/s320/shotgun+shells+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671696379605432082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Yesterday was a day filled with photography, of all different things. I've got pictures from scenery to shotgun shells. Also had a shoot with my boyfriend. His sister took all the pictures, and edited plenty of her own, but I edited a few, myself. (: Here are some of the highlights from the day:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_-_0xSdfgeb8OItXLjsUB0eicy_XGDVmPMZTvz3BzH3z1mkDCXiPKxirRbeNx8O41ONK9mJcxZQGm0HcJFEYu8s8tVi204D7-faV_UHcN5tuH8hu5M_t9r81wQ_H3lBfbGvRpqFRbTZn/s1600/Tyler+and+Me+6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_-_0xSdfgeb8OItXLjsUB0eicy_XGDVmPMZTvz3BzH3z1mkDCXiPKxirRbeNx8O41ONK9mJcxZQGm0HcJFEYu8s8tVi204D7-faV_UHcN5tuH8hu5M_t9r81wQ_H3lBfbGvRpqFRbTZn/s320/Tyler+and+Me+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671696518399377202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVW7BNfH_ly4EBkB6y2pXgr1iEp9aOgfiB3YCfyl6pd69Q4-NjaVlBD1nsm2jP_nkpT6osws9R0yWfsyEhH3_XnzCvEODBisLMZvpu7HuV6HkxGAAl8TmkTEfrqxqeFmkKOj2VWe4lYk6/s1600/hedgerow+and+moon+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVW7BNfH_ly4EBkB6y2pXgr1iEp9aOgfiB3YCfyl6pd69Q4-NjaVlBD1nsm2jP_nkpT6osws9R0yWfsyEhH3_XnzCvEODBisLMZvpu7HuV6HkxGAAl8TmkTEfrqxqeFmkKOj2VWe4lYk6/s320/hedgerow+and+moon+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695769489934930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnZh7x1pyoVrSSgZomMgOdfe6zlr9dmI3WNZnS28PLyreEGtP7aecixEFkjVyeCcQsaHb9fKX_tegHHztGvId3Qi_vSFP8yHs4W2cg4KwC1YomigBbY7Ga6q_QDE8xR2mkueQimtURhna/s1600/Ty+and+Me+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnZh7x1pyoVrSSgZomMgOdfe6zlr9dmI3WNZnS28PLyreEGtP7aecixEFkjVyeCcQsaHb9fKX_tegHHztGvId3Qi_vSFP8yHs4W2cg4KwC1YomigBbY7Ga6q_QDE8xR2mkueQimtURhna/s320/Ty+and+Me+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671696254323772786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAQXPuUnDTzpe7FQulehyphenhyphenQV7ZqNlOg2Y5YPXRaYs2P4mwpVXKbXngMkdlpzUmqS93mximbwyALKtNPH7KA0M4z_ZLof3xdek4j39tfKNGcxoIovjar_Arerl4DkiP7X8JeD1sDFoZwy2P/s1600/Tyler+and+Me+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAQXPuUnDTzpe7FQulehyphenhyphenQV7ZqNlOg2Y5YPXRaYs2P4mwpVXKbXngMkdlpzUmqS93mximbwyALKtNPH7KA0M4z_ZLof3xdek4j39tfKNGcxoIovjar_Arerl4DkiP7X8JeD1sDFoZwy2P/s320/Tyler+and+Me+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671696171815186530" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQILdKhZ7Vi1eRZbDpczrXzZdIn3tHhR71wo1vFaZ05AiA1c8PWCjarkK84yt3f76TPRrdqkwvauOrrpXoOSldoic4VbKm7QDqxLHIZv5imLdBk1b9ZN388a7klz4QrfNClUM6ObaxYax/s1600/shotgun+shells+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQILdKhZ7Vi1eRZbDpczrXzZdIn3tHhR71wo1vFaZ05AiA1c8PWCjarkK84yt3f76TPRrdqkwvauOrrpXoOSldoic4VbKm7QDqxLHIZv5imLdBk1b9ZN388a7klz4QrfNClUM6ObaxYax/s320/shotgun+shells+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695985220373842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7x4UW-IN2wiuZJsdEsIPxbN4juMNpis1Q0gZxpOHjIhR_5XmpLmtOVTdwfPVkImJiDL6qldgEncO86cHoq6mn8upyDkPMqy0lNbzSCqqRCfZmjTvGM8yi7esorYwJ1Ye7OHrzo1Hxyhi/s1600/wolf%2527s+hollow+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7x4UW-IN2wiuZJsdEsIPxbN4juMNpis1Q0gZxpOHjIhR_5XmpLmtOVTdwfPVkImJiDL6qldgEncO86cHoq6mn8upyDkPMqy0lNbzSCqqRCfZmjTvGM8yi7esorYwJ1Ye7OHrzo1Hxyhi/s320/wolf%2527s+hollow+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695885114738610" border="0" /></a>PS- I haven't forgotten about the star trail photos. I'm actually getting ready to go out and experiment with it right now! Photos to come...<br />PSS- I'm a Twitterererer?! Follow me @BlissfullyBecky<br /><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-50696809950240516882011-11-03T18:50:00.004-04:002011-11-03T19:09:38.465-04:00Star Trail Photography<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptSQZIqPN7lM53aM5ryJ2XGVKWeUgCcCCPCRhNqhr-kToAtlja7JpWE_rV_RS6LEUf9dvqbj4HbFVT6nutp1CjXETE6QJs7rpjrr53jnDnXBCrw2cD-PrjZOmu2d9maelh1gGPt2epKcR/s1600/Meteor+Star+Trails.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiptSQZIqPN7lM53aM5ryJ2XGVKWeUgCcCCPCRhNqhr-kToAtlja7JpWE_rV_RS6LEUf9dvqbj4HbFVT6nutp1CjXETE6QJs7rpjrr53jnDnXBCrw2cD-PrjZOmu2d9maelh1gGPt2epKcR/s320/Meteor+Star+Trails.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670910187545354994" border="0" /></a><br />Brainstorming.<br /><br />So, my recent obsession is star trail (aka long exposure) photography. I'm in love with the idea and I cannot wait to try it myself. I've been doing some research online to figure out how exactly to do it. I have a remote (which is what all the websites said I would need), but I didn't think I had the right kind. After a little help from my photo teacher, Mrs. O., I now know that the remote I have will, in fact, work for it! Now all I need is to figure out how to set my timed shutter setting on my camera for it to work. I'm so excited to try it! I think I'll have to wait until we're in the mountains again to be able to see the stars well enough for it to work. I may try some tests around here, though.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.weatherscapes.com/techniques.php?cat=astronomy&page=startrails">HERE </a>is a link to a how-to for star trail photography using a film SLR.<br />And <a href="http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/long-exposure-star-trail-photography">HERE </a>is a link to a how-to for star trail photography using a DSLR.<br /><br />And now for some star trail photos I pulled off the Internet. They're absolutely gorgeous!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18bDs4ddB26U6qSeT3xQqRaAF4eAoed6d1etRvtFkvT5xQ5IcDf6GiXYWB1ABzMoaQdgRHZZuyuLUg64YQd_vmvlR73OYZ5GlmHdwZ5_kYiEApiVSJVpJCO4bjPVx3vZZmuG6JjVbRpTX/s1600/star+trail+photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18bDs4ddB26U6qSeT3xQqRaAF4eAoed6d1etRvtFkvT5xQ5IcDf6GiXYWB1ABzMoaQdgRHZZuyuLUg64YQd_vmvlR73OYZ5GlmHdwZ5_kYiEApiVSJVpJCO4bjPVx3vZZmuG6JjVbRpTX/s320/star+trail+photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670910252425313170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIJFMuNmUVUrqYjdqU89k8m0KGylB8SdneUQhPmuEq1RS8_fR5KUrANA2BAKVUrrXT46KGQSG28mBFsJ8vdS_O-zVCS7KXjICpwKmFPo3DKfg2_x7Po3Xpsd81p__m5ohtFMvn4hQ91DD/s1600/star-trails-reflected-in-lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIJFMuNmUVUrqYjdqU89k8m0KGylB8SdneUQhPmuEq1RS8_fR5KUrANA2BAKVUrrXT46KGQSG28mBFsJ8vdS_O-zVCS7KXjICpwKmFPo3DKfg2_x7Po3Xpsd81p__m5ohtFMvn4hQ91DD/s320/star-trails-reflected-in-lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670910302764888658" border="0" /></a>~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891377517698101939.post-82302434923875304892011-10-30T20:44:00.003-04:002011-10-30T20:55:01.445-04:00Fall Leaves and Snow Edits<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy2uzeyCxv8hbhszn_HtaRnXkqLTnaD1Afm_UqAr5OGjy6wIjy0ROcwUdjcvJAC2FrgokKTwku2VBkKr7zVuReDPFjrYPpe2gHRaVLtJYsAWoFf8dzDqbib9of9BIjWUB0VOY0iyNdrv3/s1600/leaves+and+snow+2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy2uzeyCxv8hbhszn_HtaRnXkqLTnaD1Afm_UqAr5OGjy6wIjy0ROcwUdjcvJAC2FrgokKTwku2VBkKr7zVuReDPFjrYPpe2gHRaVLtJYsAWoFf8dzDqbib9of9BIjWUB0VOY0iyNdrv3/s320/leaves+and+snow+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669453348347443426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I always get a little excited after I do a shoot. I get so excited that I post before I edit.<br /><br />It sort of goes along with the whole "think before you speak" thing. Edit before you post. I mean, there isn't anything terrible about the SOOC shots- but there's nothing real spectacular about them.<br /><br />I guess it's debatable whether there is anything real spectacular about my edits either.<br /><br />Anyway.. here are some edits from the shoot I did yesterday of the snow and the leaves. Only three, though. (Maybe I should edit more before I post, too..?)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUU65RaUhFUtqQP_aHz6QhHhvn8vo2N_9664tm-PMpUeo9gLmxZWNWkgkRpvcCzHkFfPgDy1UvQSdnsjtGdq2iP2IwS9rmMUOOwjAJqikG1VXWD28v4NpCY6h1PM8bfBAmJ3PKvuOJHmd/s1600/leaves+and+snow+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUU65RaUhFUtqQP_aHz6QhHhvn8vo2N_9664tm-PMpUeo9gLmxZWNWkgkRpvcCzHkFfPgDy1UvQSdnsjtGdq2iP2IwS9rmMUOOwjAJqikG1VXWD28v4NpCY6h1PM8bfBAmJ3PKvuOJHmd/s320/leaves+and+snow+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669451629531318482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTcnd3qn7EAv-LmqE74n0Fwo6Q6gmrkChYtfssOJg74zG7QH1aqjnf5qe35ayOqAInYTivQe6rlDnJVSoeM3gNw1GW7fPBwx1q_Fifc6iiE8RAEK3ZIlHuyaOHdCme6t4wlQ_6hCgi5H4/s1600/snow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTcnd3qn7EAv-LmqE74n0Fwo6Q6gmrkChYtfssOJg74zG7QH1aqjnf5qe35ayOqAInYTivQe6rlDnJVSoeM3gNw1GW7fPBwx1q_Fifc6iiE8RAEK3ZIlHuyaOHdCme6t4wlQ_6hCgi5H4/s320/snow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669451771086633394" border="0" /></a><br />~BeckyBecky S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07557320192416508750noreply@blogger.com0