9 months

I posted most of these on my other blog, but since I DO have this photography blog...I thought I'd share them twice :)  Our baby boy, Cashton, turned 9 months yesterday! (Of course, Samantha needed to get in on the action too)



Scavenging Summertime

1. LONG EXPOSURE

I realize that this really isn't a long exposure....well, not a very long one, at least.  I kinda forgot about this one ;)

2. SHAPES

The ceiling and light fixtures in a super ritzy restaurant....."Potbelly's Subs" LOL!

3. GREEN

Cashton discovering grass

4. FRUIT

Samantha after sucking on a lemon................no, really she just tried some of Grandpa's Rootbeer.  Guess she didn't like it?  You would think, but she went right back for more and had this reaction everytime!

5. CHILDHOOD MEMORY

The faith of a child......in daddy's strong arms....

Flower Scavenger

SOOC

 Part of my Mother's Day gift was a trip to a Green House to pick out flowers...although we didn't get this one, it posed for a quick pic for me.

SPROUTING

 YAY!  It finally looks like Spring in Wisconsin!!!!  This is the tree in our front yard.

ISN'T IT IRONIC

 With all the advertisements for "What Moms Want" that bombard us......isn't it ironic that Mamas melt more over a paper picture flower?

LAZY

 I love 'em....but these lazy bums made me haul them through the green house

SMELLS LIKE SPRING

....what a stud my hubby is....even surrounded by flowers!

Scavenging One Productive Week

DIPTYCH

 I made homemade baby food for the first time this week.  I don't know why I never did it with our first baby...oh, yeah, I'm pretty lazy.  It was really easy...cost effective...and look at the COLOR of this squash!  It just makes me happy!

BOOK

A book I got for Christmas...I was finally able to make my first project out of it this week.

(I know, pretty productive week, huh?)

FILL IN THE BLANK 

When I think about how many questions are in his eyes, I just have to wonder what Cashton is thinking!

TASTE OF ITALY

The title of this pic should be "Looks can be deceiving" 

Alfredo sauce from a jar is gross.

Just sayin'.

REMINDERS

Don't Forget to Brush Your Teeth!

Sam had her very first dentist appointment this week.  It was a blast!

She had so much fun "Riding" in the chair and she even got a NEW toothbrush!

Touch Up: Clone Stamp

SOOC

EDIT

This was such a fun edit!  I was able to remove the wires that held this Magic Kingdom Christmas tree up...just using the clone stamp.

Then played with the lighting and colors.

Makes for a much better shot!

Scavenger Hunting February

SHADOWS

This past weekend we took the kids to a children's museum.  They had this super cool shadow room.  You posed in front of the green wall, bright light flashed, and it captured your shadow. I'm pretty sure my sister and I had more fun than the kiddos.  This is me!

PATTERNS/REPETITION

Happy Valentine's Day!

BRIGHT WHITE

Broken white crayon.

STRONG

Cashton turned 5 months old on Sunday. This is from his mini-shoot from that "Month-Birthday"....he's so strong already!

WARMTH

The stomach flu also visited our house.  Samantha was a snuggle bug all day.  My heart hurts for her because she was so uncomfortable, but she's just so cute all snugged up in the warmth of the blankets!

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I Heart U:Edited

WOW!  I am very proud of myself today.  I'll admit it's not the best this photo can be, but I did venture for the very first time into Adode Camera RAW.  Thank you, Ashley, for giving me the courage. 
I can tell you very little of what I did, except that I did a custom white balance off of Samantha's teeth!  hehe....then I played around with all the knobs and gizzmos and this is the end result:

I'd say it's an improvement over the SOOC:,

Whatcha think?

Looking forward to learning more!