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Felix Wilson

I have been waiting and waiting to enter this picture.  I missed the last Pet Faces and am beyond excited to enter my photo this time.  Enjoy!

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Liz and Will

       This is just a tease from Will and Elizabeth's wedding on June 16, 2012.  The wedding was at the Noah Liff Opera Center and it was beautiful.  They were both so very happy (as seen below).  Special thanks to Jessica for her creative help and Maggie for being my assistant!  The shot of Will during the ceremony and the wedding party looking over the balcony are both credited to my assistant :) Enjoy!

Chelsea  :)

Happy Mama's Day

The kiddos were great artists and painted these canvases.  Mary has a pretty yard to take pictures in and they brought their beautiful smiles.

Happy Mothers Day!

Hands.

Gettin creative

 Because of all the goodies I received from Christmas (photoshop, lenses, filters, books...)  I have really been trying to brush up on my photography skills.  What I have tried to focus on mostly is shooting manually.  Why have a camera like this and not take full advantage, right?

I have really been focusing in the f-stop, which in my words, is a way to focus more on one area, while other areas that are near are blurred.  For example, if I had not changed the f-stop manually, the picture of the paint brushes would be focused on the brushes, water, and cup.

Again (although I need more practice on moving subjects) Jules' ear is blurry while her eye is not because I manually changed the f-stop, or aperture.

And here is just a picture I painted.  The background is a two-tone type of technique I tried.  First, I painted purple on the blank canvas.  On top of the purple, I painted green.  Then, I laid a paper towel with a neat texture on top of the canvas, and then pulled it off which exposed the purple underneath with the neat pattern intact.   Although it is much easier to see the texture in real life, it looks very neat.  Enjoy!