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Pictures I took today!

Some pictures from this afternoon...

Some weeds!  Makes for a fun picture though. : )

This is my favorite one of these.  I loved how it turned out!  I took this one in raw, and editing is sooo cool!  The bead bracelet was made by a lady in Kenya.  Mom stopped at a fresh market in town, called, "Jubilee Market."  She found out that they are Christians and the lady that is doing this, is right now in Kenya.  She goes every year or something for a month, and helps at an orphanage there in the, "bush."  Anyway they had some things there that people in Kenya had made.  Mom bought two bracelets, and a carved wood paper opener with a elephant carved on the top.  It's funny the bracelet, looks like something they would ware...I don't know much about Kenya though. : )  

My siblings were practicing baseball...action shots!

Haha... : )

A Sudden Change!

I noticed this shoot in our front flower bed on August 15,2011 and took some pictures.  

Today, August 19, 2011, it looks like this!  A fairly tall flower!...I think it is a naked lady.  Interesting name, huh. : )  AND yesterday I think, it was already tall, but the flowers were buds.  The buds were open today.

Pictures with my Canon 60d + Editing = Amazing pictures : )

And, I found out today how to batch edit with Photoshop Elements 9!  That is nice, I was disappointed that it didn't look like it did this, but is does!  Batch editing is when you select a number of photos with the same kind of look,(or lighting) and make the same edits to all of them, by just making the adjustments once.  Hopefully I can use this!  It would be so much faster!

Going down a different topic I watched a live streaming video of the Visa National Championships, for the Ladies.  Almost all the girls it seemed were messing up...like falling, bad! Hopefully they can get there act together!  It will be on tv Saturday night...we'll see how they do then. Yay! 

White Weed Flowers

At this time of the year there isn't to much as far as color and flowers...I was like, flowers!  They are weeds but they look cute!! 

I have been working on a cafepress store and I did this design for that!

Stuff

This week the rest of the kids started school with Mom...I'm done with high school. Yes...  Although I still have most of my learning to do!  It might be formal AND informal "school" but it is learning all the same.  You keep learning all the time, and I have a lot I need to learn in photography.  That might not make to much sense how I put that...: )

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I Like this one, he is so cute!  I tried with his back to the setting sun, using just the on camera flash and it worked pretty good!

A graduation gift!  Psalm 23 bracelet. 

I have been working on a cafe press store and here on two pictures I took yesterday and I used them on products! Yes, that is my Bible staring in the pictures!  Well, it's not "my" Bible but...I didn't write it or anything and it is God's. : )

Tonight we have some company visiting for dessert, the Pastor and his wife from the church we have been visiting.  I hope that goes well!  In my devotion time this morning I looked up compassion, and read a passage that listed some things we should be, and compassion was the first thing!  This means we should be compassionate, right?! I think so...

"New" Bedroom : )

Well...this morning I thought about rearranging my room...I decided to do it and I like it!  We'll see if I want to keep it this way....something different!

I don't know what to title this post..: )

It is Sunday afternoon...blog post time!  Here are some pictures from the past few days!

Let's hit the bottom of the net in everything we do...strive for your best.

Little Sheriff  - this is my computer background right now. : )

He dosn't usually suck his finger!

My beautiful sister

Since getting my dslr camera, and shooting in raw(a file format) I have found out how great "raw" is!  What a raw file is:
Let's first start with how a jpeg file works(this is the "normal" file format that small cameras use. These nicer camera's can shoot both types of files, raw and jpeg.)  With a jpeg file the camera gathers all of the information when you take the pictures, then throws all the "ingredients" away, and compresses picture into a jpeg file.

A raw file on the other hand, saves all the information(ingredients).  You can then have more freedom in editing the pictures on the computer!  It is crazy...awesome! Incomprehensible....hahaha big word.
Here is the video I watched about this.
http://www.youtube.com/user/adoramaTV#p/c/7DE50CFC19370404/37/_xqkkWB4zk4

Until next time...
Sarah

Ron's Family Pictures

Our family has know Ron and his boys for a long time!  Another friend who I had taken pictures of some of their kids before, told Ron maybe I could take some pictures that he wanted with his boys.  I had so much fun...I thought I did pretty good.  I actually felt a little confident and communicated with them...ok.  : )  I still am learning and need MOOORE practice!!!  I wish I could get more photography jobs...: (

I am so thankful though for Ron picking me to take his pictures.  If you are willing to work with me as I learn...check out my facebook page.  I live in Kansas, so if you don't live in KS then it won't be worth checking out unless you like looking at pictures like I do. ; )


Now finely to the pictures!  Oh, and I was going to say...these guys naturally posed pretty well!!!

Here you go...