I asked for it...

Jordan got her license yesterday. She wanted to go out last night but she had not been added to our insurance yet. So today, first chance... "mom, can I borrow the keys please" Next thing I know, Cameron & I are stranded at home while Jordan enjoys her new found freedom (and my van).

buckle up for safety!

And she's off!

Cameron playing Mary Had a Little Lamb.

For Tracey

Here's a pout shot. No editing on this one at all. SOOC in all her glory.

Mostly uncooperative

Every time I pull out my camera, Cameron gets silly. She makes awful faces, pouts or whatever she can do to irk me. It kills me because I take pictures of her 3 or 4 times a week at a minimum.
If she would just cooperate, the whole process would take mere seconds & she'd back to doing whatever it was that prompted me to want take the picture to begin with! The silver lining is, most of the time if I keep clicking, I can get one or two good shots while she's in her silly mode. Here's one example.




Seconds before I snapped this, she was in full pout. Little does she know, these are my favorite pictures of her. Totally not posed, being herself. I'm not telling her though. She might find a way to thwart me.

TTV

I've been playing with textures thanks to a class I'm taking at www.jessicasprague.com

In one of her lessons, she's turned us on to faux TTV textures. TTV is the art of taking a picture of any subject through the viewfinder of any camera with another camera.

There is a flickr group filled with photos using this technique. Mine however is faux. It's a texture designed to look like a TTV photo. I kind of like the effect of it on this picture of Jordan. I added a little paisley brush in the lower left corner for effect.

Free lens give away!!!

WIN AN SLR LENS: Brand New Tamron Lens – 18-270mm or 28-300mm

All you have to do is post a link to the contest - exactly what I'm doing now. Full instructions & link are here!

I first encountered MCP actions through Pioneer Woman. She does some great tutorials on the PW site and also on her own blog. Her actions are awesome, check them out!

Connecticut

The girls & I drove to Connecticut for a memorial service this past weekend. I didn't take very many pictures (strange!) but here are a few. Thank you to family & friends of family who were more conscientious than I.