I’ve taken pictures of this “R” from this exact vantage point just about every January/February since 1998 (it’s from the parking lot at the school where I teach). Today, it looked so much whiter than I ever remember capturing before. It obviously snowed a little last night! Ironically, one of the nearby peaks is where my classroom at the first school I ever taught at is located. So glad I don’t have to drive up there every morning I’ve taken pictures of this "R" from this exact vantage point just about every January/February since 1998 (it’s from the parking lot at the school where I teach). Today, the “R” looked so much whiter than I ever remember capturing before. It obviously snowed a little last night! Ironically, one of the nearby peaks is where my classroom at the first school I ever taught at is located. So glad I don’t have to drive up there every morning anymore!
Happy Weekend :)
This past weekend, Jared and I officially got engaged :) We went away with our friends to stay at their family’s condo in the desert. We had such a great time! Lots of relaxing and eating and hanging out :) Here are just a few random captures from our quick little trip. Some of these are duplicates from my “366” project.
From Where I Stand, Set 10
The whole year so far is here.
The Red Kitchen – Sublime Art Actions
I was lucky enough to be one of the “testers” for The Red Kitchen’s newest set of Photoshop Actions! Their stuff is really lovely and I can’t recommend it enough to anyone who edits photos using Photoshop. Lots of great actions for many different types of photographs. Here is a link to their newest set (which is officially set to release on the 15th) — they’re doing a presale, though, for anyone who’s interested! One of the capabilities is a “Color Blender,” which allows you to run all of the actions on a photo and then turn them on/off using the visibility tool in the actions palette to see which one you like best at just the click of your mouse. Awesome!!!
Here are my plays with an old photo of Ainsley :)
From Where I Stand, Set 9
The whole year so far is here.
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I’m recovering from the worst stomach flu I’ve ever had. I feel 100 times better than I did yesterday, but even today, I have no energy and can barely move. Awful! My poor kids — they were so worried about me :( I couldn’t even take them to school yesterday, had to call for help. Thankfully I’m almost back to myself!
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It almost rained today. I was actually kind of looking forward to it. But, I never saw a drop… I was working on some action-testing for The Red Kitchen today, and used an old photo of Ainsley (which I’ll post as soon as the actions are ready!) and it made me want to try another similar photo of her now, so I did. What I realized is, I think I like her hair better with some bangs, but she doesn’t want any (because her sister doesn’t have any… le sigh)