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Posts from the ‘Holidays’ Category

Dec 17

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Snowmen and Kittens

Snowmen and Kittens and red woolly mittens….Theeese are a few of my faaavorite things. Not the real words to that famous song and worse….now I can’t get the words and song out of my head 🙂

Lensbaby capture of favorite ornaments

Dec 5

Shaken and Stirred

We went to Luminaria at the Desert Botanical Garden a couple of nights ago. Gotta hear the bell ringers to officially get into the holiday spirit! I had a little fun with their tree by shaking and stirring my camera while taking the photos. You can probably guess which way I was moving my camera by the shape and direction of the streaks. Fun stuff 🙂

Dec 4

Angels

You’ve probably sensed a theme this month 🙂 Here’s yet another of my ornaments. Angel captured by Lensbaby.

Dec 3

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I Love Snowmen

So far you know I love Santas and Cyclists but I really love Snowmen! I have ones made of cloth, wood, crystal, fabric and more. This little sparkley guy is one of my favorites. He’s part angel with a pinch of devil. Shot with a Lensbaby. Not only can you isolate your subject in the sweet spot but these lenses bend light. This is great in extreme highlight situations but when you use one of the creative aperture disks on specular highlights, you get especially pretty Bokeh.

Dec 2

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Santa and Cyclists

More of my favorite ornaments but this time I used a Flaming Pear filter called Flexify to enclose them in a glass ball. I added a glass loop on top of the ball, sprinkled some photoshop snow inside and finished with a bevel and drop shadow. Fun stuff 🙂

Dec 1

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Cyclist Ornament

This cyclist ornament was shot with a Lensbaby using a creative aperture attactment which makes any strong highlights into the shape of the cutout you choose. In this case, it’s stars. I then applied the Fractalius filter to smooth down the edges. I typically apply the filter to a layer copy and then mask in what I want. Otherwise, the effect can be too strong.

Ridin’ aroun’ the christmas tree…(sing along) 🙂

Nov 30

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Merry Cloe

Can it really be December tomorrow?! To usher in December, here’s a Happy Holidays and Merry Cloe 🙂

Cloe captured in front of our tree with a Lensbaby.

Jul 4

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Happy Independence Day!

This composite featuring Death Valley is something I’ve wanted to try ever since I saw something similar a few years ago. Fun, don’t you think?! Happy 4th!

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