HB's Photo Blog

Well, exactly!

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Ok - not a photo I took, but I think we can all relate to this, yes?

Messing around with Photoshop

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Click for larger version:

A big catch-up post

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A few recent shots:

Yeah, it's been a while!

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Click the pictures for larger versions.

My little Pele.

This little guy is going to break some hearts someday! Be sure to click the picture to see his eyes in the larger version.

Spring!

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The first blossoms on my peach tree can only mean one thing... SPRING is around the corner!

Look how high I am, Mama!

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Sophie in our peach tree.

A few from the weekend

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Loving my new lens!

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I added a new lens to my collection. It's a Canon 50mm, 1:1.8. I needed something for low lighting conditions, and I think this will do nicely. Turns out, it's a good portrait lens too, very sharp:

Unfortunate...

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An unfortunate name in a cemetary:

And yes, thanks MOM, for pointing out the comedy here! Love ya! ;)

Silly!

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No caption needed!

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Happy Birthday, Sophie Elizabeth!

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She's seven today. *sigh* Where does the time go?!

A couple photos from the weekend...

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Hot air balloon rising out of the trees. We see these all the time here!

Falling down old barn.

Beautiful day today!

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My lunchtime walk around the lake - so beautiful today:

A couple of geeky self-portraits to get me back on track...

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Would someone tell me why I thought I needed this stuff?

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WHY? Because it was "the thing" to do when you get engaged/married to register for stuff that will sit in a china cabinet for 11ish years, only to be used a handful of times?

The end of my marriage has put me into a MAJOR decluttering mood and this stuff has to go, so I took these pictures for Craig's List today:

Not pictured are 12 silver chargers, 12 cut crystal individual salt cellars (really!), crystal champagne flutes and a box full of flatware - service for 12, plus serving pieces.

Major resolution for 2008: If I or my children don't NEED it, I don't buy it. And yes, this includes kids' clothing. Enough!

A sunny, warm Saturday... in January!

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Dust Catchers!

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Proof that watching football can be entertaining!

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Special thanks to my Sooner-Boy, because I certainly wouldn't have been watching the OU v. WV game on my own!

Winter

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I wish this was in better focus, but I was zoomed in a seriously long way, so I guess this is as good as it gets without a tripod.

Hey! I got an award!

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Warming up the web one post at a time? Check! ;)

Thanks, Jen for the nod! *mwah*

Another one bites the dust!

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Gotta love the continuous shutter...

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and one more because it's so rare to get a good, natural shot of my son!

All she wants for Christmas...

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Larger Image

Church in West Palm Beach, Florida

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I took a ton of pictures of this really pretty church in West Palm Beach, Florida. The architecture was amazing. Here are a couple of my favorites:

I'm still around... barely!

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My golden girl

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I still don't know where Sophie got her blonde/blue eyed looks and I'm still jealous! ;)

Check out the large version and you can see the sky reflected in her eyes.

Dragonfly

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Winning is suh-weet!

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Here's my girl after kicking the winning goal in her last soccer game. (What were you saying about perfect hair, Toni?) LOL!

Ladybugs, Game 1

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The chasedown:

And the steal:

Bubble Beards!

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Soccer!

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Well, one of my two girls loves soccer. And I never would have prediced this in a million years - but Gemma, my rough, tumble, get-dirty, tom-boy girl HATED soccer so much that I pulled her from her team and promised her several times that I wouldn't make her play. Sophie - my princess, pink, dainty, girly-girl LOVED soccer so much that she's been practicing all she can every day in the backyard, despite the temperatures in the high 90's and the humidity not far behind. Who knew??

Link to a bigger version of the pic.

Photo Actions!

2007-08-18T19:42:00.000-05:00

Why didn't I know about these before??? Actions are handy little scripts that you load into your photo editing software (PSE 5 in my case) and they apply effects to your photos with one or two clicks rather than spending eons of time adjusting this and that.

Today I found a freebie "vintage" action, so this picture:

Became this picture:

in about 3 seconds. FUN!

I think actions may be addicting!

My cheeky girl

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Gemma is developing into such a fun little person. She loves to make people laugh and is always making up jokes and stories. My sunshine:

Link to a larger version is here

August 13, 2007

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snapped this in the 5 seconds we were outside today. It's HOT!!!

Click here for a larger version - stupid blogger!

The view from my front porch last night

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No girls!

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Alex is spending the week in Arizona with his grandparents. (His first solo flight!) I about died laughing when I walked up the stairs last night, after we returned from the airport - I had no idea he'd done this to his bedroom door.

Photoshop

2007-07-09T14:34:00.000-05:00

I have finally joined the rest of the free world and gotten myself a copy of the latest version of PSE. (I was a diehard Paint Shop Pro fan for years, so it's like learning a new language!)

I wanted to fix the photo down below of Sophie because that weird yellow cast was driving me nuts.

Before:

After:

I like the punchy color and sort of urban feel of the fixed photo. What do you think?

Photos from last week

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Clearly I need to rename this blog, "HB's weekly photo". Here are a couple that I liked from this past week:

Sophie

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These are her 'model' poses. This is all her doing, her own poses and expressions:

I need to photoshop this one, the color's a little weird:

Hanging out in the backyard:

And today, catching roly polys:

Are you in there?

Off to the playoffs!

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Go TWINS!!

June 17, 2007

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Have you ever seen anyone look this relaxed and happy while watching golf on TV?! (Booooring - but apparently not for my son!)

Sunshine and green grass

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Taken June 9.

Sophie after a birthday party this weekend

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May 30, 2007

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My cat got stuck outside during a thunderstorm:

Catching Up

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To properly catch up I'd need to post 24 photos. I'll spare you! Here are a few favorites from our recent trip to China and Thailand.

A woman praying inside the Man Mo Temple. Hong Kong, China

I thought this woman was so cute.

An orchid stall, Hong Kong street market

Starbucks really IS everywhere! (village of Ngong Ping, notice 'Big Buddha' in the background.)

Victoria Harbour

Kowloon side

Phuket, Thailand

Firedancer, Phuket, Thailand

Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Thursday, May 4

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Here is why I love Target.
$3.76, $12.99, $6.48, $3.24, $3.24, $1.98, $2.74

Wednesday, May 2

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AKA, the first official time spent *inside* the tornado shelter due to a pretty violent storm.

Seattle doesn't have anything on Texas rain.

Floating backyard furniture. The cushions are waterproof so I didn't move them, however I didn't count on the hurricane force winds. I did find them all over the yard the next day!

Tuesday, May 1

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Today was swimming lessons:

Monday, April 30

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This is what I found when I went to check on Sophie this evening. Her bed is iron and the Little Pet Shop pets have a magnet in them:

Sunday, April 29

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Here's Sophie messing around in the backyard:

And I was practicing trying to get "catchlights" in Gemma's eyes. I think I did it here:

You can see them better in the full sized version.

Saturday, April 28

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Gemma got a new look today, (there's a story here, to be posted later).

Friday, April 27

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Gemma loves living in a neighborhood with sidewalks where she can ride her scooter:

Cathing up!

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Monday:

Tuesday:

and here's where I need to cheat a little. Wednesday and Thursday I *did* take pictures, but they were boring ones that you wouldn't be interested in. (Just shooting test shots in manual mode and changing my settings each time.)

So for Wednesday and Thursday, here are two others that I liked from our weekend road trip:

Alex has a baseball game tonight, so hopefully I'll update later with pictures of that.

Welcome!

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I take pictures every day with my Canon Rebel XTi.

Here is where I will post my daily photos. This is mostly for my reference, but please feel free to look and comment! I hope you enjoy.