LOVE OF MY LIFE

My husband, Steve (who will be figuring prominently into this blog) generally likes to ham it up for the camera but I caught him napping on the couch this weekend and couldn't resist taking a few peaceful shots..



Then later after he woke up he decided it wouldn't be right to not made a few faces for me. Classic Steve

BOKEH

I was playing around on Flickr and kept coming across this word Bokeh so finally my curiosity got the better of me and I googled it. According to Wikipedia bokeh is

"In photography, bokeh is the æsthetic quality of the out-of-focus areas of an image.Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting— "good" or "bad" bokeh, respectively.Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions."

I sort of thought bokeh was a Jewish star (it seems a lot of example pictures use this though) but now I realize its just that cool blur effect I never had a word for but really liked.

Here are a few of my pictures of bokeh. I think this generally happens unintentionally. I took these pictures one day on a walk behind my house, along the golf course.

PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS

I have recently discovered the magic of Photoshop Actions. I used to think Photoshop was cheating but that was when it took forever for me to make any changes/improvements to my pictures and I was really just frustrated. Now that its as easy as the push of a button I am beginning to see how cool Photoshop really can be. I think the problem is relying too much on Photoshop to touch up your pictures instead of taking great pictures to begin with.

This picture was taken at Halls Harbour, NS when I was home visitng this summer. I love this picture I took of my brother and sister playing around and generally being their goofy selves.

You can see the original and also the Photoshopped version and decide which you like better.

ROOKIE POST

Well... this is my maiden voyage into the world of blogging and I am not really sure what to expect or where I will take this. First things first I apparently need to get my husband to take a picture of me with my camera so I can have a cool profile picture.. but from there all of the pictures on this blog will be compliments of me! I want this to be a fun experience and not turn into a hassle or an obligation so as much as I love the idea of a 365 blog that will not be happening here. So stay tuned, pictures to come soon.