Orange!

Kim Klassen's challenge this week was the color orange with any of her textures. I LOVE the color orange, but I didn't have any pretty flowers to post, but I did have this girl, a Malaysian Tiger, at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. It was feeding time and her cubs came out and were running around her. I think the snarl was a warning to the visitors to stay away from her babies! Here I used stampedsoftly multiply 100% and kk_crackerjack also multiply 100%.

She Picked Us!

This is one of our two dogs, Muffin. We found her at the pound approximately 8 years ago. When we walked in, all the other dogs were jumping and barking and trying to get our attention. Poor Muffin was cowering in the back of her cage. You could tell she had recently had pups. They spayed her and put her in the cage with no blanket to lay on. When they took her out of her cage for us to visit with, my daughter, who was 5 at the time sat on the floor in Muffin laid across her lap. So we took her home. She has been a wonderful pet! This black and white of her is my entry for the September Rock The Shot Photo Challenge.

John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge and Texture Tuesday

 

I took this photo of the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio this past weekend after we left the Cincinnati Bengals practice camp! It was awesome, by the way! More pics of that to come. This is my entry for Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday. On this I used kk_dream-it applied in the soft light blend mode at 80%. Hopefully, if you mouse over you can see the before...if I did it right! I used a Lightroom 3 preset to give my photo that antique look! If you are here via Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday, please provide a link back to your photo in the comments so I can check out your fabulous work too! 

A DAY AT THE RACES AND TEXTURE TUESDAY

Last weekend my husband won the guest announcer spot for horse racing at River Downs. So the whole family went and it was a great chance for me to get some pics of the horses and my kids. Rob did pretty well at announcing the race, something I would never want to try to do!  Jimmy was bummed that he couldn't ride any of the horses, but all in all it was a fun day!

The horses were beautiful, I was set on getting close ups of their faces and I was pleased with what I got!


























My 8 yo son Jimmy, I edited this with Florabella Actions and used Kim Klassen's Distressed Sky, applied as soft light 35%.





My soon to be teenager Sydney, I wasn't sure whether I liked the color or black and white on this one!

Dreamy Purple Coneflower

Welcome to my new blog!  This is my entry for Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday. On a weekly basis Kim sends out wonderful, free textures. If you aren't on her list yet, I do recommend signing up! The challenge this week was to use two of her textures, any two. For this purple cone flower I used kk_canvasback and greyday plus her dream brush for the little quote in the corner. I took the photo of this purple coneflower when I was out photographing a listing for a realtor friend of mine. My flowers at home are dying because of the heat, and my brown thumb! How has your summer been going?

Summertime

My kids and I spent a few days at Stonelick State Park in Pleasant Plain, Ohio. We had a lot of fun at the beach and even went for a sunset swim and were the only one's on the beach, which can be nice, but it also feels kind of strange. This was a candid shot of my daughter on the beach playing in the sand. This is also my entry for the Rock the Shot July photo contest.

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