Knock knock...

...Who's there?
It's us...the raccoon family and we're H-U-N-G-R-Y!
Austin came home from swim practice last night and as we stood in the kitchen discussing dinner, he looked past me and said, "Mom, DON'T turn around, there's a raccoon at the door!" I'm like no way....sure enough, the family of raccoons that startled me at 5 a.m. a few weeks ago had returned last night. While Mama and Papa were in our pool, we fed the babies. I'm sure we'll regret it later, but how can you NOT want to feed & cuddle these little ones!? They really are cute & unafraid of us.
We don't live in the country folks! So this is kind of fun for us. They love peanuts & chicken, but not a fan of bread!

Happy Snapping!

xo

Kelly

Yippee...it's SHS!

I feel like a little kid posting my interpretations for Scavenger Hunt Sunday
This week's prompts led me into the world of macro which I don't do often enough, and I don't know why because its a beautiful and curious world. It seemed obvious to me to blend 2 prompts together, macro & texture...well, you'll see below I had no self control!  So, with out further blabber from me, here are this weeks photos.
                       *MACRO, *FOUND TEXTURE, *HOME, *COVER, *THE TREE

Macro/Texture

Macro/Texture

Macro/Texture

Macro/Texture

Home

Cover

The Tree

If you missed yesterday's post... Forever Red...
Until Next week!

Happy Snapping!

xo

Kelly

Forever Red...

My 1st Halloween eDition!
Guilty pleasure #1...
I will buy wine JUST because of the cool label! Found this at TJ's & couldn't resist with Halloween coming up! Haven't popped the cork yet-Frankie & I will do that Monday night.
I'll let you know how it is! (the wine in the photo is a different wine.)

               Meanwhile...My little man, Danbo has decided what he wants to be Halloween!

                                                        

Oh-
Remember this?
<-----

Danbo decided to help me fill the candy bowl...
one
candy
corn
at
a
time!




It kept him busy...
REAL busy!

Admiring his work,
Danbo remembered he needed a bath...

                                                                                                        
But not necessarily in the bathtub...If you catch my drift!





Happy Snapping!
xo
Kelly

Fun with...

...Florabella
If you haven't already seen or heard of Florabella, you've come the right place. These actions will enhance your shots and give your photos as much or as little "oomph" as you want. I love to create a mood & feelings with textures & photo actions. You can find Shana's site here Florabella Collection Photoshop Actions - Florabella Photoshop ...
She's on FB as well. Editing is like doodling to me. I'm not a good doodler, but I think I'm getting better at my editing skills & I wanted to share a few edits I did last night while I was waiting for Survivor. This is not a paid advertisement-just a happy Florabella user who hopes the photos speak for themselves!

Original photo
It's an ok photo...but it needs something.

Original with Kim Klassen's Magic 2 texture added @ screen mode 100%

The above recipe only I reduced the opacity of the texture to 50% and added SHISHI at 24%.

I wanted to start going for a winter-ish feel to my photo.

Brrrr...Are you getting the idea that winter is on my mind?
I added HIGH KEY B&W and the VINTAGE WASH-normal at 25% opacity. I also added a Center Fill Light-overylay @ 15% opacity. For fun I added a layer of ORTONISH  from Picnic & faded it 30%.

 I added HIGH KEY B&W & IVORY BOOST on overlay at 40%. Over in Picnic I wanted a more winter so added the Ortonish & faded it 50%.

 I converted the original photo with the HIGH KEY B&W and added DEEP AZURE to 55% opacity for a bit more drama.

I processed this with B/W RAIN 100% Pass Thru.
But the texture I used Linear Dodge & lowered the opacity to 40%. I also added a bit of BRIGHT XP @ 35%.

















So there you have it...FUN with FLORABELLA..."Doodling" with photos!
Happy Snapping!
xo
Kelly

Just...

...Do
...what makes you happy, chances are it will rub off on others. Magic happens when you share your enthusiasm. That's what I feel today...
Can you tell?
Happy Snapping
xo
Kelly


P.S. The words are an action from Kim Klassen.

Happy TT-Free & Easy x2 eDition!

Even though Kim is with the other Shutter Sisters in Northern CA, I chose to keep on the TT track-
While what I wrote above is true, this weekend with swim meets both days threw me for a loop & I didn't get to play & edit another photo for this week, So i'm cheating (just a little!) and reposting this...I think it's worth it!
 I love this wheat I bought at the farm a few weeks ago. The little corner where I have it sitting in a vase smells a little like the country-I like that-especially living in urban L.A.
                                                           Happy Snapping-xo Kelly

Recipe:

Florabella Modern color-normal @ 30%

Florabella soft warmth-normal@ 10%

Scripted Autumn-soft light @63%

Serious Magic-screen @ 90%

Flattened image

added Florabella Richer/Deeper-pass thru @ 30%

Scavenger Hunt Sunday-10/23/11

Over at Ashley's, the Scavenger Hunt Sunday 

is fast becoming one of my favorite places to go & hang out. I saw things this week I would have never seen  otherwise!  So with out further ado, my interpretations for this week:
                                                                                                      

WORDS




For my one true love~
Frankie

UNDER...





...my wind chime!

Also UNDER...

...Never noticed the fish UNDER the ring!

ORANGE

FLY

I adore this big baby raven-

ALWAYS LOOK ON THE

BRIGHT SIDE....

...The sun always comes up, surround yourself with good people, know you have choices, value yourself and other will value you...

Happy Snapping

xo

Kelly