A Sick Day

Well, I was sick today so hubby stayed home from work to care for the kids. Yay, hubby! Getting out of bed to take a photo of the day was a chore, but I did it. Unfortunately, I can't share it since it was a photo of my adorable foster daughter. She has been walking around with an old-style Little People dog in her mouth and I was lucky enough to catch her on film. The picture was fine and after some tweaking in Photoshop I got a great angle and a clear image. Yay, Photoshop!

I have been playing with presets in Adobe Lightroom but I really don't understand how to customize the program. I have a few favorite presents from Kelsey Smith and Holly McCaig that I use regularly but other than that, I am clueless. I've paid good money (thank you, honey) for some great Photoshop Actions from Nicole Van and Photo Blast, but tonight I hit the jackpot. I downloaded free samples of some basic actions from Totally Rad Actions and I am now eyeing the full product line. Simply gorgeous actions, even the freebies are helpful!

So, it's after midnight and my photography class has started. I say what the assignments are each and every day as I am sure that would be frowned upon by the instructor but I wanted to post an old photo I used for my first assignment. It is one of my all-time favorite photos of my boys in an old Nevada ghost town near Death Valley. It sums up our emotions at the time as we were adopting through the foster care system. We keep this in a deep chocolate sepia print at home and I am reminded every day that miracles happen!



No scrapping today, too sick.