Friday Freebie – Picture Day!
I have Italy on my mind today…
would LOVE to go have a capuccini and some pasta and some gelato and some capuccini…
Well, at least I can look at my pictures =)
Feel free to right-click and download the picture, and use it for your computer background or other personal uses!
Enjoy!
Please note: This picture is copyright protected 2011 JAS Photography LLC, you may use it royalty free for personal applications. It is not for commercial use. Thanks!
The countdown is well underway
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I managed to get my advent calendar up in time for Dec 1st this year….just a little late in posting about it!
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R has been getting a kick out of it. I think it is giving her a lesson in patience too, because she sees things poking out of some of the other bags and wants to open them right away!
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I just strung a piece of red yard between two picture hangers on my wall, and then put a little santa at the end (and a snowman at the beginning) to mark Christmas Day!
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I used regular old clothespins. My original plan was to pain the clothespins…that didn’t happen in time…but we did paint some a couple days ago – so once they are finished and dry and up on the wall, I’ll post them up too!
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The bags are just small silver bags from India that I had in the house – I love using things I already own (i.e. all of it!)
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Here are some pics from the from the first few days of opening the treats!
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Someone could barely contain her excitement!
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She had fun trying to reach for them too!
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This one was a little hard to get out…but she managed =]
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And in case you missed it, I put up a free download of the numbers I made for the calendar – here it is!
Enjoy!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Waiting
Here is my entry for this week’s photo challenge on The Daily Post: Waiting
Love his expression =)
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Photo Tip Of the Week (PTOW): Games for Little Ones
I had a fun photoshoot this weekend, with two beautiful children! The 2.5 year old had fun with the pictures for about 5 minutes and then was DONE. She didn’t really want much more to do with it, and that made things challenging!
So finally I came up with the idea of trying to play games with her to get her to have fun and relax in front of the camera. She had a new hat that her grandma made for her and that she loved, so we decided to play peek-a-boo with the hat!
At first I ketp my focus on AIServo so that it would focus with heras she moved, but I found that I was missing the shots as I had only a split second and the camera wasn’t focusing fast enough. So I changed to One Shot focusing mode, put the camera on high speed mode, focused on where her eyes would be, and then as soon as she started lifitng her hat I just kept the shutter speed pressed so I could get a good shot!
It worked pretty well, I think! Although she is not smiling in this shot, I like the expression on her face…it is…real.
Hope that helps with your photos!
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IHeartFaces: On Your Feet
This week’s photo challenge on I Heart Faces is “On Your Feet”
This is one of my favorite pictures – it just captured a really cute moment of this little one looking out the door and wondering what else is out there in the world!
Check out some more great entries here!
Lightroom workshop!
Sorry guys – I have been behind on everything this week! Just dropping a note to say that I am taking a Lightroom workshop today and just couldn’t manage to get a post up before now. Will hopefully have fun tips to share afterwards!
iheartfaces: bust a gut
Ok, so this is not exactly “busting a gut”… but I love the expression in this picture…so I’m sticking with it =)
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Stay tuned for my weekly photo tip tomorrow!
Check out some other entries from this week’s photo challenge at I Heart Faces!
Friday Freebie – Advent Calendar Number Printables!
As promised, here are the cute christmas numbers to use for your own DIY advent calendar!
The numbers are all “out of order” on the page so that when you put them in order, the designs will vary.
Just right-click and save the high quality jpg image and print!
You can either print them on cardstock or label paper, then use a 2 inch plain or scalloped circle to cut out your numbers!
As always, remember these are for personal use only!
Enjoy!
All images and files are Copyright 2011 JAS Photography LLC
Getting ready for Dec 1st!
This year, R is old enough to be excited about and look forward to Christmas!
Well, we have already put up our Christmas decorations, and the countdown as begun. She keeps asking: “Can we do christmas now?”
So although I never really appreciated them before, I have decided to make an advent calendar for her to countdown to christmas!
I have been scouring pintrest, etsy and the internet, and have finally decided to make a “calendar” out of things that I have in the house:
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Yarn, clothespins, cute silver bags, and printed numbers.
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Ok. so I didn’t already have the numbers. I made those and printed them. It was fun! Stay tuned for the free download on Friday!
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My plan is to… paint these clothespins with R as an activity (sometime before Dec 1st!)…
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…string the yarn between 2 picture frame hooks…
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…then use the clothespins to hang the bags from the yarn!
I haven’t yet figured out how I will attach the numbers to the bags…ideas anyone?
I’ll put up some pictures once I have it done!
Photo Tip of the Week (PTOW): Wide Angle Portraits
Hi everyone! I had a rough week last week…hence the lack of posts.
But today I wanted to share a tip…or idea…when doing photo sessions. I usually use my favorite lens: my Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS L. However this weekend, I decided to play around a bit with my wide angle and got some fun pictures! I thought the warp around the edges would not look good for portraits, but it did add some cool effects which we all liked.
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So, whip out that wide angle and have some fun with it!
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