December 28 to January 03

It was a light week in the photography department. I was working really hard on a quilt most of the week.

When I work on my sewing, very often I’ll just set up my ironing board, iron, and sewing machine in the living room. Elli quickly learned that the morning sun hits just so, and the ironing board is a great place for a nap.

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Welcome to another edition of Photoshop Phriday with your hostess, Dory!

*kazoo chorus*

By the way, if there’s anyone out there that’s all Photoshoppy, I would love for you to join in the fun and bring Photoshop Phriday to your bloggy casa. Just send me an email. Or a stripper gram. Ya know, whatever.

Anyhoo… on with the show.

I’ve been Photoshopping all day long, and I’m about all Photoshopped out. I’ve been getting a bunch of my artsy-fartsy pics ready for print, and I’m going to put some up on Etsy and see how it goes. Here’s the set. (It’ll open in a new window and do a slide show.)

So anyway, today Photoshop has worn out its welcome, and I can’t even send it to a hotel. Truth be told, I was this-><-close to just punching it in the face.

But I could not let down Mah Peepull!

But I can cheat a little. I did this one quite a while ago. But hey, it’s new to you, right?

I was having one of those days, and this is how I felt. 

I know you feel mah pain. You’ve been there. Driving the Cranky Bus.

Or, The Can’t Even Stand My Own Damn Self Bus.

I never did get around to captioning this masterpiece, though. I’ll leave that for you.

Leave a good caption in your comment, and we’ll vote on it. Winning captioner gets a 4×6 print with their caption on it. Ah, hell, anyone who wants a print gets one too.

Can ya feel the love? Kenai gedda widness?!

Feed reader peepulls, please click over from your reader to view photos. I’ll love you forever an’ ever, a-men, if you do.

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December 21 to December 27

I’m getting in late because last night my Flickr plugin quit working and I was hoping it was just a little glitch. But it’s still not working. Dammit. 

Anyway.

Bubbles + Jack Russell Terrier = invisible trampoline

If you look closely at her left eye, you can see the reflection of the Christmas tree 

Can someone help a gal out here? I’ve played and played with my shutter speed and aperture, and I can’t get what I want out of my low light pictures. Especially since I hate using the flash. It’s so harsh and also too attention grabbing when I’m trying to get some good candids.

I’m very frustrated with my new boyfriend, Manual Mode. He’s kind of a persnickity doody head.

(Above) No flash, f/4.4, 1/2 second, and I set the ISO to 400. But the color is weird and it’s not as sharp as I’d like it to be. 

(Below) Flash, f/4.4, 1/60 second… I hate how harsh the light is and how dark the background is. 

What settings do you use for your low light situations?

I’m very determined to work it out with Manual Mode. Perhaps we should try couples counseling.

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December 14 to December 20

 Emma hanging out underneath the tree

This was just kind of fun because I was playing in Manual mode (I’m getting more brave!) and this is at 1/4 second.
She’s really fast. She tosses her head in the air and squeaks the ball as much as she can.

Took a walk this week and brought home a bunch of snow shots. This was Hunky’s favorite.

I spent a couple hours playing with Photoshop today… More snow shots coming on Wordless Wednesday!

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