Fall is Coming!

Nikon D3100  f 5.6 1/80 ISO 100

Processed in CS5 and SnapArt2

As the weather is starting to get cooler, I am really looking forward to fall. The leaves will be changing soon and there are a couple NYC trips to look forward to as well as pumpkins and Halloween!

The opening image is the back of the sunflower, I really liked the detail and structure of the green leaves. The image below is of a budding sunflower, with the bloomed ones in the background it just looks like it is striving, just waiting for its turn to shine! Enjoy!

Shot with the Lensbaby Composer

Processed in CS5 and TotallyRad Photoshop actions

Happy 4th Everyone!!

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy 4th of July! 

Thanks to all of our Troops for keeping our Country free!

We have been having a very fun weekend! (despite the fact that I had to work Saturday and Sunday) Saturday night we had a UFC fight night party and then played some Rock Band. Last night we had a fun neighborhood party and we set off some fireworks. Basically a great weekend with some great people! Looking forward to the Bel Air fireworks tonight!!!

The opening image was taken with the lensbaby and edited entirely on the iphone using various apps. The fireworks image was edited using the SketchMee app on the Mac.

New York City

This past weekend I took a trip to NYC with my Mom. We had a great time! Saturday we saw a show and went to dinner at this fabulous Italian restaurant complete with a singing waiter! After that we went to Eataly and did a little shopping and got some gelato.. yum!! Sunday we took a walk through Central Park and went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. That place was HUGE!! I don't even think we saw a quarter of the place! Needless to say, we were pretty exhausted by the time we had to catch the bus home.

The tryptic above is made up of 3 photos I think represent the city well.. the first image is from a previous NYC trip that I took using the lensbaby, the second photo is from a band we saw playing in central park and the third image is of a taxi in times square. I created the tryptic in photoshop and converted all the images to B&W. The image below is one I took with my regular camera, processed in Aperture 3 and then added a border on my iPhone using the Photoshop Express app.

New Beginnings

I have been wanting to make a blog for a while.. but had no idea what the subject should be and I am not exactly the greatest writer. What I really want though is to take people with me on my journey to become something I always wanted to be... a nature photographer. When I was little my plan was always to be a photographer for National Geographic.. but life kinda got in the way.. Don’t get me wrong, I love my life, I have a wonderful husband, Jason, we own our home and share it with two cats and a rabbit. We have an amazing extended family, and I have a good career as a Cardiac Ultrasound Tech. I am very happy. Now Jason is in school getting his Masters and he is really going after his dream and I couldn’t be more proud of him, he has really made me want to go for my own as well. Realistically, I probably won’t be published in Nat Geo, but this is something I want to do for me, something I really enjoy and I would like to see how far I can go with it. I am really just getting started.. I don’t have all the fancy equipment or computer programs (yet). I just have my Nikon D3100, a couple basic lenses, the little knowledge I have from a couple classes I took in high school and college.. and Me.

This photograph is from a trip to NYC last year. It was taken with my Lensbaby Muse and then processed in Photoshop CS5.