We're so proud!

Ok, I'm a really bad video editor... but here's a cute one of our little Kira reading in German. She's pretty amazing!!!

*don't forget to enter the little contest I have going on... I'm hoping to announce a winner tomorrow. 

-Michelle

randomness...

Man, the weather has been so crazy around here! Snowy at night... sunny throughout the day. I'm confused! 

Here are some random shots from yesterday. My little Kira is such a bookworm! The last one is just a snapshot taken from my living room. I can't believe it! Warm weather, where are you?!?!

*Sorry I didn't post more from the previous session. Hopefully I'll get back to that soon. :) Oh... thanks for the great response about the contest. I'll have a winner by April 1st! (no April foolin'!)

-Michelle 

one more...

sorry...

I really don't like blogging like this. Since today is family day I snuck in a little editing while my girls were busy watching Sunday morning toonies. I'll post more from this mini-session tomorrow. :)

-Michelle

only one...

Wow, she's amazing! I'll be posting more soon. 

-Michelle

Texture...

So I've been playing around with texture for a little while and boy, it isn't as easy as it seems. I walked around my house taking snapshots of random things hoping they would give a moody, interesting feel to my portraits. I wasn't very happy with any of them. :(  Coincidentally enough, I got an email from a good client/friend of mine and she hooked me up with a link to some really cool FREE textures. Thanks Jen & especially to 'ground*floor' (who happens to be an amazing artist... check him out!) for the freebies!! Anyhow, after a lot of playing around with different images, these are the only two I liked enough to share. I didn't go crazy on the second one... and probably could have added a lot more texture... but I still like it. Hope you do too. Have a good day! 

-Michelle

I'm not Oprah... BUT...

Have you seen that new tv show, Oprah's big give? I haven't because we're over here and AFN isn't quite up to speed with the new stuff. (tell me if I'm wrong!) I have, however, seen snippets of it on her Monday show. So it got me thinking... what can I do to 'give big'? Well I'm not Oprah and I don't have an extra 10K to give, but I can give a well deserving family a free photo session!!! Yep, that's right... 100% free photo session AND a package of prints! SO if you are, or know of a military family that deserves this 'awesomeness' send me an email with a little background information on why. I'll choose the lucky family and let you know ASAP. 

-Michelle

*for my fellow military families in the Stuttgart area only :)

*doesn't have to be a family session. (can be... senior, sexy lady, newborn, kiddo, etc.)

It TOTALLY matters....

Wow, you know things are slow when you're posting this kind of pic. :)) Oh well, I'm happy despite this long dry spell. 

Look at my baby... aka: 20" imac!! woo hoo!!! She's a beauty isn't she??? Now if I could just figure things out, I'd be set! 

-Michelle

(punny title isn't it?! hahahahahaha)

blogger help....

I'm a brand new imac girl and I'm so proud to convert over to mac-land. :)) BUT ever since I've blogged with my brand-spankin'-new imac, my images are unclickable. (another crazy word, I know). Can anybody help me???? I'm sure it's an easy fix, but I can't figure it out. Thanks in advance!

-Michelle

the procrastinator strikes back...

Yes, I'm talking about me. I took these two falls ago... (ew, that sounds wrong, but oh well) and I'm just now editing them. I actually forgot all about them until I saw some really cool stuff on joe photo's blog. He's brilliant and I love his before and after stuff. Hmm, I guess I can show these as a before and after too..... -great idea!- :)

BEFORE:

AFTER: 

BEFORE:

AFTER:

-Michelle