yes, these are photos from Thanksgiving! to say that i am a little behind would be a gross understatement LOL!!
I haven't yet perfected the art of pig tails. a little lopsided huh?
walking with grandpa and monkey
lots of monkey love
i am itching to get out there and shoot and have some fun! the weather is icky. the house is trying to get healthy. it is a little difficult with a newborn and a toddler!
BUT..
it is so so so important to keep practicing and to keep it fun.
i treated myself to some new clothes and wanted to take a few self portraits.
need to also treat myself to a pedi and haircut before Greg and Jenelle' BIG DAY!!!
i captured these during nap time yesterday :)
i am looking forward to a fun new project with some photog friends.
i am also creating and organizing my Photo Bucket List. i can't wait to start checking those off!
side note: are you watching The Buried Life? Love it! Love those guys!
for valentine's day.
zack surprised us with chocolate covered strawberries YUM and a teddy bear and balloon for the girls from Edible Arrangements.
the girls and i made daddy a BIG cookie pie! and bought him some of his favorite candy bars :)
and some Macro Fun!!
taken with 100mm 2.8 Macro Lens
i've got to use this lens more often- so fun!
I am still trying to figure out my RAW workflow, but here is how it looks now.
For info on why I shoot RAW (as opposed to JPEG) look here.
Upload RAW images into Adobe Bridge. Each upload/event gets its own name. (ie KatelynOutside_001). I should mention this gets put into a folder according to the Month and Year (ie Feb 2010).
Delete eyes closed, blurry, etc. images.
Give 1 star to images I want to further look at and/or edit.
Put in their own subfolder. (ie KatelynOutsideLR_001) LR = lightroom.
Import this folder into LR.
Edit. Adjust White Balance, Exposure, etc. Maybe apply a Preset or two.
Export these images back into the LR folder. I save over the previous images to save room.
Open these images into Photoshop for further processing.
This is where I apply my Noiseware, USM and Save and Save for the Web.
I've created Actions for all my processing so with 1 click of the mouse a bunch of post processing steps are done in a second!
I also use Batch Processing to speed up the process.
When I save, I put those JPEGS into their own folder (ie KatelynOutsideJPEGS_001).
And then the web sized images in their own folder (ie KatelynOutsideWEB_001).
I then upload to Flickr and share on my blog and Facebook and wherever else :)
This may make my Folder organization look more simple:
FEB 2010> KatelynOutside_001> KatelynOutsideLR_001
FEB 2010> KatelynOutside_001> KatelynOutsideJPEGS_001
FEB 2010> KatelynOutside_001> KatelynOutsideWEB_001
I've touched on my backup system, but I just subscribed to Backblaze. For $5 month it backs up my entire system automatically! I don't even know it is happening. It just does it. Gotta love that!
and some pics...
again, playing around with the many LR Presets and Actions trying to figure out my favorites.
Surprise, Bean wasn't in a very cooperative mood.
But gotta love her cute lil outfit from Aunt Emily and the Gap. I added the cute lil tutu because why not???
love how frilly and pretty these are.
we wanted to wish Uncle Greggie a very happy birthday today!
this next year is going to be full of so many things to CELEBRATE and so many BLESSINGS!
we love you!!
well...i am not off to a good start.
if you remember i documented katelyn's monthly birthdays til she turned one.
i plan to do the same for lil emily.
but i am already late!
but we have a good reason.
well, it isn't "good"
emily was in the hospital since Wed with RSV.
poor little girl!
but she got to come home on the 20th- her 1 month birthday!
but momma was too too too tired to blog.
trying to get caught up.
a lot falls by the wayside when you spend 4 days in the hospital!
so...
at 1 month
emily...
weighs 8 lbs 13 oz
length 21 inches
has been admitted to the hospital twice :(
her eye color has not changed from the deep gray/blue color
getting more hair but it is still a light brown
wearing size 1 diapers (not newborn)
not into the binkie like her big sister
likes to eat
likes the swing
likes to cuddle with momma
sleeps in 2-3 hour intervals which makes for very tired parents!
has the BEST BIG SISTER!
is LOVED so so so very much!!
and some quick photos from the other day...
i could stare at her for hours while she sleeps
love those lil lips!
katelyn is just getting over a really icky cough and runny nose :( and now emily has it.
i hate it!
you feel so helpless.
don't have time for many words...
here are some pics of us lunds enjoying the everyday...
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