Joy of Love: Days 24, 25 & 27

Day 24 Prompt: Where

This is the church we got married in. It has since changed names. I wish I would have taken a picture of it before that happened... [Though the plaque still reads the original name] It was kind of an odd church, there were 2 center aisles, with pews in the middle and on either side. It was a church we felt comfortable in. The minister was excellent. We continued going to the church until the minister left.

Day 25 Prompt: When you love them the most...

That was easy. When Barry was eating these dreadful candies [that him and the kids love] he gave this one to me. Of course, I said "Hold that thought", and quickly grabbed my camera. The fact that he still loves me, and would offer me this particular candy after we've been married for 12 1/2 years makes me love him even more!

Day 27 Prompt: What they say

Madelyn is ALWAYS on the search for a sweet treat of some sort. Her favourite is chocolate. She constantly tells us how her "dinner or lunch tummy is full, but her dessert tummy has lots of room". Last night she was in luck, our dessert was strawberries dipped in milk chocolate.

Sometimes she can say something without using any words at all.

Day 23 Update * * *

Day 23 Prompt UPDATE: Facebook Picture


There WAS a picture of my sweetheart and I posted on facebook! Imagine that! This was taken on New Year's Eve, so it's even kind of recent! This was taken by friends of ours... I guess she doesn't feel quite the same way about facebook as I do! LOL.

Joy of Love: Day 23

Day 23 Prompt: Facebook [picture]

I don't post pictures on facebook. It's kind of funny really, because I post all sorts of pictures on my blog... I'm simply not comfortable posting personal stuff on my facebook page that fans out to everyone I'm "friends" with.

That being said, no one else has posted pictures of me and my honey either.

We had some pictures taken a few years ago, by this photographer. This is one of the pictures she took of us, I really like it. It's candid and natural. It's something I could obviously never take myself... Well, maybe if I set it up on a tripod with a timer... But it's different when someone else takes the picture.

New Before and Afters

I'm having trouble sleeping again... Have I blogged about that before? I don't know if I have, but periodically I have trouble sleeping. It's because I have so many things swirling around in my mind... And no, I don't have a high pressure job. I don't have deadlines to meet [well, that's not completely accurate, because if you miss Gymnastics or soccer registration, you're in big trouble] I don't have to worry about meetings or clients... But I definitely am affected by things. I'm affected by way of not being able to sleep.

-Right now, what's troubling me... Well, we've had some changes at school; Madelyn's Kindergarten teacher is leaving. [Sooner than anticipated, due to medical reasons coinciding with her pregnancy] We hoped to have to have her until Spring Break, so we're all in a state of mourning.

- I can't stop thinking about altering pictures. It's from the class I'm taking with Kim Klassen Cafe, [see the badge on the side of my blog for details]

The pictures she's been focusing on have mostly been scenic pictures. I fall into the category of taking pictures of people, not things. Then I remembered that when Barry and I went to Greece in 2008, I took a lot of pictures of things there. I opened up some pictures and got to work. And I just LOVE how they've turned out... So here are some before and after pictures, I had to force myself to stop. I'm trying to figure out where I could put some of these pictures in our house...

Before: [famous image in Mykonos]
After: [this one is my very favourite]

Before: [windmill in Mykonos]
After:
Before: [Hadrian's Arch in Athens]
After:
Before: [the Acropolis in Athens]
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Before: [another windmill shot in Mykonos]
After:

Joy of Love: Days 20, 21 and 22

I'm doing my best to keep up! It's been a bit of a challenge. I didn't get a picture for day 19, and I'm okay with that.

Day 20 Prompt: When they're home:

When they're home, there is stuff everywhere... Madelyn is a bit like the Tasmanian Devil, you just can't keep up with her and her path of destruction. [It's a good thing she goes to bed every night, or I'd never get things tidied up] I wonder if I'll ever look back at these days fondly...
If I'll ever say, I used to hardly be able to keep up. They never cleaned up after themselves... I hate that my house looks like a dozen kids live here all the time... Time will tell I guess.

Day 21 Prompt: hands

I tried to get the kids to put their hands together to make a heart. It's not exactly heart shaped, but I love that I used the macro on their hands, and those little eyes are blurry in the background.

Day 22 Prompt: Portrait

He'd had a hard day at work, I couldn't even coax a smile out of him. He did agree to sit for a picture though, thanks Hun. I think I've got the 'catch lights' figured out. It makes such a difference to the photos.

Joy of Love: Days 16, 17 and 18

Prompt Day 16: Together

I love this picture of us together. If I had seen this in a magazine, I would have loved it. If I'd seen it on someone's blog, I would have loved it. If I'd seen it in someone's portfolio, I would have loved it. So, I set up this shot, and guess what, I love it. Barry seemed a little concerned about it at first, but it doesn't matter. I love it.

Prompt for Day 17: Staying in

Us staying in, sometimes when the kids are in bed, finally. We sit and share a glass or two of wine.

Prompt for Day 18: Going Out

I called our sitter 4 hours before this shot was taken. Thank goodness she was available, because suddenly getting out of the house was critical. We went out for dinner, and enjoyed each others company. It's been a long time since the 2 of us went out on a date... I'm not exaggerating, it was some time well before Christmas.

Spot the Difference!

I'm taking another little freebie course on line, it's called the Photoshop Skinny Mini [and no, I didn't decide to take it because I liked the name, though I really do] I added her badge on the side of my blog, click on it for more info. This class started on Monday, and I've learned more in the past 4 days, than I have learned in 1 1/2 years of fiddling with pse myself. This new information will definitely change the way I work with my pictures once they come out of the camera. Check these before and afters out...

Before

After
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After

Man, I LOVE how they look after!! It just adds such an intensity to the picture. I can hardly wait until we tinker with texture!