Published in Scrapbook News and Review Magazine

This is another one of my favourite layouts and it has been published in the September issue of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine.






Credits:

Kit: In His World by Veronica Spriggs
Type Overlay: Nicole Bradbery
Font: Cooper Black

Don't forget to be in the picture!

If you are like me, and are guilty of always being the one behind the camera
and not in front of it, then there is a wonderful article on the Clickin Mom's Blog today titled:

"Because You Were There, Too: Thirteen Tips for Family Self Portraits"

I speak from experience when I say how disappointing it is to look back on important family events only to find I wasn't in any pictures.




Maybe this will be a good excuse to get that new tripod I had my eye on.

In My Garden - Roses

My yellow rose bush has been producing the most beautiful flowers lately. I love having flowers in the house.

The image below is straight out of the camera.






When I started editing this image in Lightroom, I started trying out some of the presets. One that I felt worked great with this photo was "Colour Creative - Aged Photo". I really like the vintage effect (even though my roses were no longer yellow).

Then, in Photoshop, I added a texture called "Crackerjack" by Kim Klassen. Blend mode - divide; Opacity - 40%.

In My Garden - Lettuce Flower

This beautiful little flower is from a lettuce growing in my vegetable garden. The flower is only 10mm in diameter.


Canon 7D | Canon 100mm f2.8L macro | 1/125 seconds @ f2.8 | ISO 100


Post Processing:


Background: Photograph

Layer 1: Milk&Honey Texture by Shadowhouse Creations; Hard Light 66%

Layer 2: Paint Set 4 Texture by Shadowhouse Creations; Hard Light 11%

I Heart Faces Photo Challenge - Beautiful Eyes

This photo of my son was taken a few years ago on my old point and shoot camera. I've even got my old watermark on the image. People are always commenting on his beautiful eyes and, yes, they are really that blue.


See more "Beautiful Eyes" pictures at I Heart Faces.

Happiness - Published in Australian Photography Magazine

The theme for the July issue of Australian Photography Magazine was "Happiness".

I think this image of my son and his dog says it all.

Texture Tuesday - Pink

This week's theme for Texture Tuesday is "Pink".

I found the perfect subject in my backyard - a beautiful, pink camelia.


Details:
Canon 7D, Canon EF 100mm f2.8L macro, 1/125 seconds @ f5.6, ISO 4000.

Photo Layer: Paint Daubs filter at default settings, Dry Brush filter at default settings.
Texture Layer 1: Simplistic by Kim Klassen; Screen (inversed); 100%.
Texture Layer 2: Wettile by Kim Klassen; Screen; 30%.