POTD - 6/5/07

I'm not on theme, just a rainbow. Nothing great. It had just finished raining and it was about 7:30 p.m. and DD was screaming "Mom, look a rainbow!" So first thing I did was grab my camera. It was pretty faint but I took a few shots anyway. I didn't do too well because my ss was pretty low and they came out blurry, but I thought it was still kind of pretty.

POTD - Habits

Not sure this qualifies as a habit, but it's definitely an addiction. This weekend was a fundraiser tournament. There were a string of jewelry heists going on all along the east coast. Unfortunately our area was hit with one. They held up Lennox Jewelers. They were on their getaway and some local policemen were on their trail. They smashed into a gas pump and the driver got out and ran, the passenger was caught as soon as his door opened. One police officer took off on the chase. They were in the woods and the thief took a shot at Officer Corr. He was killed instantly. The thief took off back to PA where he lived and was later shot and killed during a standoff. The other one apprehended was just tried and convicted a few months ago. He'll do life.

Officer Corr was a husband and a father of a 1 year old little girl. This tournament was in honor of Officer Corr and the proceeds go to a Trust for his daughter. This is the second year for the tournament and they had 22 teams participate. One team travelled from Long Island. There were a few others from quite a ways away.

DH and my DSS both played in the tournament. I took a lot of photos. I decided to add text to this one, I felt it was a good one to do this too. I think maybe I should make the first line smaller so Corr Tournament stands out better. A few posts ago I had mentioned there will be tournaments that I'll be able to shoot all the bags across the whole fence and this team is good for that. They are sponsored by Easton. They're a great group of guys and love the game!

This is my DSS. He's not as addicted as my DH but he plays tournaments once in a while.

Love these type of shots. When I zoomed in, he's squinting because there was so much dust.

Can't forget about the eye candy LOL!

POTD - 6/3/07

I'm looking for some real HHCC here. This is Logan and he had a serious rash/red blotched skin from his drooling, which as you can see he's still doing LOL! So this is what I'm wondering: do you like the b&w conversion with the blue tint (an action I got from Props called baby blues); or do you just like the b&w conversion?

Baby blues action
Krisztina's B&W conversionAnd against my better judgment I'm showing you the colored version that I tried to fix w/curves and some cloning on his neck where the rash was really red. So does it look alright? I'm pretty much just playing without really knowing what I'm doing or the correct way to fix it. Looking for any cc or suggestions with this.

Krisztina's B&W conversion
Baby Blues action

POTD - Things I Can't Live Without

All winter long, I go through softball withdrawal! DH and I seriously are bored in the winter because we are constantly at the ball field for softball league and tournaments from May-October. Unfortunately I can't play anymore due to injuries but I still love watching DH play. Here's a few I took from his game the other night. I haven't used my 70-300mm since last September. I'm looking forward to practicing with it all summer and get used to the weight again. It's definitely not as sharp as my 85mm but you can't beat the zoom! Some day I'll get the 70-200mm f2.8 VR . . . some day ;) Just trying a little artsy photo here. I'll be looking for more of these type of shots throughout the tournaments. Love how the dust is covering him here.
Oh and did I mention the eye candy at all the games. Makes it a little easier to make the games LOL! Shhh don't tell DH!
Does this look bad? In color his face is slightly out of focus. So I thought I'd try a conversion and see if would help.
Tried another artsy type of shot, well I don't know that it's artsy but anyway. I know other teams will have all their bags hanging all lined up and I'm looking forward to shooting some of those shots.

POTD - Things I Can't Live Without

I can say that this is something I absolutely cannot live without. I have tried to get off the stuff a few times but I can't do it. I love it! I'm hooked now on McDonald's Vanilla iced coffees and I like Dunkin' Donuts iced latte lite's too. Oh and let's not forget at Christmas time I have to go to Starbucks and get the Eggnog lattes! So obviously pictures of coffee are not the most interesting so I decided to try some actions on them below. This is one of my favorite mugs I got it at Starbucks in England. And yes all my coffee mugs are monsterous!

This is obviously like a sketch type action.

This one is called lizard skin but I think it looks like football texture.

POTD - Things I Can't Live Without

I think most can relate. Who can live without a cellphone? Not me, LOL! I can't even remember what it was like without one. I love my pink Razr! It's perfect size. I can slip it in my front pocket when I'm not carrying a purse and I barely know it's there.

POTD - Things I Can't Live Without

This is my car and it is swwweeeet! DD and I do a lot of running with this baby with all the skating lessons and cheerleading practices, not to mention the shopping trips. So right now we can't live without it! Because of all the running around we do and the price of gas, we traded in my SUV for the G6. I love it. It's got all kinds of bells and whistles, more than I even know how to use.

I took these in full sun and it was tough with all the glare, not to mention I was blocked in the driveway and the house is in the background to make it even uglier LOL.

I wish I didn't cut off the bottom of the pontiac symbol and got a little less DOF on this one. It was a little tight even with my 50mm.