02.27.08

One of These Beasts Got a Bath Today

Note: I won’t tell you which one, but I’ll give you a hint: The one attempting to guard the treat from the invading infidel.

85mm lens | 1/350 @ f/3.5 | ISO 400
pp: adjusted shadows and contrast in ACR, defog, crisp color boost, resize and sharpen for web

Oh sure, that wasn’t enough a hint, was it, you big whiner… Fine. Here. This is who got a bath:

Note: He’s very very proud of himself. And also probably weighs about 20 pounds less. That is the approximate weight of the amount of fur I brushed off of him this afternoon.

85mm lens | 1/320 @ f/3.5 | ISO 400
pp: defog, crisp color boost, deep saturation boost, high sharpen pass, resize and sharpen for web

02.11.08

Tiny Player

Note: I am losing at what appears to be Hobbit Uno.
Note2: Elijah earned enough Compliment Cards (you earn them by being nice to classmates and helping them or saying nice things about them) that he got to pick a prize from the treasure chest. He chose these teeeeeeny tiiiiiiiiiny little Uno Cards and then insisted that we play a game with them.
Note3: He had Uno. He won.

16-35mm lens @ 35mm | 1/40 @ f/5.6 | ISO 1600
pp: defog, Peta’s color pop, resize and sharpen for web

01.18.08

My Exotic New Pet

Note: Excuse me, sir, but would you happen to have any Green Bamboo?
Note2: I got the oil changed in my car today and the nice people at Tempe Dodge/Kia gave Katie a little packet of cheap crap including this mask. I am eternally greatful since she spent the hour we were there waiting coloring and putting stickers in her new book, and playing with the little ladybug puzzle and just being completely entertained.
Note3: At least she was completely entertained until she realized that the vending machine actually GAVE OUT SNACKS and then she was suddenly RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY. Death was imminent. Her time was drawing near. Oh, what a world! what a world! *sob sob sob*
Note4: My new book shall be called “confessions of a mother of a drama queen”

16-35mm lens @ 35mm | 1/50 @ f/3.5 | ISO 400
pp: adjusted in ACR for white balance, defog, crisp color boost at 30% opacity, resized and sharpened for web

01.17.08

Hard at Work

Note: It seems to be Kitchen Week here at RWS. I’m making Pioneer Woman’s Chicken Spaghetti. You can see the pot in the background with the chicken cooking away.
Note2: Look! it’s me! and it’s NOT Tuesday! It’s a MIRACLE. or something.

16-35mm lens | 1/30 @ f/4.5 | ISO 800
pp: defogged and resized/sharpened for web.

01.06.08

Just Before Sliding Down

Note: We had a fun morning at the park. Super Sunny and just the right temperature.
Note2: I love how the light hits them from behind at this time of morning when they are at the top of the slide. I play with it all the time. Sunbursts, sunflares, backlight. I am a light freak. Comes with the territory, I guess!
Note3: This is semi-posed so I’ve already gone back on just letting things happen, haven’t I? oh well! One step backward for every two steps forward.

85mm lens | 1/800 @ f/2.8 | ISO 400
pp: adjusted for slight over-exposure - crisp color boost - high sharpening pass - resized and sharpened for web