Marinda Fowler Photography – Seymour Indiana Baby Children's Family Senior Maternity Photographer

This week’s theme is motivation.

This was a really hard theme for me. I think I failed.   However, Christine’s is fabulous!

Now, go visit my partner’s blog and leave her some love!

Christine Hsieh – York, Pennsylvania Photographer

http://www.christinehsiehphotography.blogspot.com/

Wow. I am a little embarrassed at how neglected my blog has been the last few months of 2010. New Years Resolution, perhaps? Nah, probably not.

First of all, let me say that I am truly humbled by how amazing my twenty.ten was. I met some really awesome people and my business really thrived in just it’s second year. I’m really grateful for this opportunity and for each of my clients. And I’m eager to see what twenty.eleven holds in store for Marinda Fowler Photography!

I wanted to go through all of my client sessions from twenty.ten and pick out my favorites. I had no idea just how difficult that would be! I love all my client images. However, I had to narrow them down. So, I chose my top ten. But I couldn’t just leave it at the ten I had chosen. So I have added an album on my Facebook page that has some of my favorites from the year.

It was as I was getting ready to make this post that I realized two things:  1.  I really love black and white photos.  2.  I really love silhouette photos.

Now, without further ado, the Best of 2010 through my eyes.

There you have it.  My top ten in twenty.ten.  Thanks for sharing your lives with me.  I look forward to seeing all of you in twenty.eleven!

Earlier today on Facebook, I saw a link to Everyday Elements: Show Your Skills. I was intrigued and wanted to play along. The idea is to take a photo (which is gorgeous by the way) and edit it to your liking and then share your edit. Fun, right?

Here’s the original:

Here is my play:

Edited in PS (cs5).  I first adjusted curves, dodged and burned where needed to get my base layer.  Then I ran “Heaven” (an OTSS action from the Daydreams set).  Then I added a texture from Paint The Moon.  I could have been done there because it was already beautiful.  However, I wanted to kick it up a notch.  So… I added in a texture from my personal collection.  Then for the fun of it, added in another texture from my personal collection.  Again, could have been done, but thought it needed just one more little something.  Sooo… I ran “Fake HDR” from Ashley McNamara

And it was good.

Go check out all the goodness that is Everyday Elements (was a great help to me when I was using Photoshop Elements) and of course all the other entries.