trying to learn the ropes. playing with some of my images while dh doesn't need his computer (his is the only one in the house that can support cs2)

i'll add more as i work on them, this may be an ongoing thread...oh and i have SIGNED RELEASES from all subjects or their parents. i've removed (smudged) all names/ID's if the wrist bands show.

:D

this is the foot of my first solo client's baby. his birth was cesarean after 50+ hours of labor. i spent 41 of those with his parents. this little boy had the most amazingly wrinkly feet...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/gallery/footcopy.jpg

omgosh...his feet are sooooo cute...and wrinkly! :lol:

the first time his daddy touched him...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/gallery/finger5copy.jpg

what a great shot...very touching!

more feet...different baby:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/gallery/feet1copy.jpg

Oh, I love the daddy touching one. Almost makes me choke up a bit. Keep them coming!

Oh, I love the daddy touching one. Almost makes me choke up a bit. Keep them coming!

yeah, i was in tears after that birth. we tried so hard. she was in recovery and had not held him yet, we were in the nursery when i took those. i've got that pic too but am not sharing it here as it has her face (i have permission but still...)

jodi and her leila...
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/gallery/leila1.jpg

tell me how you did the background on that one.

tell me how you did the background on that one.

photoshop cs2...i used the smudge tool and enlarged it (the tool) to about 300-500pts and did it slowly, going back over it a couple times.

same thing here, this time leila is nursing :heart:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/gallery/leila2.jpg


i'm very much a photoshop novice...i used to be a film snob bc i was trained that if you couldn't get the shot clean, aka through your own knowledge of your camera and how it works, maybe manipulating the lighting, that it wasn't worth it...i'm having to un-learn a lot of that with dig photography and am getting to know both my camera and the software...

oops, i lied. :p i don't have a signed release from jodi. i just kinda figure she's good with it :D

korwynne/jodi's leila and megmama/meg's sophie:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/gallery/leilasophie.jpg

more baby feet...this is the same baby as the first image:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/gallery/foot6copy.jpg


ya'll have now officially learned my fetish. baby feet.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/gallery/micahcopy.jpg

oh Tracey.. now I'm getting all choked up.

Of *course* I'm okay with it... and I'd be happy to sign something if you want, but you're welcome to use any pictures of us no matter what.

I'll look for where I put the pg photos, and I'm going to beg you to make me a disk of the edited ones :)

Tracey these pics are wonderful! You've caught on to photoshop better than I ever did! The backgrounds you done are awesome :D

OMG...that one of the girls just couldn't get any more precious!!!!!

oh Tracey.. now I'm getting all choked up.

Of *course* I'm okay with it... and I'd be happy to sign something if you want, but you're welcome to use any pictures of us no matter what.

I'll look for where I put the pg photos, and I'm going to beg you to make me a disk of the edited ones :)

eh, i don't need it signed from friends...you've told me enough times it's ok :) and it's amitys, it's not like myspace or some place weird, yk? :heart: i'm happy to do a disc for you...i've got more pics to edit first.

Tracey these pics are wonderful! You've caught on to photoshop better than I ever did! The backgrounds you done are awesome :D

:blushing: thank you, mama! that's what entirely too much halloween candy and insomnia does for me...

OMG...that one of the girls just couldn't get any more precious!!!!!

i take zero credit for that. meg and jodi make precious baby girls...sophie picked a hydrangea bloom out of my yard and brought it to leila...:heart:

one more of leila nursing...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/snugglbond/leilanurse2.jpg

i'm not as pleased with the background on this one. i may tweak it some more.

love the baby feet...i should have taken more baby pictures yesterday

great job tracey!! i love those wrinkly feet too:hbeat:

That's a sweet picture of baby feets and the baby face...and of course I love the pic of S and L :D

tracey you can lessen the saturation on the background-- that will help it recede

tracey you can lessen the saturation on the background-- that will help it recede

how to do that? the backgrounds are bothering me.