LEM photo challenge ~ Summer

Enjoying summer boogie boarding at the beach.

It's been some time...

I have been so busy, mostly because of a move, but I am back ... now that things are settling down. I moved beachside and we are loving it.


here's a shot of what we see and enjoy daily...

At it again ...

Ashton has really been trying to teach himself how to skate. I'm SO proud of him. 

Happy BOKEHLICIOUS Thursday

Before and After - Venice Beach

I thought I'd show you another before and after since it's been a while. This is my son at Venice Beach, CA. This wasn't a planned shot, nor did I plan on going down to the water this day, which is why he's in a t-shirt .. either way I still love how it turned out.

BEFORE - only resized and sharpened for web

AFTER -

I start all my editing in Lightroom. I used the brush tool to lighten him up, added contrast at 100 percent. Clarity boosted then exported over to photoshop. There I removed all the people, turned b/w, defogged the sky, burned edges, added a bit of grain, resized, and sharpened for web.

Cool dude

Ha ha, I love this kid .....

Such a beautiful weekend

and I enjoyed every minute of it out in the sun, swimming, and playing with the kids. It feels so great to have summer weather. I was starting to forget how much I loved hanging out by the pool. Here are a few pictures from our weekend.

I Heart Faces photo challenge - WIND

This is my daughter blowing away in the Las Vegas wind.

Wordless Wednesday

Trip to the Library

Amelia has a report due on an animal of her choice - she chose Snowy Owls. I was impressed =) So, today after school I picked her and her friends up and we took a trip to the Library to see what we could find on Snowy Owls. Her friend was doing his report on puffer birds .... both of which we only found a few books on.