Fix It Friday - Rachel - PS CS4

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This is the first time I have tried one of the I Heart Faces Fix It Friday posts. For this challenge, you edit another person's photo. I use Photoshop CS4.

Sweet Puppy Tori

The other day, I went down to our old forgotten Dell computer in the basement. There are still a lot of photos and files that need to be transferred to one of our Macs. I stumbled upon this photo of our family dog Tori who we lost a few years ago. She was an amazing pet. I am 99% sure that she thought she was human. I loved that dog. What a beautiful Australian Shepherd!

Gaining Fame

There is my sweet little Mollie modeling some really cozy and beautiful children's clothing on Zulily.com today. I'm so proud to see her there. She was so good and patient when I photographed her that day. She doesn't mind me chasing her around with a camera, but it can be tricky to get her just the right way for commercial photography. It's a funny feeling to go on a website you look at daily and find yourself looking at an image that A. you took and B. is of your daughter. I can't help but smile.

These photos are something that Mollie and I can do together. I don't want her to be a supermodel or a beauty pageant contestant - I just want her to be comfortable in front of a camera. It's the same way with my students and dancing. I don't want or expect them to all be famous dancers, but I would love for them to be comfortable enough with who they are someday to want to dance at their own proms. I want Mollie to feel comfortable enough in front of a camera that she doesn't cringe when someone says "smile" or go into a different room when a photographer is present.

I hope that someday, I can teach Mollie to share my love of a camera from both sides of the lens.

Birthdays

There are a lot of celebrations going on this time of year. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and our birthdays. I look forward to all of them. At some point though, birthdays stopped being really exciting for me. Does that mean that the fun and celebration of a birthday is mostly for children? Or, does it just mean I don't want to grow up? Either way around, the most fun for me has been spending time with my daughter on my birthday. I love that my birthday is always during our 3-day weekend Fall Break here in Athens, and I get to make a birthday wish that the UGA Dawgs beat the Gators in Florida every Saturday within that break. (Go Dawgs!)

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, everyone!

My Little Pony

When I was a little girl, I had a Fisher-Price pony to ride on. I remember the black mane, polka-dotted neck, red seat, wheels that made a clicking sound, little blue compartment underneath for hiding necessities, and the reigns that made the horse neigh. Several of my favorite photos from when I was a toddler involved the horse. At some point, it was sold at a yard sale.

Jump ahead to a few months ago, and I decided that Mollie just had to have one. Thank you, Ebay! It took me a little while and some sneaky bidding, but I won one. Granted the white plastic has yellowed some with age, my little Mollie loves it. She makes the horse "neigh", and she tries to climb on it. We still have to help her stay on it, but once on, she rocks back and forth while walking to get it moving. It's just precious. Here is a photo I took of Mollie and her horse at the Botanic Gardens. Enjoy!

The Girl Loves a Good Outfit

Mollie's 1 Year Photos

Yesterday, we spent three wonderful hours with Teresa Vickery. Last year, she photographed Mollie at 12 days-old and she also did my maternity photos. It was so great to have such a wonderful person and photographer taking the reins for me! I loved not having to worry about taking the photos for a change. Teresa always does beautiful work. She never ceases to amaze me! Finally, a new good photo of the three of us!
To see a preview, please visit her blog:
www.teresavickery.com/blog