It wasn’t too long ago that I would regularly edit photos for others…it was the beginning of what later became regularly-scheduled photo editing tutorials. The early days were rather rough (I’m a bit embarrassed by some of my feeble attempts at editing), but I appreciate all the people that encouraged me by sending photo challenges my way. SOOCSo…the other day, Bertha sent me a new and unsolicited photo editing request. I jumped at the chance to help her edit a photo of her son – one she took in preparation for his first birthday party. This particular shot...

This weekend, I met up with my family at the beach for a little bonding time (which explains why I disappeared from the blogging scene for a few days – my apologies if I haven’t made a visit to your blog in a few days…something had to give). While we were there, my sister decided to cash in my portrait session offer…the one I offered during her birthday back in April. Unfortunately, we did not have the most beautiful day to work with – it was about 50 degrees and windy. That didn’t stop me! I’ll be showing a few of my favorite photos from our session...

…but she’s clearly a young woman. If only I could keep her seven years old forever. (tip: ISO 800, f/3.2, 1/50 – positioned under garage light)

On Friday, I met up with Sarah (aka the Naptime Momtog) and her family after they finished up with a doctor’s appointment. I shared a few of my photos on Sunday, but did not share this one of her son Carsyn.His eyes really do sparkle like that…it’s crazy. I also have to be sure not to over-sharpen them…even with my typical processing, they always seem too sharp to me. If you want to see more photos from our time together, go over to Sarah’s page. My favorite is the one of me with her older son Dustyn.Interestingly enough, this particular visit was kinda like my...