HAPPY * HAPPY * HAPPY

Happy is what these shots make me feel!  Thank you Pascale Wowak for the dose of happiness!

Box+Tube+Magnifying Glass+Curiosity=Budding Photographer

Last week Nicolas came home with the Super Scientist backpack from his class.  His assignment was to choose an experiment, practice it home and then demonstrate it to his class.  Before Nana picked him up from school, he had chosen the "Construct a Camera" experiment.  I really thought he would have chosen something that exploded or oozed, but no, he went for the camera.  With the help of dad, Nicolas built his camera from a cardboard tube, empty tissue box, magnifying glass, vellum and tape.  He donned the super scientist coat and gave me a few shots of his creation.  His teacher was thrilled with his selection as he was the first child to build a camera.  Nice Nic, nice!!!

You can actually see the inverted image that appeared on the vellum.

Feliz Cinco de Mayo and Thank You Pioneer Woman!

My only shot that has a Mexican flair.  I know it looks more like day of the dead, but big whoop, I love it.  Paul and Eric are in Mexico on a missions trip...mixing cement, loving on kids and sharing God's love.  Makes my heart sing.
The four of us (yes, I am including the canine in the count) are home keeping normal life moving along.  Baseball, homework, a little photography, trip to the beach and a whole lotta goofing around.  We miss the boys!  Hurry home El Guapo and El Guapo Jr.
I've been balking at the whole "Photoshop" idea and trying to get a really great shot straight out of camera. The Pioneer Woman has recently added Photoshop Elements actions to her free list of actions. I used PW's "boost" on the above and I used "boost" and "slight sharp" on the shot of Emilie below. I might be starting to like this Photoshop thing.