Sweet Baby pictures

A friend of mine had a baby back in April and I offered to take some portraits for free - kind of a good for you, good for me deal.  I got the chance to try taking some newborn portraits and she got free pictures (if she didn't like them, she hadn't paid anything!).  It was tough!  Baby wouldn't sleep for a long time and I struggled with good natural lighting in my house.  But with a few hours invested and several more editing, we got some pretty good shots I think.

Playing with Sun Flares

Playing with the light out at Bragg Creek.

Colors and clouds of the evening sky

beautiful evening sky

One picture, several ways

I drive by this barn on a regular basis and have wanted to stop to take a picture - most of the time I never have my camera.  So last week, I grabbed my camera and went out there with the purpose of taking the picture.  It's not the safest spot to do this, as it's on a fairly busy highway, with a small shoulder!  So here is the initial photo, edited in several ways.  I would love any feedback or constructive criticism. Let me know which one you like the best!

S.O.O.C

I CROPPED THE PHOTO

COLOR EDITED IN PHOTOSHOP

PIONEER WOMAN BLACK AND WHITE ACTION ADDED

SEPIA TONE

SEPIA TONE WITH AN EDGE BURN

Images from last summer

Just a couple of pictures from a summer drive last year - did a little tweaking in Photoshop.  Love the teeny little cloud sitting just above the canola blooms in the first picture.   

More fall beauty!

Was on a road trip to Cochrane for soccer yesterday.  Haven't driven that way in many years - the city has grown so far out that way, but there is still some beautiful country out there.  One of the things I love about the Calgary area is the many different landscapes - farm land, rolling hills, trees and the mountains - it's all here.  I only had time to stop for some quick shots, but played in photoshop to try to make it more dramatic.  I'll post the before (straight out of the camera) and the after (photoshopped).

Thanks for looking, friends!

Vintage look?

I found a blog that had an article showing how to alter a photo in PS to make it look "vintage".  Thought I'd try it on these train cars - what do you think???