The mechanic with the broken car...

One thing that breaks my heart the most, is the fact that I have become the mechanic with the broken down car in his driveway; the lawn guy with an overgrown, dead, patchy lawn, and the photographer that doesn't have any of her own pictures processed and hanging on her walls.

Scoping through the hard drive tonight, trying to find pics of the kids to use for the grans annual Christmas calendars, and what do I find????  Pictures from LAST Christmas that have yet to be processed and posted :(  Waaaaah!

I decided to take a mini-break from processing my precious client photos to play for a few minutes on one of mine.

I recently purchased a texture action and texture pack from Florabella and decided my teddy bear pic(s) were the perfect thing to try it out on :D

I LOVE this action!  It makes applying texture EASY and adds several adjustment layers to play with and tweak :)  AWESOME!

The original images...

This is very close to the original but does have a slight texture added.

Same pic, TOTALLY different look!  I liked it, but it wasn't quite what I had in mind...

This one is my fav!  (I think)

Spring has Sprung...

I finally got the chance to go on a mini walk with my hubby the other night.  It was actually getting pretty dark so we didn't venture far.  My main goal (if I'm being honest) was to try out the 5D's ISO capabilities.  NOW, granted because I've played with this a bit you can't tell a whole lot but I've added a before and after shot as well so you can see the difference.  I'll post more that are SOOC later but had fun with this and just had to post it :)

Keep in mind that my Rebel can only get to ISO800 and it's HORRIDLY grainy at even ISO400...