All Things Bright And Beautiful

I’m back from my blogging and photography break! It was a much-needed rest as I had to take time off to get better after getting my wisdom teeth pulled. Here are some pictures that I’ve taken recently…I think you’ll all enjoy them!

   All things bright and beautiful…

All creatures great and small…

  All things wise and wonderful…

The Lord God made them all.

What are your favorite subjects to photograph? Please share your photography favorites in a comment below.

Short Blogging Break

Just wanted to let you all know that I'm on a short blogging break this week because I got my wisdom teeth pulled this Monday. I'm just trying to focus on recovering and getting back on track. If you follow my other blog Growing in Him, you'll be able to read more about my surgery and even get a few scheduled posts this week.

I plan to be back to my normal posting schedule next week!

Until then, happy photography friends!

Enjoying Photoshop

I really should apologize for not posting as often as I should. If you follow my other blog, Growing in Him, you've probably realized that I've been very busy over the past few weeks. With it being hot and humid most of the day, photography has taken a seat on the back burner. Don't worry though! I took a lot of photos this spring and early summer --probably enough to keep this blog going for year! Last weekend, I downloaded a trial version of Photoshop Elements 8. It's been so much fun learning how to use the program so I've added it to my list of things to save for. :-) Here are a few photos that I tweaked with PSE. 

In this photo, I enhanced the blue skies...
I left the water and sand untouched.

This little bird is a longtail chick. Longtails nest and raise their
babies in little rock crevices...we found this one while exploring
the beach. It was difficult to photograph him/her because
he was so far into the rock but the picture's not too bad
once edited a bit with Photoshop!

An adult longtail swoops in to check out a hole in the rocks.
I tweaked the greenery on the rocks a bit to enhance their color. 

For this beach shot, I enhanced both the greenery
and sky color. But I left the beach and water
in it's original color.

Do you use Photoshop? What are your favorite effects? Share your tips below!