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My Best of 2009!

by Michelle on December 31, 2009

in Uncategorized,photography

Well, this is my last post of this year! It’s a little hard to believe that tomorrow is 2010! I am very excited for the new year though. I’ll be starting my Project 365 tomorrow and working on my 2010 Goals

I’ve been inspired by many blogging friends to post my best photos of 2009. It was fun looking back through the year and seeing how my photogrpahy has changed, the stages my post-processing has gone through! I’m pretty confident I can say that my post-processing skills have improved! I had to laugh at some of the things I did then. I’m sure in a year I’ll be giggling at what I’m doing now! It’s all part of the learning process and I hope I never stop learning!

Here are my Best Photos of 2009, and some blog posts in case you missed them, starting at the beginning of the year. I have to warn you, there’s a lot! It was hard narrowing it down!

February – I catch my girls playing my makeup!

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April – I start to realize I can take photos of things other than my girls!

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April – We took a trip to Salt Lake City. This is still one of my favorite photos.

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May – I discover that I love photographing flowers!

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May – More flowers!

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June – We had an awesome thunderstorm and the clouds were insane!

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June – My raspberries start to ripen. These are the first three of the season.

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June – I take Autumn out for my first “photo shoot.”

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June – Our first camping trip of the summer. I’m experimenting with sunflare.

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July – I start experimenting with food photography with my new 50mm 1.4 lens.

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July – I try out extension tubes for the first time. I fall in love with macro photography!

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August – We go to the races and I find a gorgeous sunset.

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September – I go on a photography walk in search of silhouettes.

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October – We love Autumn-time! I capture some of the best action photos in my photography experience.

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October – I really work on my post-processing. I try new things. I love the results!

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October – I capture the most gorgeous photo of my daughter. It is absolutely my favorite of her.

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November – My husband catches a steelhead and I get to photograph it!

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December – My sister gets married and I’m her wedding photographer.

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December – Thanks to my sister and her wedding, I get to photograph flowers in the winter!

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And that completes 2009! I am so excited to see what 2010 brings! What are some of your favorite photos of 2009? Leave me a link to your blog or Flickr, I’d love to come over and check them out!

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A Little Fun with Macro

by Michelle on July 6, 2009

in Uncategorized,photography

Aaron brought me home a little surprise from work today. A friend he works with brought an extension tube for me to play around with. I had a lot of fun with it! Thanks so much Brent! (You can check out his photos here.)

I’ve heard a little bit about them, mainly you use them with one of your regular lenses to do macro photography. I’ve been wanting to do macro, but those lenses can get expensive. This is an inexpensive way to get these kinds of shots. I may have to pick me up one of these while I save up for a macro lens.

Here are some of my favorite shots I got tonight. I read up quickly about how to use it, and many people recommended setting your aperture to f16 or f22. I forgot to change it when I first started shooting, it was set to f6.3.  After a little while I thought, what the heck! I’m going to see what f1.4 does! (Oh, btw, I used my 50mm lens with the extension tube tonight.) I love it! The pictures are so dreamy and soft.

(All but the 5th and last pictures are set at f1.4. Those two are set at f6.3.)

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macro-white-violet

macro-pea-blossom

macro-pink-lily

macro-white-lily

macro-violet-friends

macro-red-raspberry

macro-violet-dream

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My First Raspberries of the Season

by Michelle on June 16, 2009

in Uncategorized,food

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I was reading my daily dose of blogs yesterday, and came across this suggestion to go into my backyard in search of some magic. Well, magic I did find!

I am so excited! My raspberries are getting ready for us to eat!! These are the first three that ripened, and they were so yummy. I can’t wait for more to ripen! Raspberries are my absolute favorite fruit, I love anything that has to do with raspberries! I am going to try and make some freezer jam with them this year. My favorite way to eat them is right after they’ve been washed…just wash them and pop them!

So tell me, what’s blooming in your garden? What’s your favorite fruit and your favorite way to eat it?

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