It’s been a while since I was able to participate in an IHF Challenge! This little girl was adorable and I just couldn’t resist putting down the books and playing in Light Room! You see, I’m a new lightroom convert. I’ve been using it about 3 weeks now and I’m slowing catching on. Sure, I have my moments where I kick and scream and threaten to beat my computer, but honestly??? It’s soo much easier! (Thanks for teaching me Andrea Joki!) The only thing I used photoshop for was to dodge the eyes and resize for web!

Here’s the image I started with….

And here’s what I got after about 6 minutes of editing….

And what I did…

In Lightroom…
1. Adjusted white balance using her sclera for a neutral starting point.
2. Adjusted exposure to +87, it just needed to be bright!
3. Cropped to 5×7
4. Exported to CS4

In Photoshop…
5. Used small brush at 10% to dodge eyes
6. Resized for web
7. USM

Last week the man with the Brown Shorts bought me a gift. A gift that so many women-photographers have longed for. A gift that is stylish AND functional - (how often are those two words used together when describing a CAMERA BAG?? Not very often!) A gift that made me squeal like a school girl after her crush gives her a glance! I was soo excited to tear into the box! How awesome that it came inside it’s own cute little blue bag?!?! I was walking about the door to pick the kiddos up from school and to run some errands. It was killing me to hurry home and love on my new bag! I was excited for the weather to get nice so I could bring it out for it’s on photo session!!! If you love it too and want to pick up your own, be sure and check out Epiphanie Bags.

And hurry over, they are having a fabulous contest on their blog!!! .