This image is one that I created yesterday for my daughter’s four year old session. She turned four a few days ago, but weather kept us from doing the shoot sooner.We found the purple flowers and she wanted her picture taken by them because purple is her favorite color (as you can tell by the shirt and hairband). This was kind of difficult to shoot because it was in the early afternoon and the sun was very bright. I think it turned out pretty well. I used my 580EXII to add some fill to her face and then opened it up even more in Lightroom 3 to make sure we see her pretty face!

Tags: 365, Addison, birthday, four, Purple

Tonight the weather was so great that we got to play outside with the kids again. Addison really loves to push Caleb in his swing, and he obviously enjoys it as well! I am looking forward to more fun this weekend and this summer with the kids and Lori!

Tags: 365, Addison, Caleb, Swing

Today I decided to take a portrait of my daughter Addison. She loves having her picture taken, as she has been my model and subject for her whole life! She is such a good girl and is really interested in helping dad out with my photography. She even has her own kids tough Vtech camera. She fills the memory card on that thing all the time! I love hanging out with her and she is a great little model! I am lucky to have her in every way!

Today I read page 139 in the Canon 40D manual.

Tags: 365, Addison, portrait

Today was a really nice day out! The temperature was a little over 60 degrees, and so we got to play outside. Addison loves to blow bubbles, and it was a great night for it. This image was taken with my favorite combination: my 5D Mark II and my 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM lens. I then touched up the image in Lightroom 3. After that, I took the image into Photoshop, and used Topaz Adjust 4 to create the look of the background and give the photo a little pop.

Read page 88 in 40D manual.

Tags: 365, Addison, spring

Here are some new pictures of Addison. I think it is something a little different than what I have done in the past. I have been exploring new lighting and new photoshop techniques. I think the results are better than what I was dong before.

Tags: Addison, photos

[caption id="attachment_104" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Silly Faces"][/caption]I just thought that I would share some photos from last nights shoot. The girls had a fun posing and playing!

Tags: Addison, girls, Kelsie, Olivia

I thought I might share a picture from one of my latest photo shoots. It is a picture of Addison in her dance outfit. Her recital is in May, and she is very excited for it. Even more excited to have such a fun costume. I just like this picture and the way she looks in it.

Tags: Addison, dance, portrait