ME AND MY TADPOLE: Photoshop Elements 9

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Friday, December 16

Mind Therapy, It Does a Body Good

Photography is way to tell others how you feel about what you see. ~ Anonymous

This week's Photo Friday theme is Meditative. I could sit here at this spot for hours. Doing some of my favorite things in life. Reading, with my camera beside me, wildlife and nature at my feet. Meditating on life and how wonderful it can be, leaving my worries behind...

Do you have a favorite spot to sit and free your mind? Do you have hobbies that give you that much needed break from life's chaos? Retail therapy maybe? Hey, I'm all for a going on a shopping spree too. What time should I pick you up? ;-)

I think we all need mind therapy. It's healthy not only to ourselves but to those around us too. Helps us keep our perspective, right?

Only boring people, are bored. True story.

Wishing everyone a great day and a wonderful weekend!

I linked up with Photo Friday.

Wednesday, December 7

Center - Off Centered Fall Scene

When people ask what equipment I use - I tell them my eyes. - Anonymous

Whether you consider yourself an actual photographer, an enthusiast or just someone who enjoys taking photos, you have probably been asked what kind of camera you use, right? I have done the same myself. Before John got me my new DSLR, I was using an older point and shoot. When I would tell people this, I saw most of them didn't believe me. How could that be? I was keeping my secrets, they just knew it.

Photography is so amazing, so unique to the person behind the camera itself. How they see the world, what they find interesting or beautiful. Talent or creativity is solely based on you and you alone. Of course a higher quality camera and equipment can make those visions much better, but photography is really based on an individual's ability to see beyond what is laid before them and more of what is in the mind's eye, it really is.

I have seen many with expensive cameras taking flat lifeless photos. I have seen others create beauty with an old beat up camera and a rock for their subject. I have seen both of them happy with the outcome because we are all our own masters behind the viewfinder. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and creativity doesn't create itself. We create it, capture it and make it extraordinary, even if it's only to ourselves.

Be inspired!

I linked up with Two for Tuesday. (Yeah, I know it's Wednesday, I'm late...)

Thursday, October 20

Thankful Thursday ~ Amazing Kids

Today I am thankful for all the amazing kids in my life. I am so blessed to know them.

My nephew, Sam.

My nephew, Henry.

My Best Friend's boys, J & B.

Last but never least, my amazing Spencer.

Friday, October 7

Photo Friday ~ Box Elder

This is a root of a large Box Elder tree growing in my backyard. Morning dew (taken around 7:30 a.m.) makes the outdoors so crisp in color. I added a tiny bit of contrast to these in Photoshop, nature did the rest.

I linked up with Photo Friday.

Wednesday, September 21

Wordless Wednesday ~ Pondering

Monday, September 19

Macro Monday ~ Gaillardia Aristata

The shadow in the bottom right in each of these photos was my sidekick Spencer. He loved these flowers and their vibrancy. He followed me so closely and I didn't have the heart to ask him to move, hence shadows...