Plethera Continued...Amanda and Derek in B&W

Thanks again to Andrea Casey.

Plethera of Edits

Welcome to the crazy world of editing like a fiend :) I recently learned some cool photoshop editing actions, and I had to play. Some of these have yet to be posted from a few weeks ago. The wedding is from this past weekend - Amanda and Derek got married in a mansion overlooking Keuka Lake. I shot this wedding with Andrea Casey who has been so great to let me come along with her to weddings.

Please check out her web site!

~ www.amcaseyphoto.com ~

This is our yard. I often take the dogs for a "walk" by sitting on this swing for 20 minutes and then bringing them back in.

Mickey is so photogenic. He's always posing in great light for me.

More photos from the canoe race in the Adirondacks.

I re-edited this photo. I like it better this way. What do you think?

Canoe Race in the Adirondacks

Weekend of fun in the...rain :). I went up to see my good friend Joey and his dad paddle in a 90 mile canoe race. Their friends from Potsdam were there as well, and Scott got picked up at the last minute to join a canoe in the race. It looks like he had a good time :)

Scott beaming

Joey

Joe Sr.

Joe Squared

Fun Water Reflections off the lake in Saranac Village

Labor Day Weekend!

Howdy all! It's been a while since I last blogged. This weekend was a blast. I spent time with so many people and ran all over central NY. Day 1 I went to a balloon festival with my friend Ellen. Day 2 I went hiking up a stream bed with my good friend Katherine. Day 3 was just a beautiful late summer day and spent the afternoon outside with the dogs. Here are some of my favorite from the weekend.



This is our puppy Mickey. He's lucky he's so cute, considering we still have him around and he's still not completely house broken.


This one is my favorite of the hiking pictures. The stream is used to a lot more water, and there were dozens of places that were very shallow. The sky and trees reflected off these barely-wet areas made for amazing abstract shapes and colors.


In case you are wondering...that is a giant purple people-eater hot air balloon.

Cute Carrie shot this morning. I just couldn't resist.

Day 3 of Editing

Old Faithful

Panorama of the Grand Tetons on our way into Yellowstone NP

Open Range for the Bison in Yellowstone. This was a beautiful place.

It was difficult to get Becky to pose for a photo, so I always ended up getting the back of her head portraits. This one isn't so bad, though.


Becky walking out on a log to look for frogs in Yellowstone.

Sorry mom :). This isn't too bad a photo. Had to be done. Please forgive me.

Maryann photographing Becky walking near Virginia Falls in Glacier National Park.


Beautiful spider crawling up the mirror in the bathroom of Glacier.

My cousin James :) What a cutie!

Photo Editing - Day 2

Here are the photos I edited today. More are sure to follow...

Yosemite Falls from the valley.

My attempt to make my photo look like an Ansel Adams photograph.

Maryann looking cool.

My favorite Yosemite picture. First time I went to Yosemite years ago I took this exact picture. The only difference this time is the lighting is better on half dome, I'm wearing sandals instead of running shoes, and the overall quality of the image is better. Other than that, I think I was even sitting on the same rock :)

Becky looking up at the falls.

My mother reading a menu at a restaurant in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf area, that I believe may have been run by the mob.

Becky on a cable car.

A creepy tree I walked by in Redwood National Park.

Amazing lighting at the camp sight across from us. I think this camp ground was my favorite of all the places we stayed.

Maryann being carsick :)


Panorama of Crater Lake with Becky.

The Hardman Family!


Another Panorama of Crater



A night shot of the Hardman family sitting around the fire. Can you see the big dipper above them?