Paintings

So there is an APP (called Super Photo) that my friend turned me on to ..... it's amazing.  It turns pictures you have into "Paintings" or other art type images.  Here are a bunch that I have turned into paintings....

Decisions ... Decisions ....

Decisions ... Decisions ....  Both DB and I are making them.  

Mine first ...  Okay - so Shila mentioned that she was interested in photography - and I thought, well I have a decent working camera now.  I could open up my photography business again ... it's been on my mind a lot, and the only reason why I "closed it down" temporarily .... was because I had to sell my camera and equipment in order to get money to move from WI to WA .... since being in WA our financial situation has been defined as basically "scraping by" with all the appointments and medical stuff, the hospital stays, making sure bills are paid, food is to be had ...  we try to balance as best we can.  

So I'll be doing some free sessions to rebuild a portfolio and my reputation HERE ...  and then I'll start to charge.  I am thinking that Shila can be a back up photographer for me.  Especially when we got more than one camera - it'll be amazing.  

But - sucky part is - I don't have a lot of my props anymore, I did manage to find my cloth backgrounds though.  YAY for that.  

In other news ....  DB has talked to some people (military veteran services) and he's decided to go back to school  He is pretty sure he wants to do I.T. stuff, and he's amazing at it.  He can sit and do it - he says he can be stuck in a closet somewhere ...  

So he's going to be starting school again, he might still do the Real Estate training to fall back on.  

I can honestly say that all the kids are making all the adults in the house want to get us out of this apartment and into a good house that will fit our needs better.  

In other news - Little Miss Elly turned ONE WEEK OLD today.   Gosh - a whole week!! 

Week 1It's only been a week, but already your newborn knows she can rely on you. By now, she can recognize your voice. Hearing her parents' familiar voices helps her adjust to the strange new world outside the womb and lets her know that she's not alone. So the more you talk to her, the better. She can't understand your words, but your love comes through loud and clear.

so tonight I started posting in my photography blog again - .....   I posted this... LOL.... cuz it's been about 3 years since I posted in it ....

Nathan and I goofed a bit tonight.  He was just being silly.

I ended up having a mini rant on my FB tonight.  I don't normally do that.  Usuallyl I rant here.  HA HA HA ....  sometimes I keep it private - those little rants.  I have several "unpublished" blogs.

So this is what I posted....

I don't think that people realize how much work goes into photography. Like, how much work goes into being a PHOTOGRAPHER. 1: you have to hope that you get one truly crisp amazing photo out of the 20 you just took of the same damn thing... 2: the pictures are great, but a lot of photographers want to make it - it's BEST. So that involves editing. Cropping. Playing with the lights, and shadows and colors and doing everything you can to truly make that picture POP. 3: Making collages and framing and making it funny or interesting or whatever.

In the past, when I did this as a job .... I would spend 1 or 2 hours taking pictures. I would spend 2 days going through them with a fine tooth comb to take amazing pictures to mind blowing.

I'm not saying every picture I take is mind blowing. But clearly I need to start my business back up and start watermarking everything.

So if you have friends, family, strangers who do photography, make sure you give credit where credit is due, because it's just the nice thing to do.

I don't even know - REALLY - why I'm annoyed other than I work really hard at what I do and I feel like.... i don't even know.

Getting off my soap box....

And now let me explain....  one of Kale's relatives has a habit of looking at my pictures, saving them, and re-posting them on her profile.  THERE ISN'T ANYTHING wrong with this at all.  I do it myself, of my step-daughter and cousins and such. Usually I'm not re-posting them, I usually share it or what not, but I do save stuff and keep it in my files, So I feel like a HUGE hypocrite.  Sometimes it's the only way you get pictures - ever.  (Like in the case of my step-daughter.)

But seeing the pictures I am posting on someone else's profile is really annoying me.  I work really hard editing and cropping and posting and making the pictures the best I can.... doing the collages, and all that...  so the fact that a click save can just make all that work, nothing it feels like ... it would be nice if they say "Hey I looooove this picture, I have to save and share" or give me credit ...

You spend 1 to 2 hours taking a ton of photos - and you spend days editing and finding the perfect ones.

It's stupid, and petty ...

so then I posted....

I think I need to go to bed. I'm super crabby right now. Let Shi and Kale sleep a lot today. I am feeling crazy swollen right now, and all my joints are being mean (pain pain and more pain) ... I'm just tired but insomnia is a biznitch. I would love to not be under so much stress ALL THE TIME. Some of my stress, I love.... like my kids, my family, my new amazing granddaughter who is a freaking TEXT BOOK BABY - seriously the easiest little girl EVER.... I cannot WAIT to see Miss Clairah meet her baby sister for the first time. I'm just so tired right now. I'm just crabby. Crabby crabby crabby.

LOLOL

Took this quiz today ... I kinda like it ... Dearbhail ...

FB Status:  I pretty much worked on Photog-Biz stuff all day. Slept off and on. Don't know what's wrong with me today - but I just can't seem to wake up. Horrible fatigue. Stupid Fibro/CFS. I mean really. It's okay though - I won't let it hold me down. Might go to bed here in a few and just try to get a good nights sleep. Nathan and Kaedyn are currently playing their own version of "Win Lose or Draw" ha ha ha ...

They were drawing pictures and making each other guess what it was.  LOL

FB Status: Ooooooooooooh I just got some cuddles with my absolute favorite one week old!! Looking forward to seeing Sissy Clariah met her sister for the first time tomorrow (she was sick last week while we were at the hospital) ... Kaedyn helped Shila give Elly a bath tonight and he (Kaedyn) rewarded her with 3 pennies for being so good during her bath. Awwwwwwwwww .... he really loves her to share his money! LOL

Yep - that was pretty much my day!!

Elly's first Monday!

Alana came over today ...  she got to hold Elly for the first time :)  

BTW - I see it spelled Neice and Niece ....  just an FYI - the correct spelling is "Niece" .... So I need to stop spelling it the other way!  LOL

Nonna cuddles

Yep - this happened..... not the most flattering picture but still

One of my girlfriends was like "Is Cal and Alana still together?"  Yep ... "I don't see many pictures of them anymore" LOL...  She's working a lot and when they are together, I try to let them be together .....

Did Elly's feet and hands today  - the ones I tried to do at the hospital did NOT turn out well....

But I got a handprint and foodprints for the frame and the baby book....

Did some photography with the baby ....

I was complaining about being hungry - ha ha ha ha ha....  I got sausage and pepper sandwiches and fries, and Mozzarella sticks....  woot!  No I didn't eat all that......

This has been my whole life lately - trying to get pictures edited ...