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Through the Lens – Assignment 3

August 15, 2008 by Elaine

I am still participating in the Through the Lens tutorial hosted by Hallie at From the Rubber Room. This latest assignment is all about better composition. I am happy to say that I found all of these pictures in my archives! However, I still learned A LOT during this assignment and am excited to apply…

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Wordless Wednesday #28 – Summer Contest

August 13, 2008 by Elaine

I am combining my Wordless Wednesday (which is already not wordless!) with an entry into the Summer Fun Photo Contest going on at 5 Minutes for Mom right now about Summer fun. This shot may not be the greatest picture ever but it reminds me of my summers as a kid (since it’s on the…

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Filed Under: contests, Family, Photography, The B Man, Wordless Wednesday

Weekly Winners 8/10

August 10, 2008 by Elaine

August 3 – August 9 Okay, so I am a week or so off since these are even more pictures from our vacation that I have kept on reserve. But these are a little more “artsy” and well, I didn’t take any pictures this week so here are my last week’s “winners” for this week….

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Filed Under: Photography, vacation, Weekly Winners

Beachy Keen

August 8, 2008 by Elaine

So yes, the little vacation was wonderful, except perhaps for the late dinner at the Big Fisherman on Saturday night with FIVE kids… oh the memories! But besides that and the fact that I could have stayed a day or two longer, it was a great getaway. Little G was OBSESSED with the birds and…

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Filed Under: Family, Memories, Photography, vacation

I Just Wanna Go Back…

August 4, 2008 by Elaine

There are a TON of pictures to show and so many words that I need to spill out about our vacation but I can’t seem to wrap my head around it all yet. I think my brain is still at the beach even though I am not. So… here’s a couple of “best shots” and…

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Filed Under: beach, Family, Memories, Photography, vacation

Through the Lens – Assignment 2

July 28, 2008 by Elaine

In this second assignment for our photo workshop at From the Rubber Room, we learned about the white balance options on our camera. I must say I learned a lot this time. Before Hallie’s tutorial and explanations I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA this was even on my camera. Now I do. The assignment was to…

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Weekly Winners 7/27

July 27, 2008 by Elaine

July 20-26 t’s been SO hot here lately s0 if we go outside at all we have to be in the shade. Somehow the sun still finds us… The futures’s so bright… as is everything these days… I love every little hair on his face… An apple a Day… Our friend Christian who is SO…

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Weekly Winners 7/20

July 20, 2008 by Elaine

July 13th – July 19th It’s my first time to participate in weekly winners. I didn’t take a TON of pics this week but here are a few that I really liked. Hope ot have more next week! Softest Hair Just Bloomed Happy in the bath Bubble eater All clean! Go to Sarcastic Mom’s place…

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Whoa, Those Are Some Messy Babies!

July 16, 2008 by Elaine

I decided to participate in the Dirty Baby Carnival over at Boys Rule My Life partly because Becky linked to me last week when she announced her plan to do this and well, I’ve got some pretty cute pics of my messy boys! I doubt that any of you will be suprised that all of…

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Filed Under: Little G, Photography, The B Man

Through the Lens – Assignment 1

July 4, 2008 by Elaine

I think I mentioned that I hope to learn to take better pictures with my camera (a Canon S5 is) with the help of this blogger, Hallie over at From the Rubber Room. Every couple of weeks we have a new assigment for our “course” “Through the Lens: Digital Photogrpahy 101” and for the first…

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Filed Under: Photography, Through the Lens

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Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 16 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five "kids" together, ages 21, 18, 17, 16 and 15 and crazy but cute dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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