Katie and Tom had 2 other great photographers for their wedding. Dave Standley has been a friend of the family for more years than I am old! His wife Laurie was a bridesmaid in my mom's wedding and has helped all of us girls with our wedding flowers and decorations.

Katie's second photographer is Kendra DeFord. More of her work later.

Anyway, since I am a part of the family, and was a part of the wedding, it was impossible for me to be in the pictures and take them at the same time.

Here is a sampling of some of Dave's photography art.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love photography, but I really love Photoshop! It always amazes me the things you can do to spice up your photographs. Here is just one example for you. This first one is SOOC (straight out of camera).



It is a really pretty picture, but doesn't quite stand out. I like the composition quite a bit, but the picture isn't for a magazine cover, it is of my lovely sis and her wonderful new husband. Also, the clouds that were so cool in the background are a little bit blown out in this picture.

So, I started out by finding another picture that was similar with a slightly different exposure. The sky was blue and beautiful! I dropped the new sky picture onto the original, automatically creating another layer. The sky layer was placed below the original, then using a mask, I "cut" out the top of this picture so what you would see was the new sky. (Sorry this is a bit confusing)



Using the burn tool, I made parts of the sky a little more dramatic and added depth to the picture while keeping the look of sunshine on the bride and groom. I added a "warmer" action from the Pioneer Woman Actions for some additional color in the field and a sunny appearance overall.

I cropped it so you can clearly see the beautiful couple, and tada! Done.




So, what do you think?

As I promised, here are some more pictures of Katie's wedding.


This picture was taken after the ceremony. I love how content they both look.



I don't even have words for this next one.




Above picture photographed by Kendra DeFord


I am still trying to work out all the bugs on my new blog site, so please forgive me if things aren't working quite right.

I will post more tomorrow!

I have had my digital SLR for 8 months now. I cannot begin to express how much I love it! My camera is a window into my soul; the way I express myself without words; my emotions; my memories. Thinking about pictures makes me happy.

I love when I download all my pictures from my camera and open one up to see this.



It makes you happy too, huh.

I got my camera this week so I was finally able to get pictures of T's little friend. Their birthdays are less than a week apart. She's a cutie, huh?

You may have heard........
Our baby sister is getting married













Ok, so maybe she's not really a baby any more, but she'll always be our baby sister.