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Monthly Archives: July 2010

A Frugal Chick

29 Thursday Jul 2010

Posted by Crystal in Introducing!, Photography

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Another friend photo shoot! My friend Laura, the blogger afrugalchick, needed some hi-res pics to send to her alma-mater newsletter for an article on her and her dissertation. So I borrowed my dad’s camera and went crazy. Actually, it wasn’t too crazy. We only shot for about an hour, but she let me go through her clothes and pick outfits and stuff. So that was fun. Especially since she hates pictures.

After I went through and picked the better shots and edited a couple, Laura stopped by and picked her faves from my choices. Or, as she put it, the “not bad” ones. ;-) Sadly, she didn’t like any of the manic-coupon-lady shots I made her do, but we’ll work more on that later…

So here you go:

she plays piano. obviously.

she often sits on the bench when she's working on the computer. really.

degree shot.

Learning points:

-When borrowing a camera, be extra careful about focusing on the right spot.
-Lighting. (I’m aware I need to be better at this, just reinforcing.)
-Take my time and keep checking the past shots for focus, etc.

You should check out her website too! Great tips on budgeting & couponing!

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Chocolate goodbyes…

28 Wednesday Jul 2010

Posted by Crystal in Cakes

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Yesterday was our good-bye lunch for one of our staff, and I was asked to make the cake.

I went for a simple design. I definitely need to work on writing. I redid it over and over until I decided that it would have to work.

I did enjoy the color contrast in the black (actually still brown) and white. I kinda wish I coulda left it entirely plain after the shell borders.

Contrast-y shells.

If red wasn't so hard, I would have used that instead of blue.

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Baby Portraits

18 Sunday Jul 2010

Posted by Crystal in Photography

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Saturday I had the joy of being able to take some shots of my dear friends’ child, Reagan, who is about a month old. Lots of fun. Here are a couple of my favorite shots.

my favorite shot. This was early on, but I immediately knew this would be my favorite.

So adorable.

this outfit has awesome ruffles. loved it.

As always, more pics on flickr.

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