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small apertures: How I met my kids
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Sunday, August 24, 2008. How I met my kids. Kirk pulled into the cul-de-sac and parked in front of our case workers white Silverado. My heart was pounding and my head throbbing. I looked at Kirk. I saw it in his eyes too. Did we make the right decision? What if they hated us? What if we weren’t ready for this? It took us about 8 months to go through the paper work, background checks, and the 10 weeks of training. . E-mail to my case worker. I got an . 8221;, said Kirk. “It sounded good to me&...On Satu...
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small apertures: August 2008
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008. We met Faith and Brian on a Tuesday. Wednesday we scheduled time to take them out for a short visit with us. We met their foster mom at their day school and took them out to Wendy’s. . Over dinner we were getting all kinds of questions. Faith asked, “So, the Element, is that your car or our. House What are the names of our. On and on with our. When our visit was over, none of us wanted to leave each other. On the way home he was pretty wild and was getting his sister worked u...
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lenspiration: Cropping a picture in Photoshop CS4
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Thursday, January 14, 2010. Cropping a picture in Photoshop CS4. These lessons are done on a Mac. To view the lesson samples, in a larger screen, just click on the picture. If you do not see your tools on the left side of the screen, make sure that the tab in the top right corner is set for Essentials. 2 To crop your photo, click on the crop tool on the left (5th one down from the top). Cursor inside the box, right clicking and dragging where you want the crop. Posted by Tina Stephens. Rain in a lean-to.
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lenspiration: Depth of Field
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Friday, January 29, 2010. In creating your picture, you want to be able to control the focus of your objects. For instance, when you are taking a portrait, you want to focus of the face of the person and not be distracted by the background. A close up of a flower is nice when the background is blurred, so as not to distract from the detail of the flower. Taken with aperture f4.5 with a wide angle lens. When taking a landscape shot you want your background in sharp focus, as in the following picture:.
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lenspiration: January 2010
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Friday, January 29, 2010. In creating your picture, you want to be able to control the focus of your objects. For instance, when you are taking a portrait, you want to focus of the face of the person and not be distracted by the background. A close up of a flower is nice when the background is blurred, so as not to distract from the detail of the flower. Taken with aperture f4.5 with a wide angle lens. When taking a landscape shot you want your background in sharp focus, as in the following picture:.
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lenspiration: The Apache Trail
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Saturday, October 4, 2008. My husband and I took the Apache Trail in early October when the temperatures finally dipped down into the 80's. We stopped at various points like Tortilla Flats. Tortilla Flats is rife with western humor and historic memorabilia. . A little one room house holds a tiny museum. If you want something to eat, you can sit in a saddle at the bar or at a table in the restaurant. Their are all kinds of things to look at, inside and out. You can duck through doorways and walk through r...
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lenspiration: Basics: Adjusting Levels/Saturation
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Saturday, January 16, 2010. Lesson done on a Mac, with Photoshop CS4. Click on samples to get larger view. For non-destructive editing, hit apple key/j. This will create a layer copy of your original photo. All your editing will be done on the copy. If you edit the original, you will stress the pixels. 1Crop you photo how you would like it. 2 Adjust the levels. Click on Image, Adjustments, Levels. Or use the shortcut (apple key/L). I adjusted the saturation slightly to 17. Click on OK or hit Enter.
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lenspiration: October 2008
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Saturday, October 4, 2008. My husband and I took the Apache Trail in early October when the temperatures finally dipped down into the 80's. We stopped at various points like Tortilla Flats. Tortilla Flats is rife with western humor and historic memorabilia. . A little one room house holds a tiny museum. If you want something to eat, you can sit in a saddle at the bar or at a table in the restaurant. Their are all kinds of things to look at, inside and out. You can duck through doorways and walk through r...
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small apertures: My Trip To Disneyland (by Madison)
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Thursday, March 26, 2009. My Trip To Disneyland (by Madison). As I stepped inside I gasped, I was drowned with bright colors surrounding me. The towering castle was not like any thing I had ever seen. So many long years of waiting…I was here now…Disneyland. My normal life had been withdrawn from me. I was drenched with the voices around me. I could see sleeping beauty in her light azure dress. The sun scorched me, yet the melody of the wind soothed the heat. Posted by Tina Stephens. Rain in a lean-to.
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small apertures: Adoption Day
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008. The day had finally come when the adoption of Brian and Faith would be finalized. I had told the kids the night before that they could sleep in because they would be skipping school. Both of them woke up early. I let them watch some cartoons for 1/2 hr. in their pajamas. I cooked up a special breakfast of maple sausage, fried eggs, and toasted english muffins with jelly. After the case was done, we had pictures taken with the judge and our case workers. Faith and Brian's CA...
