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You've stumbled onto my blog! Who am I? I'm a Photographer, Certified Photoshop Nerd, teacher,
action creator, Mom, Wife, and any other hat I happen to be wearing at the moment.
This Blog is where I post sneak peeks for photography clients, photoshop tutorials/tips, photoshop actions, contests, random slices of my life, and anything else that's bouncing around in my head at the time.
I love to hear from my blog readers, so if you have a suggestion, question, or just want to chat, drop me a line!
This is a method that I use all the time to do headswaps/composites. If you have CS3 then this is the easiest way to do headswaps/montages/composites, you’ll wonder what you did without it!!
CLICK ON THE PIC TO VIEW THE VIDEO
Thanks to Cindy Dover for the pics for the tutorial!
p.s. I realize the sound on the tutorial is kind of whacky, it was late and my stupid mic was acting up. Sorry! 
Lilly showed me today her new Protectors.. designed to keep her from getting Dirt in her eyes (most likely thrown by her sister). Oh, and the Dandelion was a present for me.
And Kate, the “messinist” kid in the world. *word from Sam’s dictionary, perfect to describe Kate, who is able to get into anything and everything and make a mess of it.*
But she still manages to be adorable at the same time 
Hope ya had a great weekend!
THIS WEEKEND ONLY.. you can get access to a full year of VIP for ONLY $50!! That’s just $4 a month!! If you’ve been on the fence, now is the time to go for it!
I just realized that I never did announce the VIP section of the forum on the blog! If you’re a newsletter member you probably already saw this, but just in case you didn’t, we have a NEW section on the phaunt forum.
The forum is still free, and will remain that way, but now there is 5 new sections that you can have access to if you sign up to be a VIPhaunt. Last month was our first month and we’re just getting started on the awesome stuff in store!
This is our second month with our new VIP section.. This month we have
Monthly VIPhaunt Goodies:
This month (so far) we have an awesome toy camera action that can Holgarize your photos. Here’s just one example of what you can do with it.
We also have an awesome set of Christmas card templates from IThinkTink:
AND a gorgeous 12×12 storyboard from Jenica Lemmons
There’s more to come for the Goodies this month for the VIPs, this is just a taste!
VIPhaunt Monthly Prize Pot:
This month marks the first month of our prize pot contest. The contest this month is designed to go along with our monthly speaker/topic: Business organization and Marketing. So, this month our VIPs are creating Marketing and Business pieces to enter into the contest. Each piece created is shared with all the VIPs, so not only do you get a chance to win, you get to use each piece and share with all the other VIPS!
The winner this month will get $35 to the online store of their choice, AND a Mini 01A Website with Album viewer from Flash Palette!!
ALSO, one lucky entrant will get to chose ANY of the products from the IThinkTink store! 2 chances to win just for entering!
VIPhaunt Store:
We now have 8 vendors (and growing) with VIP stores. Items that you can buy JUST from saving up phaunt bucks. VIPs are already growing their PBs and purchasing items. Save up and buy the perfect template/action!
VIPhaunt Monthly Speaker:
This month our Speaker is the wonderful, Talented, Tennille King!!
Her Photography website is here:
http://tennilleking.com/
She also runs the awesome business organization tools website I Think Tink:
http://ithinktink.com/
AND founded the organization Think Pink-
http://www.thinkpinkphotography.org/
We are just a week into the topics, and we are covering email templates, organization, referral programs, natural light shooting, and much more.
And GET THIS.. Tennille has extended an amazing discount to VIPhaunts ONLY.. 50% off ANYTHING in her store.. way too good to pass up!
VIPhaunt Months Past (YEARLY ACCESS ONLY)-
After the monthly download and speaker is past, they will be put in a seperate forum that only the yearly VIPs will have access to (this is so that someone can’t pay one month and download all the past month’s goodies). So as a yearly VIP you can read/download any time you want.
To sign up to be a VIPhaunt and get all these awesome benefits, all you need to do is sign up at the phaunt forum, then follow the instructions in this post: HERE
The price is LESS than you’ll pay for a normal action set! Come join us!
Is it?? Oh My Gosh, it is!! A video tutorial!!
I figured you all would give up on me if I didn’t get SOMETHING up for you. So this is a way I’ve been playing with lately to do some more custom vignetting to my photos. I actually love using Lightroom for this now, but you can’t crop in LR or you lose the vignette, so this is great for a quick custom vignette.
CLICK on the photo to view the Video
That’s it folks.. have a fun weekend
Yes, I know I do things obsessively, it’s my MO. For now I love doing these.. we’ll see how long that lasts.
First up, this is a photographer friend, Stephanie Tu and her son. The photo was taken by the talented Tisha McCuiston
And this one I finished last nite… The original was actually 2 pictures that I combined (hence the jagged edge towards the bottom.. much easier to clone when you’re going to paint it).
This is Jodi Friedman’s twins. Jodi is the talented lady behind MCP Actions, a fellow PS geek
Oh, and I saw this link on another board.. Too funny.. Deke is one of my favorite Photoshop Instructors!
101 Photoshop Tips in 5 Minutes!
After special request by so many wanting to the the U but not sure about the investment I am now offering a Guarantee/Payment Plan. I know how hard it is to plunk down $$ for anything, especially when you’re not sure if it will be worth the investment. I’m so SURE that you’ll enjoy this class and learn what you need that I’m willing to give a Guarantee. If you want to “Try” the course, all you need to do is pay $200. You will get the same package as everyone else and start the course like normal. At the end of the 2nd week if you really feel like you will not learn anything and are not satisfied with how the course works, you can quit and not pay another dime. You will have the first 2 weeks of learning AND all of the phaunt products (given with the course), which are valued at $225. So you essentially will have paid nothing to be able to test the course out!
At the end of the 2nd week you will pay the remaining $175 and finish the course. I’m doing this because I know it is hard to do the whole thing at once, and because I am sure that you will love the course so it’s not a hard thing for me to offer. If you want to do the payment plan/guarantee then all you need to do is let me know in your application!
If you have any questions about the U, just let me know! We have spots filling up quickly, so don’t wait!
And another Painting.. I did this one really quick for one of the SOOC Challenges on the Phaunt Forum
The Original is by Michelle Kilander of Heirloom Photography who also sells great templates for PS and is a vendor on the Phaunt Forum.. check out her website!!
And the painted….
I had the pleasure of meeting Hank the turkey last weekend in Montana. I had never seen a Turkey in real life, and I had no idea that they were so incredibly UGLY! I was told that Hank is an exceptionally ugly Turkey, but I don’t see where that configuration of parts could really be any prettier.
Things are finally back to normal here, and there are some new things going on with phaunt! I’ll be announcing this week, but the first thing is that the next round of Phaunt U is NOW OPEN for registration! I have a wait list, and those who were on it should have gotten an email from me (if you didn’t shoot me an email asap!).. The class will begin August 1st (approximately), and is limited to only 20, so if you’re interested get your application to me asap!
Here’s what a few of the past U students had to say:
“Let me just put a plug in here for this amazing class! We’re almost to week 3 and it’s so great!!!! i can’t recommend this enough - very thorough, easy to follow and a great way to learn ps! I’m loving it!!!!” -Kim B.
“I’d say i’m an intermediate user of PS and I have already learned SO much and we’re only on Week 2! It’s really cool actually learning how to do something that an action does. Learn the back-end behind it.” -Stephanie T
“I’m so glad to be a part of the U! Everything is so easy to understand and the videos make it easy to work along step-by-step. The weekly chats help tie everything together and Kylie is always available to answer any questions we may have. Just in the first couple weeks, my post-processing has greatly improved!! I encourage anyone, in any level experience in Photoshop to sign up - you won’t regret it!” - Christina H.
Quick overview of what you get with phaunt U:
• DVD with all the video lessons, playable on your computer
• Workbook with quick tips and intros to each lesson
• A voucher for the mini course of your choice
• DVD with all phaunt actions products to date (worth $225 in itself!!)
• One in-depth portfolio review focusing on your post production
technique. Done at any time after the course is completed. A
great opportunity for getting your website ready!
• Goodie Bag with discounts/offers from other vendors
• The opportunity to purchase additional mini courses any time once
the 5 week course is completeWhy spent hundreds of $$ on actions and still have no clue what you’re doing in PS? Take the time to learn from the ground up, your photos will thank you for it
Watch an intro Video HERE
Read more Here
I’m headed off in the AM to Montana for a family wedding, but I’ve got a few people waiting for a sneak peek from this session, so gotta put these cuties up.
A friend of mine was in town with her 3 year old and 10 month old an their 3 year old cousin. I usually try to squeeze in a session for them whenever they’re in town. Brooke (now 3 years old) was my very first newborn I ever shot!
She’s a bit more grown up now, and has a little bit of Attitude!
Funny thing is I have 3 or 4 pics of her doing this… She reminds me of her mom
I did get some sweet ones of her though.
Then we had little Miss Audrey, also 3 years old. But I think she looks way too old in this shot.
And the little man, Trey
We tried to get a “nice” shot of all 3 of them together, but most of them looked something like this:
But we did manage to get at least one for grandma.
It was so fun to see the girls again and meet Trey! They’ve been clients of mine since the beginning and I’m so thankful that they let me practice on their kids when I wasn’t all that good.
I’ll have to post some pics from their first sessions when I get back, amazing to see how they’ve grown!
Well WTD said it better than I could:
If you haven’t checked WTD out.. You gotta go.. Hilarious stuff.
I’ve been extremely busy these last few weeks, so haven’t posted much. Sam is gone on his annual 2 week a year USMC training, so the girls and I are having a good time hanging out. I leave on Friday to go to Montana for a family wedding, so have a bunch to get ready for.
As usual, my obsessive side has been forcing me to do more painting. I finished this one for Kim Townsend of Simply Splash a few days ago:
A few Detail Shots:
I’m working on a few more, will post when I’m done.
I also got to go to the park tonite with the girls right at the perfect time for the light, and get some shots. Using my trusty 50mm and the kit lens on a few.
Warning.. PICTURE OVERLOAD….
Kate was in top form today, as she is currently in the “I’m not going to listen to you and will do whatever the heck I want to” stage. This included throwing sand, then laughing maniacally about it. But it did allow me to get some good laughing pics of her.
Yes, it’s very funny to do things Mom says NO to..
Lilly helped a bit.. I haven’t been able to get Kate to stand still for a picture with Lilly in it (without Kate crying and smacking Lilly in the head) for quite awhile now, so I was happy that they’re at least in the same vicinity for these shots.
Lilly informed me that she was making her heart castle for the leaf she found, it’s very serious work…
And it’s finished!
Oh yes, always fun to throw more sand!
They went down the slide, Kate LOVED it.
Just before we left.. trying to get some silhouettes, but the playground equipment wasn’t cooperating.. Great colors though.
Extremely quick processing on these (Just ran them thru Lightroom using the Phaunt Presets), so they’re a bit naked, but I know if I don’t post them I’ll forget about it, so I wanted to put it up.
