Anatomy of a family shoot -     They usually go something like this . . .   Trying to get the little ones all paying attention at the same time can sometimes be a challenge, trying to get a smile on their face requires a lot of silly talent.   It usually just depends on how silly you can be . . . silly smiles, silly faces, silly sounds, and lots of goofy conversations.  That's how we roll when there's kids in the picture!  

It's a GIRL thing . . .   What else can I say?


 

Well . . . I'll be darlin' !!

 Just wanted to give you all a little peek at the cute bunch I'm workin' on this week :)

 Enjoy!

  



 And now . . .   I'm going back to my late night editing session with a little "Steel Magnolias" . . .

It's always good for making me feel all sentimental :)

Still trying to POST all my POSTS that I have going on from this last little while . . .


So here's a little more catching up on all my cute sessions waiting to be blogged!!


This is one of my favorites . . . a wonderful CABIN adventure in the beautiful Utah Uintah mountains!   This amazingly gorgeous place is located about 35 minutes East of Kamas on the Mirror Lake Highway.  Who would have guessed that there are more than 40 lovely mountain cabins located in this beautiful wooded forest!! Such a darling little family - meet . . . Jaycee and Chris!  And the two little wood nymphs :D

Then I usually open the current project up and do some editing in Photoshop. I really like to use many of the MCP actions for Photoshop, many of the Totally Rad actions . . . a little Florabella . . . But today I wanted to feature something a little different! For all you peeps out there who want to keep those expenses down (and when it comes to photography - WHO doesn't want to keep the expenses down?  Oh the money that could be spent . . .) I thought I would do a totally FREE edit from start to finish for you . . . Yes, you can do some LOVELY things without spending any money! Isn't THAT good news :D I'm going to feature one of my FAVORITE websites -

Rita is the blogger behind CoffeeShop and a stay-at-home, home-schooling Mom to two naughty but adorable little boys (Duke is 7 and Imp is 4), wife to her high school sweetheart, and passionate about all things photography.

And the best part about The Coffee Shop -  Everything on her blog is 100% free!

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So . . . let me take you through this fun edit - from start to finish - all FREE :D
 . . . this would be the unedited start up version . . .

Well . . . I was just contemplating which one of these exquisite edits I like the best. I can't possibly make up my mind . . . each one so adorable! I have Radlab to thank . . . I don't know how I could possibly live without it these days.  After I export my photos from Lightroom I do a little touch up in Photoshop, then open them all in Radlab.  It's like walking into an ice cream shop and not knowing which flavor to sample first! I could just hang out in there all day :D Let me know what you think . . . Which one do you prefer??


This is the original, with my touchups - no Radlab applied



 
Recipe #1


 
Recipe #2


  Recipe #3
~~ yummy  . . . yummy . . . yummy ~~ Maybe I should just start a FLAVOR of the month club :D Loves!!  ME (ps . . . head on over to Totally Rad on Facebook you can give it a try for FREE Watch out you maybe hooked for life . . .)

Going to try really hard to get caught up around here! I so love these photos of this cute family - and we had more fun than a barrel full of monkeys while shooting these at the Discovery Learning Park in Highland Utah.  What a gorgeous place, beautiful park, lots of ducks and geese.  The kids fed the ducks until I think they were stuffed full! The Burke family has always been pretty precious to our family, we have loved watching these little ones get bigger and bigger and cuter and cuter!  Way to go Lauren and Doug - your family is amazing!