…this morning?

(No I didn’t butcher the front, it is just the way it is laying while still wet, I’ve now had two years practice!)

A wee bit shaggy a few days ago…

I can always tell it is time for a haircut when the back looks like this every time he lays down… and also, we misplaced his ears.

Of course, it has been worse in the past…

I see nothing funny here.

Either that, or the groom running around, still not in his tux…

The house was built ten years ago. Only it was built to look like it was a hundred years old. I found myself wanting to steal the doors. Or just move in.  Either way.

The third dress the bride tried on…

One of my favorite detail shots from yesterday…

I use Adobe Lightroom to edit my photos (which I don’t always do), largely because I don’t have Photoshop and I don’t have $1500 to get the Totally Rad Actions and Kubota imaging tools after getting Photoshop. Compromises, compromises.  Not to say Lightroom doesn’t do a fine job, I just would like to more than Lightroom 1 allows (I don’t have experience with Lightroom 2).

I wish this picture had little bare feet, but it was spur of the moment, and of course once he took his socks off, he never sat like this again.  Here is the SOOC – Straight out of the camera – version:

Even with socks on, I think the picture can still be made into a keeper with a little post processing.  I think my favorites are probably #1, #3 or #4, depending  on the feel I was going for.  #7 too though.  Anyway, these are probably my favorite and most used presets for Lightroom.  I just recently started experimenting with presets, which are something like a cheat sheet in my mind.  You can use them quickly and easily to bring a totally different feel to the photo, without all the work.

Left to right starting at the top left:

1. Wet Chrome 2. Metropolis 3. Fake it til you make it BW 4. Green Tint 5. x=mad+max+3200 6. x=summer+holiday 7. PH Naturally BW 8. x=warm+storm 9. x=smooth+as+velvia

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