sooc Archive

8Thu June 2, 2011
Before & After: Ominous Skies

I love taking pictures of dramatic skies! During tornado season in Texas, there’s no shortage of them. This article will quickly take you through my…
17Mon May 30, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Scavenger Hunt Sunday is weekly photography scavenger hunt. Five themes and/or techniques are presented by the inspiring Ashley Sisk and you have a week to…
8Tue May 17, 2011
Scavenger Hunt Sunday

What makes a rock band or concert pianist great? Certainly passion and talent play a huge role, but this alone won’t yield a perfect performance…
4Mon May 16, 2011
Understanding Exposure Exercises

I’m not sure if it’s fair to say that having kids turned my brain to mush, however I can tell you before having kids I…
13Thu May 12, 2011
The Importance of Editing Family Photos

You’ve probably heard me say this before: editing is more than changing a photo’s appearance. Throwing away photos (or at the very least, not publishing…
6Thu May 12, 2011
Project 52: Self-Portraits: Challenge Week

On Monday, I opened an email from Digital Photography School informing me that they are having a self-portrait challenge this week hosted by self-portrait photographer,…
12Fri April 29, 2011
Project 52: Self-Portraits: Right Now

I was hopeful that by tackling a weekly photo project this year instead of a daily one I’d be able to keep up. Unfortunately around…
29Wed April 27, 2011
Does Photo Editing Dilute True Photography?

A few weeks ago when I was editing all of the Fossil Rim photos my husband and I took on our trip there, I complained…
16Thu March 3, 2011
Shoot & Edit: Week 8: Selfies

Yesterday I vowed to my husband that I’d start “working out” for at least 30 minutes every weekday. By “working out” I mean that I’ll…
14Tue March 1, 2011
Project 52: Self-Portraits: Raw

It’s never good when a blogger needs to start their post out with an apology, but damn the gods, I’m going to do it anyway….
10Fri February 25, 2011
Black & White Adjustment Layer Effects in Photoshop

Ashley Sisk is blowing me out of the water with her weekly Photoshop Shoot and Edit tutorials. I may not participate in the link-up every…
22Thu February 10, 2011
Shoot & Edit: Hearts

This week for the Shoot part of Shoot & Edit, Jill gives some great tips to improve your photography! The theme for the SOOC shot…
0Tue February 8, 2011
Smoothing a Textured Overlay

Have you ever tried adding an overlay to your photograph only to realize it’s too texturey? Some textures would look absolutely amazing over a photograph…
22Thu February 3, 2011
Shoot & Edit Week 4

Shoot & Edit is a wonderful photography bloghop with two parts every week. On Monday, Jill of Forever ‘n Ever ‘n Always Photography posts a…
7Wed February 2, 2011
Using a Custom White Balance

In this week’s Simplicity eClass tutorial, we’re taught how to set a custom white balance. It’s actually ridiculously easy and I can’t believe I’ve never…
19Thu January 27, 2011
Shoot & Edit Week 3

I missed last week’s Shoot and Edit, but I read through Ashley’s tutorial on using adjustment layers and layer masks this morning and loved it!…
26Tue January 25, 2011
Project 52: Self-Portraits

I’ve decided that if I’m going to concentrate on Project 52 this year instead of Project 365, it needs a bit of focus. After having…
0Sun January 23, 2011
A Typical Weekend

I’ve had such a relaxing weekend with my boys! We never really do much of anything but play, watch TV, cook or do arts &…