2/52::January 13

"A portrait of my child and grandchild, once a week, every week, in 2014." I didn't get a picture of Michael last week, but I'll just keep on keepin' on. These pics were taken at Aiden's birthday party at Josh's house. The rest of the party pictures will be coming soon. I still feel badly for forgetting my camera for Aiden's first birthday party with Karen, though.

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When the Kids were Little::January 10

This pic was taken at our church in Kentucky back in 2000 sometime, though I seem to remember it was taken for Mother's Day. Sometimes I miss those days :)

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Photo Competition Pics DONE!!::Blurred Vision::January 8

My competition photos are submitted!! Soooooo glad that this round is done. I don't take as many pics when things get cold outside, and it's been cold outside for a while.

The theme for this time is "Blurred Vision". It was a toughy for me, since to me, the subject matter in photos is supposed to be crisply in focus unless showing motion, so I took it figuratively and went a different direction. Here are my two pics for "Blurred Vision":

"Christmas - Religious Holiday or Commercialistic Extravaganza?

(As an aside: It kills me how Christians get so upset about the commercialism side of Christmas while the non-Christians are so bugged about the religiousity. My philosophy is easy: take what you love, leave what you don't.)

"Skipping Naptime"

See what I did there with the blurred motion thing? Also, going without a nap, or worse yet my grandbaby going without a nap, gives me blurred vision. ;)


The next four don't follow the theme, and the first two of the four are altered reality, meaning I photoshopped the crap out of them ;)

"Grandma's Little Angel"

I watched a tutorial and learned how to turn a photo into a pencil sketch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K43-_zhQZiM


"Bzzzy Bee"

I also watched a tutorial about turning a photo into a cartoon here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1dOa2XO3js


The next two are original, non altered pics, but the theme is completely open, so everything goes.


"The Light of the World"

For this one, I followed this tutorial: http://themetapicture.com/simple-idea-awesome-result/


"Peaceful Morning Moment"

I love moments like these!


Now I can finally relax! :)

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