PW Photo Edit Assignment

The Pioneer Woman had an editing assignment, usually has one once a week now, and since I'm just looking for things to do with all of the excess time I have on hand I thought I'd join in on the fun and try out an edit. She has thousands and THOUSANDS of fans, awesome giveaways, and great tips on photography if you're ever looking for some.
Here's the original, taken by her. Such a cute shot of her boy and dog:

Here's my first edit.

A little more rugged looking, some contrast and some burning. I like it, but I didn't think it would be creative enough to stand out from the tens of thousands of entries.

So here's my second edit. Done in between tending to kids. Probably spent too much time, but not enough time on this one if you know what I mean.

Then finally, the next day I got creative again and did this one. Used with a picture I had taken out at the orchard the other day.

And guess what?? Over 100,000 edits and this was one of 15 or so featured this morning on her blog. Very exciting! So I thought I'd share. You can go check out her blog here and see all of the really talented edits that went on. It truly is amazing what you can do with all of the editing tools out there these days!! I definitely don't consider myself an expert by ANY means, but it's fun to experiment sometimes to see what you CAN do.

Scoresby Family

Our main goal was just to get all the kids to look and smile. Sounds simple, but I can vouch for it getting harder with each child you add to the family. It's sometimes a miracle to get my own kids to all three sit together and give a cute grin. But this littlest guy surprised me the most, so smiley and willing to sit wherever. but they all did a great job. I think it helped that we were only out for 25 minutes.

I love the left picture, with Braiden so silly and real! =)

To view the entire session, go here.

Dennis and Donelle: Engagements

Donelle is a good friend and has helped me so many times when I really needed someone! Such a sweet person! And now I'm so excited to play a little part in her wedding! It was fun to get to know Dennis a little more during this shoot. They are so cute together and so deserving!

To view the entire session go here.

Baby Raiden + Mom + Dad

I took pictures of baby Raiden when he was not even two weeks old. And now I can't believe he's a big 6 month old! He came to our shoot with a smile almost as big as his eyes! But like all babies, when he was done he was done! The parents and I tried to keep him going but nothing really worked. We did well with our time though. I love this first shot. Just him looking so happy in Daddy's arms and I love just the slight little look you can see on mom's face. Such a proud Mommy! I'll have more to come, but here's a few of baby Raiden for now.

Finally fall!

It's SO nice for it to finally start to feel like fall around here! I actually wore a little jacket this morning for my walk! That might have been pushing it a little, but I sure hope it stays!

And of course fall means apples, haystacks and pumpkins, and kids outside!!

Alexander MD staff

This was such a fun and relaxed group to work with. And it helps that they all have beautiful smiles! Here's some of the pictures for their website, which you can find here. 

And we even got some pictures for their Christmas cards! They were on the ball with all of their red and "cold" accessories.

Dr. Alexander coming soon!

Some of Dr. Alexander's office staff pictures will be coming soon, but here's a flower I took while doing those that I've been having fun with! =)