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a word about my watermark

my hubs brought it to my attention tonight that he isn't a fan of the big "do not copy" watermark on my photos.  please rest assured, it is there for a reason.  someday i would like to consider doing photography for profit - it's an expensive habit that to continue long term will need to start paying for itself (except for my little punk and any siblings and or cousins he may have).  as such, i want to make sure that all of my work is presented in the best possible light.  images pulled from my blog are sized for the internet and as such are small image files at low resolution, not the best example.  

so, images on this blog (and the 365 blog when i start that back up) will always be watermarked.  however, if you want a full resolution image to use or print, please let me know, i'll send it right out to you.

little miss e.

what a little sweetheart she is.  i think i'm going to get to take her one year old pictures this spring.  i'm excited! 

stay tuned

i think i'm going to start posting smaller images from the three65 blog over here this weekend.  there's a cool trick up my sleeve to accomplish this.  check back this weekend for updates.

love!

project 365 has moved

oops, forgot to put the link in here.  

project 365 blog

project 356 - day 1

a goal for the year is to be more consistent about picking up my camera and documenting my life. so, the idea is to at least take one picture per day and post it here.  we'll see how it goes.

day 1.

  yes, i'm evil.  finney likes to howl along with the fire whistle so i found a youtube video of a firewhistle then videoed her howling along with it.  this isn't finney at her best, sometimes she gets a more mournful sound to it.  i wonder if she thinks it's her mom calling to her?

Finney Howls! from vicki Mccullouch on Vimeo.

celebrate good times

i think this is what i have to look forward to in 30 years. insert party music here.

merry christmas

this punk is the only kid on this side of the family.  for this reason we all tend to get a little carried away in the gift department.  i think he likes it!

open it dad!

oh! a camera! payback's a comin for the auntarazzi

"i see it!  i see it!"

grandma & grandpa got him a train that spells out his name.

it was all over once he opened the tractor.  i think he's in love.

what? a box of clothes? can I PLEASE have my tractor back?!

shhhh, don't tell tommy i posted his picture for the world to see.

gah. snow. go away.

dear snow, please understand that i have work i want to be completed. if you do not cooperate i will not get anything done. you may stay until december 26, then you must vacate the premise. looking out the window to see noting but white is not my idea of a good time.  

Merry Christmas a few days early

today we went to a family christmas party. we had a great time. thanks E & J for inviting us to your home. since we were at the punk's house the auntarazzi came out to take some pictures.

we love him

what are they pointing at you ask?

the life of the party decided to take a little nap.  

no punk, don't be surprised that the auntarazzi has the camera out!

m! it needs batteries.  fix it!

did i mention that he's cute?

showing grandpa that the noise maker needs batteries.

oh yeah!

did i mention that he's cute?

wilderness girl

have i said before how much we love the land we bought?  if not, for the record, we do.  it's true love.  while frank and the punk were out gathering wood last weekend, I was playing with the camera and my new lens (that's true love too!).





okay, so this isn't as pretty, is it sad that my compost pile needs to be weeded?

labor day - hang time

labor day weekend around here means one thing.  we get the privilege of spending a whole day with my favorite punk kid in the world.  frank doesn't spend a whole lotta time with kids.  this weekend was a huge landmark.  he almost changed his first diaper, at least he got to the point where he had the diaper between punk's legs - while punk ran around tooting gleefully.  made me laugh hard.  frank and the punk had a ton of fun together, everything from mowing the lawn with the maow maow, to rock throwing, to picking up fire wood.  it was a great day!

Gallery Wrap Canvas!

I was so excited to learn about the site canvasondemand.com from the photography board that I visit.  SIL's birthday was coming up, so this was an excellent opportunity to revisit May's photoshoot with Storm.  I ordered her an 11x14 and got an 8x12 of my hydrangeas for the house.

I've also been revisiting some old pictures with photoshop. I came across this one of JoAnne Young, Houghton College Equestrian Center's fabulous program director on her mare Fawn at a cross country event 2 years ago.

And I played a bit with more of Storm's May pictures

I love this kid

He is so freaking cute.

Interesting, this isn't as "soft" as the original.

Photoshop CS3 at a discount!

Photoshop CS3 for mac.  I was going to buy Photoshop Elements 6.  It's a decent basic program and it's only $90.  I'm getting sick of the cheapola program that I'm using that came with my camera.  Frankly it doesn't work that well and I want the pictures I take to be the best I can make them.  Luckily before I bit the bullet and picked it up, I checked around the apple education store.  The education store offers discounts to students (and teachers).  I bought my macbook using my student discount.  Since I'm enrolled in a Master's program, I am still eligible for the discount.  ARe you ready?  The extended version of CS3 retails for $999 (no you're not seeing triple).  I just couldn't swallow that price.  Guess what?  The student price for the extended version is SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS cheaper.  $299.  Merry Christmas to me! Lucky Matt doesn't need to figure out any gifts for me this year!

The miracle of computers

I love black and white photography, but sometimes the shot just looks better in color. I always shoot in color then edit to a higher contrast black and white. And sometimes upping the saturation just makes the color photo look better.

Photo Shoot

Photo shoot with the world's cutest toddler!

Random Update

No new pictures to show of the land today - just some random shots of what's going on in our lives. Other than work, we do a lot of that!

We love Storm!

I shot Chris and Katie's wedding in June

Tommy's graduation party was the Sunday after he graduated.
Somehow mom caught the grill on fire...

So we gave the charburgers to Foxy

Who immediately took it and buried it out back. Maybe a few months from now it'll taste better!