{my little blog spot}

Jules with make up

2011-07-24T19:13:00.002-05:00

Jules put some make up on yesterday and asked me to take a picture of her, so of course I did! She looks so much older than 11. I love this photo of her.

Jules and Tyler Florence from the Food Network

2011-05-15T22:03:00.003-05:00

Tyler Florence from the Food Network has been in town for the taping of the Great Food Truck Race. We went downtown on Friday evening and Jules got to have her photo taken with him. Can you tell she was excited? I told her, "just go up to him and ask if you can have your photo taken with him!"

Jules.....

2011-05-08T21:42:00.001-05:00

Loved the light the other evening.

Pretty yellow field

2011-05-05T21:58:00.004-05:00

I think this one above may be my favorite from this evening.

Jules this evening out in the pretty yellow field by our house. They use this to make canola oil.
Of course in order for me to take photos I had to put curlers in Jules' hair for tomorrow's performance at school! There's always a catch when I want to take photos. I love the light from behind.....used Florabella's Spring Set II, this is called Meadow.

Baby owls

2011-05-01T22:27:00.002-05:00

Two baby owls in the tree behind my dad's house. They are pretty amazing to see. It's also amazing how well they blend in with the tree.

Photos from car crash

2011-04-21T22:17:00.005-05:00

The back window was completed busted out.

If you look at the top of the window and sliding door, you can see where it has come away from the car. Jeff thinks the frame was probably damaged and caused this.

Rear passenger side wheel, and window was completely busted out too.

Closer view of front passenger side wheel.

Complete passenger side view. The other car hit the front passenger wheel and then spun around and hit the back passenger side wheel area.

Front view.

Another partial front view of bumper.

Jules....this evening

2011-04-13T22:25:00.002-05:00

I love the one above of Jules.

Used Florabella's swoon on all of these photos.

Jules, Boomer, and Tuxey

2011-04-03T20:09:00.006-05:00

Processed with Fresh from Wish Photography.

Processed with Florabella's Mademoiselle. Jules said she liked this one, she didn't like the other ones I took of her.

Tuxey girl enjoying the sun today by the front door.

Jules by a tulip tree. Boomer and Jules. It was so windy today. Boomer doesn't seem to want to look at me. Boomer seems to love the wind. Aren't they just so cute!

Boomer kept running from me in the house when I was trying to take his photo. I think he thought it was going to end up on PetFinder, that's where we found him. Surely he doesn't think we're going to get rid of him! It did cross my mind when we first got him and he started urinating and crapping in his cage, but he's a good boy now and I would never take him back!

I think this one is my favorite from today.

All photos (unless otherwise noted) were processed with Florabella's Actions

http://florabellacollection.com/

Cat Hat

2011-02-27T21:53:00.003-06:00

Took some photos of Jules out by the shed this afternoon. It was quite foggy, and Mr. Frizzles decided to join us!

Tuxey

2011-02-14T12:18:00.003-06:00

This is our newest family member, Tuxey. Isn't she gorgeous? She's just over 9 months old, adopted from the local shelter.

Julia as Ponce de Leon

2010-11-01T19:51:00.002-05:00

Julia had to do a report on a Spanish Explorer, her explorer was Ponce de Leon. We had to just use clothing items around the house for her costume. How does she look?

Trick or Treat...........Julia ::Halloween::

2010-10-31T22:38:00.001-05:00

My little witch on Halloween!

Miss L ::Senior:: first round

2010-10-31T20:19:00.006-05:00

I think this one above is my fave for the day...just look at those eyes!

Beautiful eye lashes!

This photo is just like the one above it, but has the Cosmopolitan action from Florabella run on it.

Photo from May

2010-10-27T20:37:00.001-05:00

I came across this shot of Jules from May and love it!

Aggieville photos

2010-10-23T18:17:00.008-05:00

The ring is from a new store on Poyntz called "Bling." It has the coolest clothes and jewerly. I told Jules to paint her nails like graffiti and this is what she came up with. Are they cool or what!

I think this one above is my fave!

Jules and red hat

2010-10-20T20:54:00.005-05:00

Jules and I went out tonight after we got home and tried a few photos with the back lighting and some from the side. I kinda like how they look. Love the red hat!

Couple of random photos of Jules

2010-09-27T21:08:00.001-05:00

Jules.....

2010-09-18T18:09:00.006-05:00

Jules mini shoot

2010-08-07T14:21:00.010-05:00

Chris on Tuttle Creek

2010-06-15T20:56:00.004-05:00

My twin brother, Chris, out on Tuttle Creek. I kind of got carried away with the camera tilt! Chris had one of these boats when we were kids. I think it's an Optimus Pram.

My twin brother, Chris

2010-05-28T21:43:00.002-05:00

Grandpa and Jules

2010-05-28T21:33:00.001-05:00

My dad and daughter, Julia. He said that Jules makes him smile. Aren't they cute together?

Mr. E...2010 High School Graduate

2010-05-22T10:32:00.002-05:00

These were all processed with Florabella's Sweet Honey action. Kind of adds a haze to it, but I really like the effect. These are extremely grainy too, I had the ISO bumped up to around 5,000 at times.

Random photos

2010-05-09T10:49:00.004-05:00

This patch of tulips was gorgeous.

Of course a few photos of my little sweetie! We found a few patches of tulips that looked somewhat decent.

A gorgeous tree we saw over in Wamego when we went to the Tulip Festival. This shot is SOOC, nothing done to it. I liked the way it looked without doing anything to it.

Tried a little back lighting with sunflare. I think it looks kind of cool. Some people don't like these kind of shots, but it's different and I like that hazy look it has.

Julia amongst the poppies

2010-05-06T22:13:00.005-05:00

Took this shot of Jules this evening, the light was awesome. I try to get photos of her in my mom and dad's poppy patch every year. We'll be taking more. She was in her dance/gymnastics outfit and her hair was messy! Used Florabella's Cosmopolitan action on this one.

Monica

2010-05-03T22:39:00.003-05:00

The photo above and the one below is the same, but just rotated. The bottom one is how it was actually taken.

This photo has the totally RAD action called "punch out" run on it. I really like this one Monica, with the bush in the background.

More of Monica

2010-05-01T20:51:00.003-05:00

Very pretty!

Monica

2010-05-01T17:09:00.006-05:00

Warm it up Kris action run on this one.
Pool Party action on this one.

Eye bump

Hey Monica, 5:20pm and the light is perfect now! No harsh sun. Oh well, we can take some another day too. Ran some different actions on some of these to see if you like them. I'll add more photos later, but here's a few for now.

Prom Night

2010-04-24T21:25:00.003-05:00

This is my favorite shot.

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Love the way this Florabella action looks. It's called "Milk and Honey II."

Love this Totally RAD Action called "punch out." I ran it twice on this photo.

A couple more shots of the gorgeous tulip tree.

Forsythia bush in my yard.

I have a lot of beautiful flowering bushes and trees in my yard. The tree on the left is a Redbud and I don't know what the bush is next to it.

Julia cringing because a bumble bee was flying around her. She gets really freaked out by them. Used a Totally RAD Action called "Oh Snap"on this photo.

Random images from recent

2010-04-15T21:01:00.004-05:00

There's a gorgeous tulip tree down the street from where I live....absolutely gorgeous!

My little Jules with the weeping willow branches wrapped around her.

Lilac bushes at my mom and dad's today.

The light was gorgeous late on this afternoon.

Spike's weird......what can I say.

Peach tree in my back yard.

My mom

2010-02-01T21:03:00.000-06:00

I love this photo of my mom, she looks happy here.

Michael

2010-02-01T20:30:00.003-06:00

This is Michael, a theatre major who worked in my office as a student. He moved away to NYC and is missed in our office! Trying out some of my new Florabella Collection actions on his photos. Pretty dramatic!

New Actions and Textures

2010-02-01T12:15:00.005-06:00

Okay, the one above has Cosmopolitan at 50% a vignette and blur at 70% and Vintage Screen texture at 30%.

Photo above has Cosmopolitan action and Attache warm texture at 30%. Just love the Florabella Collection!

Love these two photos of Michelle done with Milk and Honey and Soft Urban action from the Florabella Collection.

Trying out textures

2010-01-31T21:30:00.003-06:00

This photo has sheer haze action on it and then platinum warm texture. You can find these actions and textures at http://florabellacollection.blogspot.com/ they are so cool.

China, cont'

2010-01-29T12:08:00.015-06:00

Lounging Buddha.

Another Buddha.

There were a lot of neat doors in China.

Another neat door.

I love this roof, the color is so unusual.

Interesting pot/bowl, I can't tell you what this is, because I never hardly stood around the guide to listen, I was more interested in getting photos. Jeff was the one who listened most of the time. Sometimes the guides were annoyed if you didn't listen, but hey, I wanted the photos.

Crowded and hazy!

Crowds of people.

Always a lot of people where ever we went. And yes, it was hazy most of the time.

This guy set off a photo shooting frenzy! He and his group were staring at us, so I said, "Ni Hao," which is "hello" in Chinese, and he just starting smiling, wanted to have his photo taken with me, had to get photos of Michelle, Jeff, Eric and Julia, and it was just such a frenzy! It was so funny.

Okay...found another tour group shot with red hats.

So many adorable babies in China! Of course I have one, and she's 10 years old now!

I got the shot from behind, Michelle got the shot from in front of this group with their Burberry hats! There were so many different tour groups in China that some of them wore either different colored hats, or shirts or something to make it easier for everyone to stay together.

More photos of China

2010-01-27T12:40:00.010-06:00

This was outside where they make the fake Terra Cotta Warriors. I thought it was really interesting.

You could buy these incense and light them, and say a prayer. It was quite neat. My prayer was that we were all safe during our travels in China and that we all arrived home to the States safely! It worked!

Random street shot in Beijing.

Julia with cute panda.

Cute panda statue in Beijing.

Random lantern photos taken in China

2010-01-26T12:14:00.012-06:00

These first four photos of lanterns were taken in Xi'an, October 2009.

I loved all the lanterns in China. These next 11 shots were taken in Chengdu, October 2009.

All the lantern photos below were taken in Shanghai, China, November 2009.

Xi'an, China

2010-01-21T12:52:00.003-06:00

Is this little poodle cute or what? There was a news stand/store just near our hotel in Xi'an, and this little cutie belonged to the person working there. Julia always had to stop and see this cute little poodle and pick it up! More photos from Xi'an and other cities in China to come!

Michelle and Lance

2010-01-19T20:25:00.005-06:00

Aren't Lance and Michelle just the cutest? These are a few photos I took of them for their Christmas cards, and since those were mailed out long ago, I'm now posting these photos. I ran pool party from the Totally RAD Actions first, and then Indie Jane's grunge. Does this look cool or what? Michelle likes her photos processed in a cool funky sassy way! It matches her personality!

Birthday Girl-10 year's old!!

2010-01-18T18:48:00.002-06:00

Julia turned 10 on January 2. She was so excited to finally be in the double digits! She got a second piercing in her ears, that's it until she's an adult!!!!! She ended up having a reaction that set her lymph nodes off and had little lumps all over the back of her neck near the ears. We were both freaked out about the lumps until the doctor told us he thought everything would be okay.

Mr. E

2009-12-06T16:50:00.016-06:00

Photos from China

2009-11-25T12:17:00.020-06:00

Of course when you're done eating you need to scratch your butt!!!

This panda was hungry!

Can you say cute? Aren't pandas just the cutest things?

I know this photo of the panda is blown out, but I still like it. They are so amazing to see in real life.

Proof that Michelle Langvardt was on The Great Wall!!! Do these steps look steep enough?

Partial shot of The Great Wall. Sure wish the sky was blue this day.

Photos below from Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.

One of several large screens in Tiananmen Square.

Eric with the tour guide's doll on a stick, Tiananmen Square. I think Eric really enjoyed China. He and Jeff stayed another 2 weeks and went on a river cruise and to Tibet. How cool is that!

A close-up of the our guide Alina's doll.

Hello, do you think this screen is large enough? There were several of these screens in Tiananmen Square. The only bit of color in the dismal smog. These photos would be so much nicer with blue skies and fluffy white clouds....yeah right!

Tiananmen Square had masses of people there the day we went. Another nice shot with the smog. Makes for some really colorful photos....not!

You can see the smog in this photo above. Everything looks so dingy. Tiananmen Square.

Another photo of Julia, Tiananmen Square.

Julia holding the guide's dolly in Tiananmen Square. The doll on the stick was so we could see where the guide was and not get lost! We saw all kinds of funny things hanging from sticks.

Ni Hao. Finally getting around to uploading some photos from China. The smog was so bad in China. The only city that we actually saw blue skies and sunshine was Shanghai....the last city we visited. Shanghai had smog too, but since it's on the water it did clear up the second day we were there. I'll be adding photos as I can. We are glad to have had the chance to take Julia back to see China, but we're so thankful we live in the US. Julia is thankful too. The Saturday that we got back home from China, we were eating outside at Panera and she said, "Mom, thank you for adopting me." I think she realizes how lucky we are to live here.

Going to China!!!!!!

2009-10-21T20:23:00.005-05:00

Ni hao,

Jeff, Eric, Michelle, Julia and I will be leaving for China on Friday, October 23. Michelle, Julia and I will be there for two weeks, and Jeff and Eric will stay on another two weeks to go to Tibet and on a river cruise.

It's been nine years almost to the day since Jeff and I were in China getting Julia. It's going to be so much fun to go back to China, and to get to see some other cities that we didn't see before. I hope Julia enjoys her birth country and has a fun time shopping, and seeing all the sites. Hopefully she's old enough to remember this trip.

Here's where we're going. Chicago to Beijing, 13 hours......can you say, "OMG, I want to get off the plane now!!!!!" I'm sure I'll hear, "I'm bored" about a million times!!! In Beijing, we will see the Great Wall, Tianenmen Square (sp), Summer Palace, etc. then we fly to Chengdu to see the giant pandas. Next will be Xi'an to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. Then we go to the Changsha, the capital of the Hunan Province, and take a day tour over to Julia's birth city of Loudi. A small town we were told, only 4 million people! We then go to Shanghai, and that is where Michelle, Julia and I will fly home from on November 6. Jeff and Eric go on to quite a few more cities, one of those Lhasa, Tibet. How cool is that? I'd love to go to Tibet, but I don't think I'd do well with the altitude.

November 5 is Julia's "Gotcha Day" so we will get to celebrate that special day in China. Nine years ago on November 5 is when we got that gorgeous little baby! She was so frickin' cute, but cried when her nanny handed her to me. After we got everyone to leave our hotel room she settled down, we gave her a bath, (she loved that), put new jammies on her and gave her a bottle. It didn't take long and she was asleep. The cutest little baby I'd ever seen! Love ya, Jules! My life has never been the same since.

Well, I have some last minute packing, my suitcase is already at 38lbs, and we are only allowed 44lbs for the in-country flights in China. Guess I'll be paying extra baggage weight charges.

Stay tuned for lots of photos when we get back! I'll be back home on November 7.

Until then,

This is one of the referral photos we received in August 2000 of Julia. Isn't she cute? My little Ju Bean!

Miss J ::Senior::

2009-10-04T16:00:00.038-05:00

Michelle and I got to photograph gorgeous Miss J today. Hello.......Can you say "stunning!!" Look at those beautiful eyes and pouty lips! J is so gorgeous and she's a natural in front of the camera. I had so much fun today with Michelle and Miss J. Miss J is Kelly's niece. I'll be posting more photos of gorgeous Miss J soon.

Tattoos

2009-09-25T12:41:00.002-05:00

Julia's playing the Saxophone!

2009-09-22T12:47:00.003-05:00

Julia had her first Saxophone lesson on Monday, September 14. She looooves it! I think she's a natural, and she can't wait to play Jazz.

More Fight for Charity photos-details

2009-09-03T18:50:00.002-05:00

Introducing.......Spike-our new family member

2009-08-30T11:06:00.004-05:00

Is Spike cute or what? We adopted him from the shelter on July 11. He was about 4 months old at the time. He is a crazy little thing. Always getting himself into trouble! Can't you just tell from his photo that he's a little stinker? More photos of Spike to come. Sorry for the out-of-focus shot!

Fight For Charity event-KO Boxing

2009-08-28T20:27:00.004-05:00

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Love this one below! The whole look is so cool.

Miss Olivia

2009-08-15T20:38:00.006-05:00

I think this one below is my fave for the day.

Jules and I had a fun day today with Olivia and her mom, Monica. We took Olivia to the same alley that Julia had been to for photos. Olivia is just so beautiful and I love how these photos turned out. There will be more photos to come.

Photos from today

2009-08-09T11:44:00.005-05:00

Used different actions on these photos, most of them were Totally RAD Actions.

Jules with her curls and graffiti

2009-08-08T12:21:00.007-05:00

I love this one above with her hair blowing a little in the wind.

Is she beautiful, or what!

So, Julia wanted her hair curled and of course if she did that there would have to be photos taken. We've seen this cool wall before when we've been driving around looking for places to take photos. It was very windy, but I think I got a few good ones. She's planning a photo shoot with one of her friends now. They're decided what to wear and finding different props to use in the shoot. It should be a lot of fun when we get around to doing it. Some of the props we're thinking of using are a gumball machine, a Saxophone, a red bench, colored hair strips, suitcases....maybe, okay they're discussing more options.

Jules amongst the poppies

2009-05-16T13:18:00.005-05:00

Uncle Chris, here's a photo of Julia taken just recently at the poppy patch at Marie and Daddy's house! The photo has an action called "pool party" run on it. This is about the one and only photo that came out decent. Jules was not really into taking photos!

Another of Jules

2009-04-26T20:18:00.002-05:00

Portland's Colorful Graffiti

2009-04-23T22:03:00.010-05:00

This place was so cool. As you can see in some of the photos, the graffiti on the walls was so colorful. Shannon really took us to an awesome place for the photo shoot. The lighting inside the buildings was just amazing. This has got to be one of the best places I have ever taken photos at. I wish we had something like this where I live.

Scroll down to see Julia and the adorable Miss E. Aren't they just the cutest! This photo shoot was so fun!

More photos from mentoring shoot

2009-04-21T21:14:00.005-05:00

Just about all of the photos from the mentoring photo shoot were processed with Totally RAD actions. Are they cool are what! There's so many different looks you can get from the actions and I love that. Check out the Totally RAD website, link over to the right.

The adorable Miss E...what a little doll!

2009-04-20T18:10:00.012-05:00

Photo mentoring shoot with Shannon Sewell

2009-04-19T22:39:00.009-05:00

Michelle, Julia and I spent a day with Shannon Sewell http://www.shannonsewell.com/theblankpage/?p=762 for a photo mentoring shoot on Saturday. We asked for graffiti and Shannon chose the coolest place to have the shoot. Here's a few of my photos of Julia. I will have more to post of Julia and some of the cutest little girl, Miss E, she was just a doll. Thanks Shannon for a great day! We learned a lot.

A few more from Vegas

2009-04-13T23:17:00.003-05:00

We are home from Vegas!

2009-03-14T19:39:00.005-05:00

I asked Jeff, Eric and Julia to all jump in front of the sign, but Eric

stood still and Jules jumped way high! Way to go Jules!

A closer view of the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign.

Some of the cool letters in the Neon Boneyard.

This one's for you Michelle! I wish you could have been with us to have your photo taken in front of the "Sassy" sign! It describes you so well!

Love this!

The tour of the Neon Boneyard was really cool. There were two big lots packed full of old neon signs. It was a little rushed and I would have liked to of had a little more time to take better photographs, but these will have to do. Have tons more of photos to post when I get a little bit more time.

Off to Vegas!!!

2009-03-05T20:38:00.004-06:00

Jules and I leave tomorrow for Las Vegas! It was the spur of the moment decision to go. We booked the tickets last Saturday. Julia hasn't seen her grandparents for quite a few years, so that will be nice.

While we're there we will be going on a tour of the Neon Boneyard. How cool is that! It's a 3 acre lot that has all the old neon signs that aren't used anymore. I'm hoping to get some stinkin' cool photos, and Michelle, if you're reading my blog, I won't forget to get photos of letters!!! And of course the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign. The weather is supposed to be nice, so hopefully I'll get lots of shots.

Wish me luck getting out to Vegas by ourselves. We usually travel with Jeff and Eric, but this time they went out to Vegas early. I originally wasn't going to go, but then decided that it would be nice for Jules to go see her grandparents, and she already misses her dad and he only left yesterday!

I will post photos after I get back.

MICHELLE + LANCE = [CHRISTMAS SHOOT]

2008-11-23T12:33:00.028-06:00

This is one of my favs for the day.

Fun gum packs from ACME gifts, but taste like crap according to Jules.

Love Michelle's crinkled nose in this one. Lance is looking pretty cute too with barely a smile.

Someone's been naughty this year!

If you look really close at the above and below photos you can see a dash of green and black...Jules of course!

Amelia's window downtown, just gorgeous all done for Christmas.

Smooching!

Man meats, what's that supposed to mean?

Michelle in all her shopping glory! This is another fav of mine for the day. Michelle looks so happy running down the street with her holiday bags!

How cool is this blue bench!

Michelle and Lance, thanks so much for letting me practice on you guys this morning! It was so much fun and I hope we can do it again sometime. Hope there's a few good ones here for you. I need lots more practice on my focusing, but hope to get it one day. Michelle, I love the one of you running with your Christmas bags, toooo cute girl! Love ya, Gail.

All images processed using the Totally RAD actions. I have both sets of actions, they are well worth the money. Check their site out, it's listed over on the right.

Sunrise

2008-10-16T21:26:00.003-05:00

This was sunrise taken on September 22. Used Indie Kick action on the photo, they can be found at http://www.indieactions.com/.

Urban Grunge at its best!

2008-09-20T16:16:00.019-05:00

Michelle and I had a blast taking photos of Michael, Ashley, and Julia. Kelly came with us too, and helped with all the gear, etc. We found a neat grungy location. How gorgeous are Michael and Ashley? (the adults). Jules, you're gorgeous too, sweetie! Used the Totally RAD actions on these photos, just love them. Looks like I need a lot more practice on my focusing, a lot of these just don't look sharp, but that will come with time and practice. More grunge photos to come when Michelle and her hubby are the models! Can't wait to practice on them too!

Michael and Ashley, thank you so much for being our models! You two are absolutely gorgeous!

All of these photos had the Totally RAD actions used on them. They can be found at http://www.totallyradactions.com/#rockin-photoshop-actions-7a1d9

Sunset on the Konza Prairie

2008-09-02T22:30:00.004-05:00

Went for a walk on the Konza Prairie the other night to try and get a photo of the sunset. These two are the best photos of the ones I took. I ran the Indie Kick action on these (http://www.indieactions.com/). It was neat being on top of a hill looking down on the sun setting.

Who the heck is this?

2008-08-27T21:30:00.005-05:00

Michelle.

Michael and Michelle.

These were all taken with my new fisheye lens. This is Michael.

Too cute with the curly hair

2008-08-26T23:19:00.001-05:00

Going through some old photos and found this one tonight. Don't think I've posted it before. I love my daughter's curly hair here, and how she has her lips pursed!

Another old photo

2008-08-26T22:58:00.001-05:00

This photo is from last October and Michelle is kind enough to let me practice my photography on her too! I had fun with this one.

Old photos, Totally RAD actions

2008-08-26T22:07:00.002-05:00

These are old photos, but I've been playing around with my Totally RAD actions! I absolutely love them. The photo right above has Homestead B&W run on it and the other has Super Old Skool Fast at 75%. If you want some super cool actions for your photos, go check out the Totally RAD site listed over on the right here. These actions are well worth the price! Oh, and the model in the photos, my beautiful daughter, Julia. Sometimes she's nice to me and will let me practice my photography on her!

2008-08-25T07:59:00.006-05:00

This kinda has a cool look to it, holding the fisheye differently.

Forgot to post this one of Michelle jumping in the air, just love it! Used my new fisheye which I absolutely love, gotta take more photos with it.

Love this one of Michelle, too.

Neat sign down in Aggieville.

Down an alley in Aggieville, the back of somewhere.

How cool does this shot of Michelle look! Love the lime green door in the archway of the Beach Museum. This photo has the Indie Kick action ran on it.

More from our lunch-hour photo shoot!

2008-07-31T18:37:00.009-05:00

This is outside of Coco Bolos in Aggieville. We love the cool, bright-colored tiles on the outside of the restaurant. That's Kelly over to the right. She had to lug Michelle's big stinkin' bag around with all her sassy shoes in!! Love ya Michelle!

I love this photo of Michelle. Next time we're going to go out in the middle of a busier street and Kelly will have to stop traffic so I can get the shot!

This shot is outside the Beach Museum of Art. The tiles are so cool and of course Michelle makes the shot interesting! There's another cool photo of Michelle outside here, but you'll have to visit her blog to see it. http://www.michellelangvardt.blogspot.com/ It should be on her blog tomorrow.

How stinkin' cute are these shoes? I love the color. This photo has an action called "punch out" run on it.

From the Urban Rock action set, and this action is called Street Beat. Michelle's jeans pockets are so neat and this iron gate down in Aggieville was cool.

Love using my new fisheye lens. This is one of Michelle's fav shops in Aggieville, Acme Gifts. They have really neat gifts, and lots of gorgeous fresh flowers (well, most of the time) and cool vases to put them in.

Love all the glass tiles out the front of this store. We'll probably be going back here again for more photos. The lunch-hour is just too short to get all the shots we want.

Flare up golden

Punch out

If you are wondering about the cool tattoo on Michelle's foot, it's her name in Chinese! How freakin' cool is that? The Chinese characters are so neat and make for an interesting tattoo.

More actions

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Indie Kick

Rusty Cage

Super Old Skool Fast

This last action is one of my favs, got it from the Totally RAD Action set, see the link to the right. These are some of the best actions you can buy! Check out the website.

Photo shoot in Aggieville

2008-07-31T18:05:00.005-05:00

SOOC

Bullet Tooth

Bullet Tooth x 2

Grandma's Tap Shoes

Homestead B&W

Love this photo of Michelle in her sassy orange shoes! Tried different actions on the same photo and love how they all look. The name of the action is listed under the photo. Got lots more photos to add and more of this one with different actions.

The Fair

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Cool new actions from Leah Profanik, Urban Rock

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Totally RAD 2 - The Revenge

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Some from today

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A girl and her first pair of Heelys!

2008-05-24T15:48:00.003-05:00

Can you tell by her smile that she was thrilled to have her first pair of Heelys? Julia's been asking for a couple of years now to have a pair, but I always told her she wasn't getting any. Well, I decided she was old enough to have a pair now. She absolutely loves them and we've been practicing together. She caught on really quick, but she'll still wear all the safety gear, and a helmet too.

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