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I love Fix it Friday! (Is it Friday already?!?!)
This little sweetie's eyes tell the story in this pic but I am also a sucker for freckles. I boosted her eyes with MCP's Eye Doctor and then I ran DPM Lab's Color Boost and took down the opacity. Her lips were too pink and her eyes too aqua so I ran PW's Soft Faded and really liked the effect. Can't wait to see others' take on this cutie!
The entire eastern seaboard is being pummeled by a snow/ice storm this week. Luckily for us, we got a little freezing rain and very little disruption. Ice storms are a bittersweet occurrence. Bitter for the havoc it wreaks on traffic, etc, but sweet for the photographic beauty it can produce. There is nothing like the sun glistening off icicles, the twinkling of ice encrusted foliage. I took my new toy out in the brisk morning air to capture these shots. I was shooting with my 50mm 1.8 again (obviously my favorite lens!)
I have always been guilty of camera envy...every time I am out somewhere and I see another photographer, I have to check out their equipment on the sly...what are they shooting with? Canon or Nikon? Prime or zoom? Then I get more specific...if they are shooting with Canon (I'm a long time Canon girl), I will scrutinize everything they are using, what lens, what flash, what filters, I even check out the strap! I have been pining over the Canon 5d Mark ii since it came out in 2008. I couldn't justify the cost since I was still building my portfolio and establishing a client base, so I suffered in silence. I window shopped (online, of course), I rented once (bad idea, as this only made me want it more), I waited. I set goals for myself - if I can make $xx.xx, I will think about ordering it. I found out from the Canon site that they sell refurbished models that have never left the production facility at a significant discount. These cameras have not made it past an inspection spot on the line for such things as a crooked logo or a loose screw and are sent to another part of the facility to be "refurbed" and then sold. With a little help from my parents (thanks N&G!), I ordered one in time for the holidays. It has been everything I hoped for and more! While the learning curve has been steep and I have deleted more pictures than I have saved, I am soooo glad I upgraded! Over the next few posts, I will share some of my trials with my new baby! These we all taken with my 50mm 1.8.
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