ain't he cute?

This is our new pet: Conejito. He's adorable, very sociable and perfect model.
He is a toy rabbit, which means he won't grow much.

I am having tons of fun shooting him.

setas, mushrooms, funghi

Hubby loves going for some mushrooms, he knows every kind and type. He enjoys the smell, the softness, the sight of them, and the, second part, the kitchen part: cooking them with love and herbs.
And me? I love photographing them!

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stone love

“Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken. But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever.”



I bought the pebble at sjengraving, at Etsy. Check the shop. It is fantastic!

adding a cotton cloud sky

Some weeks ago I was the photographer at a wedding. I chose the place for posing: a wild park with trees, green grass and sky. The problem was it was 13.00, the sun was shining and there was too much light. It was either the couple or the sky.
I knew this would happen, so the previous week I had been taking some blue-sky-with-cotton-clouds shots to combine with the couple's shots.
I opened the clouds in Photoshop

Then control+A to mark the complete picture, Control+D to select it and Control+C to copy it.
I had opened the couple picture, and then Control+V to paste those clouds as a new layer:

Then just played with opacity, moved the layer to where I wanted the clouds to be, erased the part on the bride and groom, andthe result was just what I wanted it to be.
I had fun, because the process was super easy.
Here is the cople with the fake clouds, plus an action bly Florabella.

And here is the cloudy sky:


Feel free to download and use the cloudy sky. I will be more than happy if you find it useful.Clicking on the picture will take you to my Flickr page, where you can download it.
Thanks for reading! Here are the instructions to download the file: The file is here

Models

I am learning how to lead a session for portraits. I feel more and more confident with the directions. I feel I know what I want and how to make myself understood.
I learn lots from online classes, such a Zack Arias' this weekend.
Or Elizabeth Halfords video on shooting children.
Or Skye Hardwick's Posing guide.
Learning is crucial. It really makes a difference.
And I do practise, practise and practise. My best model is my sweet 11 year old daughter. She loves posing for me -it's not always been so!
So here she is! She's beautiful and sweet. And I love her.

Happy Mother's Day!