Rain, Rain, Go Away

For twenty-some years, the weather was a big deal.  The crops need rain; the crops are too wet.  Too much wind.  Too much hail.  Not enough rain...too much rain...

Farm Life.

I didn't realize there was a whole world out there full of people who only care about the weather when it interferes with their tee time or tickets to the Rockies game.  Crazy.

Even crazier - I'm turning into that golfer who prays for sunshine, even though Colorado always needs rain.  Isn't it strange how you tend to steal your spouse's hobbies?  I'm turning into a golfer and Will is turning into a picture taker.

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It's been raining here.  Rain means no golf and no photography.

With no new photos to edit I was forced to resort to old images.  I decided to rework some images from January.  I found a photography forum in January, which I've been reading religiously ever since, and I think I've been learning a lot.  My editing has definitely changed for the better...

A photography term:
SOOC = straight out of camera...the image exactly as the camera saved it, with no editing.

On the above image I increased exposure, sharpened the eyes, changed white balance and softened her skin.  Ta-dah!

The light on my front porch is awesome for portraits...especially on cloudy days.  These were taken on a sunny day...a little tougher for Maureen to stare into the sun when there aren't any clouds to shield her precious peepers...

On this one I did the same editing and also took a little orange/red saturation out of her skin.  This image is very technically wrong...her cheek is chopped off and only one eye is in focus...more of an outtake of the shoot, but I like it.  

I won't show the original edits, but they were horrific.  They might be buried deep in my flickr photostream, but you'd have to look pretty hard to find them.  

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Had a great day at work.  A great Saturday is always wonderful, because it's the longest shift we ever have to work so a crappy Saturday is about as awful as work gets.  I don't think a single patient yelled at me today - score!  

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The sun is supposed to come out soon - warm and sunny Monday in time for an evening round of golf.  Sorry Colorado farmers...I'm not praying for rain anymore.