An Inspired Photo Shoot

I have waited two days to post this picture...two days! Sunday afternoon, I had a concept photo shoot in mind so I grabbed two of my most favorite people in the world (Rachel is away at college), Mr. Incredible and Hannah and asked them to play along. I promised them that it would take less than 15 minutes and that I would buy them popcorn chicken from Sonic when we were finished.

They both smiled and joined me in the fun. Hannah and Rachel are counting the days until the latest Twilight movie comes out next month and that somehow inspired a little photo shoot, but Kiki's Corner style.  The light was oh so beautiful and perfect and the photo turned out better than I imagined, thank you Lord! And it really did only take 10 minutes.  Delight!

Here is my Hannah bathed in glorious light.

I just might have to have this one printed.

Butterflies

I love this time of year.  The beautiful Monarch butterflies are migrating through our area.  There are butterflies everywhere.  I noticed this one dancing on my sunflowers in my backyard and just had to grab my camera before it fluttered away.

I am linking up with Texture Tuesday where we are sharing gratitude.  I am so thankful that I was able to capture these beautiful little creations.

Pink Pentas

My sweet hubby surprised me with a Lensbaby Composer a few months ago. It was a wonderfully thoughtful gift...but the Lensbaby and I are having a hard time getting to know one another. Do you have a lensbaby for your camera?  A Lensbaby is a manual lens that helps you find, "Creative freedom designed to bend the rules back in your creative favor to help you reframe possibilities and confound expectation."  Sounds easy enough.  But, it's really not easy at all, it is challenging at best.  So, with this week's texture challenge I thought I would try using my Lensbaby one more time...and this time I am quite somewhat pleased with the results.

For all you Photoshoppers, here is the recipe for my photo:
I have some beautiful pink Pentas just waiting to be planted in my garden, but first I snapped a few pictures using my Lensbaby Composer.  Next, I used KK's Canvas Back texture in soft light mode, duplicated the texture layer again but this time used Multiply mode and left it at 100% opacity (Just ignore my instructions if this is all Greek to you).  I then added a postcard background, and used KK's new texture Aurora over the top of my image (I liked the textured writings on the sides).  Thank you for the free textures, Kim. You are so talented.


And lastly, I added Isaiah 40:8 in a new text layer. Because it's H-O-T in our part of Texas, these beautiful flowers will wither and fade no matter how much I water them or even if they manage to get fertilized.  I am so thankful that the Word of God never withers or fades, rather it endures forever! 

(I'm linking this post with Texture Tuesdays my 4boybarians, and Word-filled Wednesdays).