This next set of pictures is where I really started to fall in love with tweaking and editing and actions and filters and all the good stuff that makes a picture look much better (or much worse) than it does OOC (Out Of the Camera…sorry for the jargon). From what I’ve learned, there’s two schools of thought on PP (More jargon. Stands for Post Processing. Duh.):

1. Do it. Burn those creative calories!
2. Don’t do it. What, do you call yourself a photographer or a Photoshopper?

Since I’ve started actually getting paid to take pictures of people, I have really started to enjoy playing around with the pictures afterward in Photoshop. For me, it’s almost my favorite part. I love seeing how I can change a picture and make it one of those that evokes a “WOW!”. Yep, I’m addicted to the wow factor. Though I have taken it too far at times, I think there really is a balance between “WOW!” and “EW!”. Let’s not talk about my ew photos, mm-kay?

This is Logan. He loves Thomas the Train and even dressed up as Thomas for Halloween. I kind of took a liking to the train too because wherever the train went, so did Logan. It was like a picture magnet.

Logan’s blue eyes are amazing. It’s funny that neither of his parents have blue eyes or even a fair complexion so that got me thinking about genetics and genomes and chromosomes and…Just kidding. Jokes aside, his mom and dad are good friends of mine that I have known for about 6 years. Trish and Bill, ya got a cute kid right there!