The World According to Angie

A Texas Tuesday Night

Tuesday nights in Texas - at least during the fall - means middle school football. We were there to see V perform in the halftime show, but the bonus was watching the sky light up as the sun set behind us. Add a couple filters in Photoshop, and this is the result.

Jack-o-Lantern ... get it?

Hey, it amused me, and it amused Veronica, and that's all that matters...

Shot with Nikon D200 + fixed 50mm lens, 1/60s at f/4.5 and ISO 200. Color effects added in Photoshop CS3. 

Another Aggie Baby

 

Kasey belongs to close college friends of Audrey & Chris. Her mom and dad are not only huge football fans, but also die-hard Aggies. So when I spotted Kasey playing with the Nerf football, I knew we had a fun photo in the making.

Post-processing work done in Photoshop to convert to black-and-white and add a bit of Aggie Maroon.

Mood Swings

 

My darling niece, shrieking with joy while swinging in her backyard.  Unfortunately, the sun was direct and harsh, and I hadn't learned the trick of manual exposure settings just yet, so her face is sort of blown out ... so I figured this photo called for some Photoshop play.  This fun filter is called Colorized, and comes from Pioneer Woman's 2nd set of actions.  Good stuff.

Oh, this is also when I discovered my new 70-300mm Tamron lens is godawful slow to auto-focus.  I finally focused on her face on the backswing, and waited for her to get back in frame before shooting.  Sigh.  That's the difference between a $200 lens and a $2,000 lens, I guess.

Shot with Nikon D200 at 300mm, 1/1250s at f/5.6, December 29, 2008.