I am addicted to post processing

I have had this sudden addiction to post processing photos! I have been using www.picnik.com but I do own 2 versions of Photoshop Elements that I am slowly learning to use...but for now picnik is serving my purposes!


In honor of my beloved Pittsburgh Penguins I edited this for the team!!! Bring us home a win tommorrow!!!!

My Pittsburgh Penguins autograph commercial

This is a collage of my fav penguins autographs! There is Jordan Staal #11 and Sidney Crosby #87 and of course my future MVP favorite, Evgeni "geno" Malkin #71! I had them sign a photo album that was made for me by my BFF's mom who is so crafty!!!!!!

Well I am off to go watch some more nhl hockey action!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!!!!

The Best Friends A Girl Could Ever Have!

This is Ben! He is my best male friend! We are both die hard Pittsburgh Penguins fans, who can complete each other's thoughts about the game! One of a few good things to come from my employment at Wal*Mart!




This is Ben's kid sister Kelley who is like the sister that I never had but always wanted! My world would be so dull without her in my life...she can make me smile when I just dont want too!!! Another good thing to come outta my Wal*Mart experience. Oh wow...I almost forgot to introduce you to my not so lil friend L...this was taken when L was a new born...she is gonna be 2 this yr..:(




This is just a cool photo of my new irish friend...never did get his name but he insisted that I take this photo and to be quite honest, I am super happy how it turned out!!!


I wanna take a second to thank Caitlin@ www.Caitlindomanico.com for introducing me to photobucket! I really appreciate it Caitlin!!!!!

More of my recent work

Thank you, blogspot for making me have to post more of my work in another post!!!
This is the Honus Wagner Statue outside of PNC PARK. I have been trying my hand not only at bokeh but at HDR too.

I have taken the Definition of HDR or High Dynamic Range imaging again from my go to website, http://www.wikipedia.com/.

high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of luminances between light and dark areas of a scene than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows

This is my 2nd attempt at HDR using Heinz Field!

I am doing my best to learn new techniques and methods of post processing and when the weather in Western, Pa is finally nice for more than 3 days, I will be able to better practice everything I am learning.


On a side note: I have decided to enroll in the New York Institute of Photography to learn more about lighting and studio work, because I was asked by a dear dear friend to go into business with her. Wish me well!!!!!!

Well its NHL playoff season, so I am gonna scoot and listen to some hockey games online...but be on the look out for more posts from my summer!

Sorry for the Lag in My Posts

I am sorry for the major lag in my blog posts! I have had a lot going on in my personal life so my photography has been placed on the back burner for a period of time, but I AM BACK!!!!!!

I have started to photograph my oldest nephew's t-ball team but I was asked to not post any of him because of internet pervs so I found this photo of his team mate who you arent really able to see his face completely!!!! Dang pervs are ruining my blog...grrrrr!!!!

I have been trying to learn the art of Bokeh, I have taken this definition off of wikipedia

Bokeh (derived from Japanese, a noun boke 暈け, meaning "blur" or "haze") is a photographic term referring to the appearance of point of light sources in an out-of-focus area of an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field.[1] Different lens bokeh produces different aesthetic qualities in out-of-focus backgrounds, which are often used to reduce distractions and emphasize the primary subject.

This was my 1st attempt at this and I am pleased but not 100 percent happy with the result. I am a big fan of shadows so that part at least made me VERY VERY happy! I will continue to research and learn to master it come hell or high water!

I have started to have this addiction to photographing sunsets! These waere taken in my hometown as I was a passenger in a car.....was very amazed at how steady I was able to hold the camera for these shots.

Well it looks as if blogspot isnt going to allow me to place any more of my photos on this post so I will end this post and start another post because I have a few more photos that I am very excited to share with every one!!!!

Post II to follow!

"It's A Great Day For Hockey"

As any one who knows me can tell you, I am the most die hard Pittsburgh Penguins fan around! I can tell you things that happened from eons ago and who played where and what positions and what not.....well the next few entries will be of some my best Pittsburgh Penguins photos. Enjoy!!!

The photo above is of the ever so hard to photograph, Mr. Jordan Staal! He had just turned around as I was trying to hurry and snap this shot for a friend! His nickname is "staalzie"
This photo is of the ever so loveable and sometimes annoying mascot, Iceburgh! He/She really posed nicely for this one! I am still not sure if I like this in black and white or not but decided to do the mirrored frame this way!!!!
This is the ever so talented, Evgeni Malkin. He defected from Russia to play for the Penguins, which has caused him to have some enemies within the NHL. He is currently learning to speak English, and is doing very well if I may say so myself. He currently leads the NHL is scoring, closely followed by fellow team mate, Sid Crosby and fellow Russian, Alexander Ovechkin!

Well I just watch one heck of a game, won in over time by Mr. Malkin so I am gonna call it a night and end this entry!!! Look for more photos to come!!!!!

Miss L wanted me to take her photo with this tennis racket......quite the ham.

This little cutie is the baby sister of my nephew's preschool classmate, who I got to photograph at her sister's bday party at Chuck E Cheese......having 3 nephews made me go wild with the little girls...lol!!!!

This lil girl was too cute...the glasses and the amazing smile....couldn't resist this one since I was totally loving all the girls at the party...:D

My youngest nephew "E"! He loves to do funny things so I will bring out the camera and take his photo. My brother is tickling him so he would give me that big cheesy grin of his!!!!! The photo below this is his brother "B" who totally hates my camera and hides his faces but I was so lucky to grab this shot before he ruined it...lol!!!!!

"B" was in his Bob the Builder phase in this photo......but he goes thru new phases at least one time a week! It's Thomas the Train now...:D We got digital cable with all the children's programing so I am sure his phases are gonna change more reguarly!!!!!!! He just turned four yesterday and I am having a hard time with it! Times flies by so fast when they are little!!!! He's in preschool and loving all his friends and is learning to write his letters and talking up a storm...but there are times when I wish he was a little baby again....:(!!!!!

Children's photography is something that I really enjoy. Capturing their adorable expressions, their milestones in life on film is just something that I really enjoy and would love to do more professionally.