My Sunday Best

I added my own texture to this photo. It is called "Bread of Life". Email if you want the jpeg. I would be happy to share it.

Hope y'all had a wonderful Resurrection celebration! I was a very relaxing day at our house.

We attended the Vigil Mass on Saturday night.

Never did get to coloring my eggs in time!

Peace, love and joy to you this Easter week!

Linking up to these parties:

Focus 52 and selective focusing, and Creative Exchange

 

Earlier this week I read a post from Christy at 

http://way-outnumbered.blogspot.com/ about selective focusing. It has really opened up possibilities. Naturally I got out my manual to figure out how to set my focusing mode to spot focusing. But as usual I had to call my friend, Betty John, to help me out. http://artisticexpressionsphotographync.blogspot.com/

She led me to Ken Rockwell and patiently led me through the steps.

When you focus on one area, the background and foreground go all silky. I love that!

Look at all that luscious bokeh!

 

Isn't this cool!

More silkiness....don't you love silky?

Maybe you will want to try this. But first, head on over to:

http://way-outnumbered.blogspot.com/

Have a wonderful week, my sweet friends!

♥charlotte

Focus 52 - Blue

Sometimes life feels like being on roller coaster. I have been reading blogs that i follow and note that quite a few of us are tending to burn out. With so many cool Photo "parties" there is always a self-imposed deadline to meet. Recently Tricia of a Rosy Note, decided to end her "party" Photo Feature Friday, because of personal constraints. I can't blame her. I don't have the constitution to carry on that long.

Hey, this is supposed to be fun, not stress filled. :o)

So take it easy everyone and stop to smell the roses. I am so glad for each and everyone of you. It opens up my world to share my photos and thoughts and to see and read yours.

Does anyone know of any other fun "parties"?

Have a wonderful Sunday, y'all!

Charlotte♥

Focus 52 - A Photoshoot in the Mountains of Georgia

Since I had the privilege of photographing my friend's new grandson yesterday, I am posting a picture of my friend, Sally. That is Sally on the left, her other grandson, W, and his other grandmother. BTW, grandmothers don't look much like grandmothers anymore. Sally is an executive for a big real estate company and Barbara runs a horse farm.

Anyway, this was at the end of the shoot. The infant boy decided that he had had enough for the day and went to sleep in his mama's arms. So we trekked over to the horse farm to get some shots of W. The place was a paradise for animals, children and well, adults as well. Guineas ran wild over the property and dogs were in abundance. Five to be exact, of different breeds. And of course about 22 horses...gorgeous ones.

Two of  Julie's horses, processed to look vintage

I think that this is a Blue Tick Healer

Taking a break....

One of the outbuildings on the farm

I have a lot of editing to do of the baby pictures. Maybe I will share some later this week.
Thanks for looking! Have a good week.

just charlotte  ♥