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On the road I only have access to my laptop and online editors. Up to now I’ve been using the free Picnik.com photo editing service. I just upgraded tonight to their premium service.

I still hate editing photos on this laptop, I feel like I’m blind and cannot see the fine details. But what can ya do… Here’s a photo I edited with one of the Premium features – “Before and After”. Wish Photoshop did this, it’s so much fun!

In this photo I didn’t like how tossled her hair was in the wind, and how it was reflecting light, making it look gray. I experimented with a few of Picnik’s editing tools to make it look darker and softer. Also cropped it a bit more closely, got rid of the distracting white corner in the upper left. Sparkled up the eyes (and now you can see me the photographer in them!) Got rid of a few flyaway hairs in her eye. Even gave her some blush on her cheeks! Just a few things you can do with Picnik!

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Still wish I was on my home computer with Photoshop though… I do not trust what I see here…

Just thought I’d share. One of the photos I took was blown up bigger than life and made the booth of my friend Melissa for the ABC Kids Expo in Vegas.

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For those of you with babies, be sure to check out TogetherBe.com – they carry and now manufacture one of my favorite Mei Tais – the FreeHand, as well as stylish coats and vests.

Just some photos of our stroll in Lyons tonight…

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First signs of autumn…

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Taking a break from all the curriculum posts, here’s a few of Satori and Mia after going to Lollilocks to get their hair styled. Our stylist rocked today and did Mia’s hair for free!

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Everyone loved the little girl and her matching doll. :) Here they are posing on one of the many boulders around our house.

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Satori and I revisited one of our favorite places – Denver Botanic Gardens. This time, I brought my Nikon D700, 24-70 2.8, and 50 1.4 lenses. As always, click image to see full-size.

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Just another sweet morning with Tori… She put on this dress and wanted to do a photo shoot, couldn’t resist. :)
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A girl’s favorite colors – pink and fuchsia

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Just a quick update before we head to bed, we spent all afternoon/evening at Denver Botanic Gardens. They have a Prehistoric Dinosaur theme going on, and tonight was Members Only night!

I could’ve just kicked myself for not lugging along my favorite Nikon D700 camera and a few professional lenses. Instead I brought my D300 and the 18-200mm VR lens. The quality doesn’t even come close to what I could’ve gotten.

I think I’ll have to do this over, but they only have member night once a month. I hate shooting in mid-day.

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