Drool fest

Last night I went to Eskimo dancing, it was really awesome to watch. But the total drool fest was the photographer with two 5ds around his neck. With L series glass attached. Oh god, total drool. The sad thing, the assitant was probably younger then I am. But god i felt like smacking her with a chair and stealing the cameras around her neck. Beautiful beautiful cameras. I am so ready to get a 5d. Actually, i would be happy with the step down in the 40D. With some good lenses. Oh man you cant imagine how much i want one of those… Of course, the big wants, come with big pricetags. 3500 for the 5D. and a bit over1200 for the 40D…. Its worth it though. Steel and Magneasuim construction. Full framed cameras. mmmmm. Drooling even more.

Ok i must get off, stop thinking about the beautiful cameras and s tart a wish list. And hopefullyi ll be able to get the camera in another year… saving and all. And then all i need is 3 lenses. just 3…. Thats all i want….. Not including one of those L series, but man i would love one anyway. But im not a wedding photographer and that is what they are the best for…

But i have a newborn and a 3 month old shoot to edit. So i need to get on that and stop bemoaning what i DONT have… and start saving for what i want. What i do have is good, but i want more. Always want more right…

MMMM cameras.

Ok becuase i love you.

SUPER SUPER SUPER Sneak peak of Aylas Newborn session yesterday.

and one of her Cousin, Jaylyn 3 months old

Peaches

My mother in law gave me some freshly canned peaches, and my husband loves peach cobbler!

Peach Cobbler
Cobbler filling: 4 cups peeled and sliced fresh peaches (blanch in boiling water for 30 seconds to remove the skins) 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon flour Cobbler crust: 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 3 tablespoons brown sugar 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 2/3 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon brown sugar, for topping Whipped cream
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Generously butter a 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish. Place the sliced peaches in the dish and sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and flour. Mix gently and spread evenly again. Bake for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile combine all dry ingredients for cobbler crust in a bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter or your fingers, to make the texture like coarse crumbs. Add buttermilk and stir to form a soft dough.
Remove fruit from oven and drop rounded spoonfuls of dough on top. Sprinkle with last tablespoon of brown sugar and return to oven. Bake until fruit is bubbly and crust topping is golden brown, about 20 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream.

And Peach Crisp
Peach Crisp6 cups sliced peaches, an be fresh or canned. If canned put peaches in strainer untill well drained.2 tbsp honey1/12 mined candied ginger2 tbs cornstarch1 c unbleached flour1/4 c rolled oats1/3 light brown sugar packed4 tbsp butter or margerine, cubed and chilled3 tbsp chopped pecans- optionalfrozen fat free vanilla yogurt or ice cream
DirectionsPreheat oven to 350
In large bowl, toss peahes and honey sprinkle with ginger and corstarch.In medium bowl, combine flour oats and brown sugar. Using a fork, cut in margerine. Spoon peahes into a 2 quart baking dish, sprink oat mixture on top. Bake for 45 minutes. Allow to ool 30 minutes before serving. As a bonus, top with yogurt or ice cream.*side note* Fresh peaches will loose their color, turning brown. To avoid this, coat slices with lemon juice right after cutting.

Digital Scapbooking/ Card Making

Well i make no secret that i digital scrapbook, while it saves you a ton of money over regualr scrapbooking, its also a quick and easy way to have some fun when im bored. Also i like to use the bits and pieces i collect online to make collages for some of my photography clients.

If you dont know, Digital scrapbooking is just building a scrapbook on the computer. In the day of digital photos it only makes sense that scrapbooking has also joined the technial age. While many fans still use paper crafts, for those looking for a cheaper out, digital is the way to go.

However, I wanted to share with you a few websites where you can start to build your digital backgrounds and embelishments. The first off, is Free Digital Scrapbooking. This site is a beginiers paradise. It has kits, backgrounds, embelishments, templates, tutorials. Everything a person needs to get started! While so much of their stuff is free, there are a few of the more complex and detailed kits that you do have to pay for. But seriously, for 2 dollars you get piles of backgrounds, details, stickers, embelishments, word art. Its really worth it. Its all downloaded onto your computer and you can reuse.

A few other websites to check out for freebies as well as kits you can buy are Shabby Princess, Digital Scrapbooking, and Scrapbook Flair. Of course there are many other sites that you can search for, and just going to the few I listed will tip you off to many other sites and forums too. Dont forget that you can do a blog search at your hosting site. Just search for scrapbook in the blog search and you might be surprised what you come up with!

Now for the cash strapped person, you could always go to a search engine and utalize their image searches. Simply type in what you are looking for, say blue background. Google, Yahoo and photobucket all have image search fetures and you can find a whole host of cool graphics. If you want to know my fav place to search, check out the myspace background pages.