Photoshop World was Tuesday-Friday this week in Las Vegas, and while I would have loved to have been there, I had a great week at home.
Wednesday I took head shots for a lovely young actress.
Thursday night two of my kids and I went to a Latin party. If you’ve ever thought I’m a little nerdy, this might confirm it. We hung out and watched videos about the Latin language. I took six pages of notes and a screen shot.
Friday was my seventh child’s seventh birthday! On each child’s birthday, if at all possible, I take them out for lunch. Chili’s is always a favorite and that’s where we went.
Are they just born knowing that tilt of the head?
We’ll call this, “Wait, it’s my sister’s birthday and she’s getting all the attention!”
I cut everyone else in my household’s hair, so I’ve never felt too bad about paying to get mine done until this year. In an effort to save, I haven’t gone to get my hair cut since last December. A good friend, another stay-at-home mom, has done it for me a couple of times, whenever we’ve had the opportunity.
After Google image searching “haircuts,” I saved this to my phone before we left for the birthday lunch.
Although well aware that no mere mortal could make me look like that, I thought the style was realistically possible for my hair.
On a whim, I called a salon that I hadn’t visited in over a year and a half and where I knew my former stylist no longer worked. Could they work me in? Yes, if I could be there in 30 minutes!
I was pleasantly surprised to find that while the salon had been a little snooty, it’s now a more relaxed and enjoyable place to be. I really liked the girl who cut my hair and will probably go there again.
I don’t know about you, but after a haircut I like to get a picture to remind me how it was styled at the salon, although it’s usually difficult to replicate by yourself. My husband snapped some pictures for me while I gave lots of instruction on where to stand, focus, etc. After that Jasmine Star wedding photography course at Creative Live last weekend, I harbor a secret agenda of transforming him into my own personal JD (Jasmine’s husband and second shooter). I’ll let you know when you can book us to shoot your wedding. 😉
The good news is, I got a new headshot! Woo hoo!
It’s cropped in the sidebar enough to disguise the fact that my roots needed a touch up, which I took care of this morning. 😉
My daughter snapped some pictures of my husband and me; we’ll celebrate our 25th anniversary next month. I am beyond thrilled to have them and to have been blessed with such a man to call my own. I’m convinced there’s not another anywhere who would put up with me.
What have you done this week?
I’m crossing my fingers to be at Photoshop World in Orlando next spring!
Love the cut! It looks great on you. I finally found a hairdresser that my girls and I liked…and she moved! Ugh!
Yes, I would love to get separate lighting instead of bouncing on-camera flash, but it’s just not in the budget. I used my SB-600 most of the time this time. The trick was not bouncing it into the reflector! 🙂
beautiful picture of you and of you and your husband!! are you still using the set up you blogged about for head shots? i need to set up something like that.
It sort of hurts not to be at Photoshop World. I know. I wasn’t there, either. Orlando in the spring sounds possible, but I won’t know if I can go until after the first of the year.
That’s a really nice image of you and your husband. I love his expression, which, to me, says, “I’m so happy to have Dawn.”
That’s a nice new headshot of you, too.
Just love your blog and pictures! You have a beautiful family. Congratulations on your 25th anniversary! My husband and I just celebrated our 25th anniv last week. I, too, am so blessed to have found someone to share this wonderful life.
Thanks for sharing a bit of your life and your pictures. It’s truly inspiring. 🙂
What amazing pictures! Such vivid colors. I love coming to your blog for inspiration – never disappointed!
Wow, your husband AND daughter took some great pics!!! Hmmm… I wonder if I could get my husband to comply. Not sure if I could do that AND play around with the deflector though.
Come visit me in Houston so I can have some good pictures of myself. Pretty please?
Kelly, that’s cool! It sounds like we got married about a month apart. Congratulations to you, too, on 25 years!
Casey, I have my camera set to shoot in “vivid” mode, which pops the colors on the jpgs. When I do a lot of editing, I’ll work with the raw files, but for blog posts I usually just use the jpgs “as is.”
I’m partial to greens, reds, yellows, and browns in decorating. I noticed that when I finally settled on a redesign scheme here on the site, those were the colors I’d chosen, and this post seems to be full of reds and greens, too, doesn’t it?
Marsha, it is nothing less than a small miracle that my husband and I managed some good shots. I’m always trying to tell him how to use my camera, so I look stressed, and he usually focuses in a different spot than I’d like (or not at all, lol). I get a little freaked out in front of the camera, so I just tried to look past the camera and look at him. 🙂
My daughter has had much coaching, plus she took a photography course last summer. She usually holds my reflector, but we just got in the shade and didn’t worry about it this time.
I love your post, Dawn. These are great pix. I especially love the one of you and the one of you and your sweet hubby. Looks like an awesome week! 🙂
Haircut looks great! I’m always so scared to get them…. such a commitment! Congrats on 25 years wow 🙂
Very cute picture of the two of you