its the simple things

ever have those days when the topics to blog about just aren't coming?

that is me today. and last night.

but i was playing around on photoshop last night and came up with this and thought i'd share. it was insanely easy and made a big difference.

i like it when i manipulate a photo myself, without using someone else's actions.

you can tell i'm not a photoshop master when i still get excited about stuff like this :)

but here we go...

i took these a long time ago. back when i was a fresh newbie to this whole photog thing.

as in, every shoot i did, i learned something new.

these 2 were actually in the semi-outtakes.

i hadn't 100% mastered manual focus and i was using the lens that came with my camera.

this first one, not bad. just not a killer, although the model is ;)

but with only a few layers of a solid color at low opacity in a coral pinky-orange on this second image... i now love it a whole lot more.

i left the first layer solid across the image and then duplicated it.

i reduced the opacity even more on the second layer and brushed it out in the right bottom corner, leaving the most color in the top left. much dreamier. much more soft. pretty.

blast from the past, jo?!

thanks again for modeling your belly...

now that your lil guy is almost one and a half :)

JILL

kansas city love.

i love our small big city.

big but still small enough where you get that feeling.

we recently (a few weeks ago... i've been meaning to post but i just kept forgetting!) got a kate spade ny store on the plaza.

it's nothing short of her spunky-colorful-characteristics they've been known for in the past few years.

these are a few photos from the grand opening.

they were shot by lemonlime photography, who actually shot joanna's wedding elle and i were in.

small big city.

i haven't had the chance to make it in there yet.

did you know kate spade was born and raised here?

she also shares a sister-in-the-bond bond with elle and i. yep. i still say that 6 years after i graduated. {can you say lame? i can and i'm ok with it :)}

small big city.

happy friday.

JILL

it's a boy!!

remember this friend? she had a healthy baby boy last night :)

elle and i are very proud little aunties! just a little more to be thankful for this year.

CONGRATS, JO.

JILL

{image from martha stewart}

meet our friend jo...

elle and i have a bestie... her name is joanna. she lived with us in
the blue house.

she's married to kyle. and now jo and kyle are having a baby!

on sunday morning, there was some serious fog happening... i picked up jo and we headed to the park to take some pictures of her prego belly.

i took almost 500 pictures of jo that day.
here is just an inkling of my favorites.

(you can click on them to see them larger)

adorable.

love.

i know this is a bit out of the ordinary, and i normally don't show my work...

but her belly is just so cute and i couldn't be happier for jo and kyle...

and thus, couldn't resist sharing :)


JILL