Scarlett=Pink

Before I get going here, I don't have to post the larger size photos anymore!  There are options that allow me to post them small and you the viewer and reader can click them to view them larger!  Why is this even important?  My blog will load faster, since pictures tend to slow the process down.

Here we go!!  You might be thinking why does she keep saying scarlet equals pink?  So from the begining.  I wanted to buy a new backdrop and I personally like muslin; -it's easy to travel with, easy to clean and light weight, but when you purchase them, they tend to cost a pretty penny.  When I was searching the internet trying to find a muslin that I wanted, I found a do it yourself page.  Guess what--half the cost to buy muslin from the fabric store--BUT I have to dye it myself.
What could go wrong with that?  I've died stuff before.  You know, I am sure that I didn't do something right or I should have gotten unbleached muslin, but hey what have I really got to lose?  I picked out my color--Scarlet---I do like red.  The directions said put it in the so many gallons of water and the Internet directions said to add one cup of salt and boil the water because the hotter the water the better the color, ha! The result:

You can see that I got more pink than scarlet! So I've gotten another bottle of "scarlet" and the resulting color will be the NEW muslin for the studio, which I will share when I get done (hopefully this weekend)!

My little dog Woody modeled on the temporary pink muslin:





Even though my muslin didn't end up being the right color, I got some pretty awesome shots of my little doggy.

Hopefully I will have some time tomorrow so I can tell you about the MOST AMAZING snowmobile trip we just returned from!  Stay tuned!

Here's what went down!

Holy Moly!  There has not been a blog from me since September!  Sorry about that.  Things got busy and blog got put on the back burner.  I thought about blogging but then I got side tracked which happens to me,  shiny stuff, oh right blog!

Since I last left you, I have received a new camera!  For Christmas I got the 7-D that I was drooling over and let me tell you I am in LOVE with this camera!  I still don't even know all the stuff it does, BUT I do know it takes AWESOME photos!  Let me share:
 click it for a full view


These ladies were the first people to be shot (teehheee) with my new Canon 7-D


Most of you know about the huge ice storm that hit Hillsdale.  I spent some time outside taking photos to share--








This one is a little sneak peak of why scarlet equals pink?

On that note, I will leave you wondering and giving me good reason to come back and blog again tomorrow!

One eyed flying purple people eater--No it was a Dog!

A few weeks ago Shelly said, "I would really like a new profile photo for my facebook page, Oh and I want my dog too". Can you guess what I said? I said sure!!! The only problem was, with my dogs I didn't want to bring her here to the studio. We choose the Arboratium--even though dogs are a no no--the flowers were just blooming and the trees were covered in blooms and the weather was great!





I had to get a close up of Annabella because she had the cutest under-bite--and she had decided that she was not going to make this an easy task for me.
Though there were many more photos from this session, this one was Shelly's favorite in the end.

It's such a cute little snuggling photo!