Steal My Sunshine
Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 1:43AM | Mr Lady Which totally didn't suck for her.
Day #1: Park with the neighbor kids for 3 hours. Not the RIGHT pictures, but fun ones all the same.
Day #2: Riding the ding-dong* downtown and back for no good reason at all. (I edited each of these with a different tool in Picnik.com, because I have a million other things to do and I don't feel like doing any of them right now, that's why.)
This one's just Vibrance.
This one is using Focal Soften.
This one uses Boost and 1960's.
Lunch break. Or: Take out your dentures....
I crush your heads!
This one uses CinemaScope and then Sepia at about 50% strength.
This little piggie got none. Nothing. I loved it just the way it was.
This one uses Lomo-ish, also at about half-strength, give or take.
This one uses Boost at around 25% and then Black and White effect painting in reverse.
And that's it for me. See all of Lotus' Weekly Winners here, and join me next week for Basketball Jones, or White Men Really Can't Jump So Much After All.
*The ding-dong is the bus or the SkyTrain, which is like the el through the city, if the el had magic powers that transformed it into a subway at certain key points along its route. Anyway, I think ding-dong is a much better word for them anyway; it's what they say and all. Kind of like fluflubee, but that's another story.**
**Anybody else suddenly have the urge to watch the Neverending Story?
Reader Comments (54)
She is gorgeous, you know. Utterly, utterly gorgeous.
Your photos rock too.
Nice work if you can get it, 3of3! Looks like a wonderful couple of Mommy n' Me days out, in the name of fashion and food and what can be wrong with an extra day in the park (From a kids' point of view, that is).
Some nice shots, too, Mr. Lady. My faves (not that you asked, but what the hell):
Classic catalog shot - Vibrance
Personality - the last shot in the "playing with neighbors" series
Parallel Universe - "I Crush your Heads"
:)
3of3 is amazingly beautiful! Those last two shots are my favs. Great photos.
Just started using Picnik (look at me: technology buff. heh.) and you made me hope I can make my kids watch a movie or something today so I can mess around with it. Good stuff.
Those are incredible! How is she only 3???
Great photo session. She is lovely.
My God; she's grown since the last pictures I've seen of her! So gorgeous and you knocked that photocshoot out of the park, yo
you captured some great moments through the lens! simply awesomeness
Nice job! Great photo shoot.
2 days of shooting...lol...mine would have had enough after about 2 mins...She's cute..
Love the neverending story :) mmmm I wonder if it is in the $5 movie bin at the big bad chain store! Anyway, Great Photo's! Looks like you two had a blast! Cute outfit!
What a cool gig. And the pictures, OH! the pictures!! I love the sepia one - that's my fave. :) And the clothes are cute, to boot!!
Playing with Picnik is fun. Of course, you're way better at it than me.
She's just beautiful my friend.
She's very photogenic!!! I love the one in half sepia, very well done!
how do I get my kids that gig- they really need to work!
What is this? SCOOPED by Mr. Lady? The prints are still in the stop bath and you've got em up already. Sheesh.
That's OK, steal my thunder...they came out so well and 3of3 is so cute its impossible to be mad. Thanks again for your help...she will always be the original RedSparks girl. :)
oh, i can't wait to have a babychildfriend of my own.
Cute pics! One of these days I"m so totally going to figure out photo editing software. When it doesn't scare the friggin' crap out of me upon opening it.
Love 'em all - she's a doll! (I should really play around in Piknic more. I try to be this big Photoshop rock star and I'm just faking it...)
Gosh, she's ADORABLE! Love these.
I'm gonna have to look into Piknik. I really like the '60's effect and the CinemaScope/Sepia effects! And your little girl makes a darling subject! : )
God she is CUTE.
The NOTHING....
Just adorable in every shot!
She;s so pretty. Love her outfits
She's a little you. Just as gorgeous - just a smaller version. :-) I thought you claimed you weren't a stellar photog??? Love the pictures but how could you go wrong with that perfect subject? Really now...
And now I must try out this Picnik thing....I simply must.
Happy Sunday.
She is sooo your twin!
Picnik rawks!
AHHHH! You live in my brain, as usual! At the end I hadn't scrolled down yet and I thought, "ooh, Neverending Story!" and then saw you'd written the same thing. Reason number 3945382439 why I adore you, nach.
Can I be totally honest? The scene with G'Mork at the end? Still terrifies the shit out of me.
xx
She looks so cute and innocent in those pictures!
Those effects are really cool, I'm going to have to check out Piknik. Your daughter is beautiful, each picture is cuter than the one before....
I don't want to go watch neverending story but I am now singing that dumb song.
gorgeous! just gorgeous.
me likes the 5th page down.
http://momofboxer.blogspot.com/2009/02/krazy-george-is-well-crazy.html
She is super adorable, and I am loving the photo skills. I am all about the wonky angles too. So much more fun. The last four are magical, though. I have to start messing around with this Picnik!
Picnik gets me horned up.
I may steal your idea of Picniking a series and posting them together. And I MAY attribute it back to you. MAY.
She is literally the most stunning child I've ever seen. Man, you are in SO much trouble, dude. I do NOT envy you. Lovely pictures!
Damn, is she gorgeous. And you didn't need any editing to show that off . . .
BTW, "(I edited each of these with a different tool in Picnik.com, because I have a million other things to do and I don’t feel like doing any of them right now, that’s why.)" Guess what I am doing right now?
You guessed it.
Picnik rocks when it comes to procrastinating . . .
my favorite is just before the ding dong when she's laughing over her shoulder. just a beautiful smile!
great job editing the pics and avoiding work all at the same time!
Just beautiful. That is all. Beautiful. And now I must go see what this picnik thing is all about since I haven't a clue how to do digital editing other than sharpen and crop.
OK, first of all...how cute is she?!
I love the sepia shot.
I wish they made that in my size.
oh for the love of god you produce some mighty fine offspring. whatever you got workin' in that body of yours, keep it up. she is beyond words, and that's all i'm gonna say, cuz she is just- well, beyond words. love that shirt tho. super cute. also? the el? did you ever live in chicago? good ol chi town? our el is not always elevated either. it goes underground too. it's rare to hear a non-chi towner refer to any sort of subway ding dong contraption as an el.
She is gorgeous! I love the Cinemascope one.
She is gorgeous, as are the photos. But as usual, I am green with envy because apparently Owen wasn't nearly cute enough to model the clothes. Hmph.
Wait. Where's the bubble wrap?
great pictures.
i just wasted an hour on picnik right now. i'm in love with it. thank you for stealing days away from me and giving me a headache in advance.
Fury has been out-cuted. I concede.
OMG. She's not a baby anymore.
Whaaa!
great photo editing!!!
What a beauty...and your shots are beautiful.
Is there nothing you CAN'T do :)?
(My personal fave is the crushing heads... classic!)
Wow, what a little model. She knows what the camera wants!
Love the 1960s effect. All of my pics have faded from my childhood, and I think it is so funny that we are now able to fake fade our permanent, infallible digital images. How perfectly human. Your daughter is a doll, btw.