Scrapbook, Photography and Art Books on eBay!

I'm cleaning off my shelves to house more photoshop and photography books, so I'm listing about a dozen on eBay tonight!

See them here at Aunt Lori's Vintage eBay Store!

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New Pics of Bradley

I do wish Jamie would pose for me more . . . my photo album is very unbalanced between the kids. Bradley is so cooperative, so I have lots of pics of him . . . Here's some more . . .

The Treehouse . . .

Bradley's new obsession is building a treehouse in our lone, albeit large, tree in the backyard. He has mooched, begged, borrowed and I hope not stolen . . . wood, materials and labor from the neighbors, neighborhood kids and my basement for this project.

I tried to talk him out of it . . . I told him that a kid might fall and then the parents would sue me. My top notch negotiater talked with each parent about this concern and reported back that he would be preparing a contract for each kid's parent to sign before he would let them get in the tree. Then he asked if I had any other concerns that would restrict him from proceeding with his project? Oh, did I mention he is 11? Yikes, how will I argue with him when he is older? I guess I created this monster . . . But seriously, what a cool memory for a boy!

First Day of School

Jamie refused to let me take a picture - even though it was the LAST time he would EVER have a FIRST day of school! He's not a morning person. Bradley posed for me though.

Bradley and I played in the creek!

School starts tomorrow for Bradley, so we took the afternoon off and went to the creek where he catches crayfish and we played a bit. Of course, I had my camera with me and I was able to document what he has spent his summer doing. Him and his friends also built a small fort there, but the big boys have since tore it down.

Bradley - Before/After

One more, this is now one of my favorite photos of Bradley!! I cropped, brightened a bit, added vanilla cream and then glow.

I've wanted to upgrade to Photoshop CS3 anyway, but can now add MORE ACTIONS to the price justification list!!

Before/After - Cameron!

The first picture is straight from the camera. The after picture is cropped, lighting and color adjustments by hand and then Ren's Actions in varying degrees using Vanilla Cream and Glow.

Wow - Got Ren's PSE5 Actions!!

Ok, you can get Renee Oakenfull's actions on her blog here. These are AWESOME. Super easy to install and she even offers a full video tutorial to help you use them, not that it's really needed though.

There are a bunch of different actions. Some I used individually, some I used layered on each other. Too, too cool!! I will say that you need a decent picture to start with, but the results are just tremendous.

Here are some pictures "enhanced."

Layouts of the Boys

I used a couple photos from yesterday to create these quick and simple layouts. The better the photos I use, the less embellishment I need or want!

More of Michael and JJ

I took a few more snapshots of the boys when they were outside today as I gabbed with Heather.