Spring is coming!

I posted some peeks of the session today at OPS but here is one I snapped before she got there! Spring is on the way!

tomorrow there will be a picture..

and maybe this afternoon if I can get my tush in gear! I have been browsing flickr for the last hour, I always get so inspired by the amazing talent on there! I have my first paid session with a person I have never met tomorrow..YAY, 15 month old little girl for Easter/Spring portraits..I can't wait! The mom and I have been talking for the last week and I think this is going to be a fun session! I have my pettis packed, my battery charging and a memory card ready and waiting!
So since this shouldn't be just text, I'm including a link to the comic strip from today that is my life..They changed the names to protect the innocent (me and all the moms in the world) and I NEED this to hang in my kitchen!
For Better or For Worse

photo of the week..

our local housing office here on post hosts a photo of the week and E and Daddy won this week! We didn't actually win anything but I'm still proud because the moment was really special, esp since E was a REALLY BAD mommy's boy before Daddy came home but as soon as he saw Daddy again it was love at first site and mommy was old news (and he finally weaned as well! yay! i never thought that day would come and I was BEYOND done with that!)..so here is the link if you want to check it out
http://www.ftcampbellfh.com/our_residents/Photo_of_the_Week
and here is the photo that won!

It is official!

We will be moving this fall!! We got orders to Kansas, so it is over to the rolling plains we go! I'm very excited to see a new part of the country, I'm very nervous about the weather out there...BUT...from looking at some of the area around post I can't wait to get my camera out there! Time to start saving up for a fisheye lens!
On a different note I got this picture blown up to a 16x20 gallery wrap..It is from adoption day and it captures the emotion of that day perfectly..I almost cried again when I saw it..Pixel2Canvas ROCKS! That is all! ;-)

ok I am finally editing some photos I took while daddy was home..here are a few more!

adding a few more...

I asked C is she would pose for mommy today and she just looked at me and said "Mommy, I really don't feel like taking pictures today, I just want to make music" Oh man, it starts early doesn't it!

I have a backdrop stand!

One of the things we planned on doing around the house this week was building a backdrop stand for me since I blew the budget on lights lol! So off to Lowes we went and got it put together last night! S loves working on stuff like that so he has happy to help but then tonight he decided he would model for me! So I got to try out a lot of different positions on the lights which made me happy and I'm pretty pleased with how the first two photos have come out! I think on the color one I will take out the burned edges, I'm a little addicted to them lately ;-)

the snow is gone now...

but I snapped this and then forgot about it, apparently even Fairies get sick of the snow and long for Spring every now and then ;-)

I'm still putting the finishing touches on it...

But it is live! Feedback welcome! I know it is not perfect and I'm starting to get ill with it since I have been playing with it for days and days...but Its mine and its a start!


www.melissabradfieldphotography.com


The music is a local guy from GA that I have been following FOREVER, I emailed him and he said I could use his music! YAY!

i went out on a date!

YAY! Yesterday was our anniversary and we had a blast. We went for a walk by the river and everything. It was like a real date with no kids. My neighbor is amazing, she already had her four girls and then watched our two for the evening..I haven't felt that relaxed in a LONG while! Here is another picture of the hubby, I'm still on cloud nine since he is home and I really don't want him to leave again but this time the wait until he is home for good is going to be NOTHING like it was during the first part of the deployment!

adding another picture, I'm still messing around in ps to try to figure out this color thing...

is this one better?

I converted this one to S-RGB apparently I was in a whole different working space?! Either way, another test to see how this one turns out.

E has actually been working with me...

He NEVER lets me get two good pictures of him in a row! I'm hoping the color works on this one, I'm new to CS4 and things are looking REALLY different on the web than what I see in CS4..I have to be doing something wrong when saving..I'm just not sure what?! Any advice?

First time..

I have played around with texture! We planted some cilantro and rosemary this evening in our window box and C did a great job filling up the box with soil and then watering the plants, E on the other hand got a little excited about playing in the dirt!

I just ordered...

My website!! Finally! Hopefully it won't take me to long to set it up since I have been planning it in my head for a few months now so I will be sure to post a link here whenever I get it up and running! I'm excited! This has been a GREAT week!

today was a very special day...

today our family became complete in the legal sense of the term. We've always been a family and nothing on any paper could change that but today C's last name officially changed to match. It has been a long road and I have to say, right up there with my wedding day and the birth of the kids..this was one of the best days of my life. We celebrated it as a "2nd birthday" complete with balloons from daddy (and white roses for mommy!) and cupcakes after dinner! So here are some more of the pictures we took after we left the courthouse and headed to the park!

my handsome husband!!!

Today was a VERY exciting day, a more detailed post will come later this evening!! Just had to share this picture real quick!