Jun
22

Cupcakes, D80 Custom Settings, and Now We’re Rockin’

Posted by DeAnna Allan

So my friend Lynn convinced me to take a cake decorating class with her. I thought to myself, sounds like fun! Of course, I didn’t think about the fact that I’d have to bake cupcakes, lots of cupcakes, to practice on and bring to class. People at my office have a hate-on for me right now! I’m threatening their summer diets, don’t you know. I’ve gained about 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks! It’s been fun, though. Take a look:

Then, one day I was checking Kimi Kreation blog, and she was talking about how she was hating her D80. She wasn’t liking any of her photos, they were flat and lifeless. Uh, okay. I thought they were pretty good. Then she showed us what they look like after changing some of the custom settings as recommended by Ken Rockwell. Well, okay, I see your point! I quickly went to his site and made the appropriate alterations, and holy crap! What a difference in my photos. We took Kyle to the park and met Lynn and Nyla there. Kyle and Nyla make such a cute pair! Kyle actually asked Nyla to hold his hand. He’s not even two! Awwww. Just look at the saturation in the colours on Kyle’s shirt – beautiful. And check out the sky in this photo! Absolutely amazing! I’ve done nothing to these photos except make them smaller for the web. Unbelievable!

So then, this past Monday I started taking Jessica Sprague’s Now We’re Rockin’ digital scrapbooking class. Great class, so much fun so far, and we’ve only been doing it for 1 week. Here’s the layout I completed from Lesson 1, featuring, of course, my cupcakes.

I have also been checking out this great website, The Pioneer Woman. This woman is absolutely hilarious, and has some great content, ranging from general farm life, her amazing love story, photography, cooking, etc. You have to check her out. I have laughed hysterically every time I have checked out her site!

Anyway, life is pretty crazy. Kyle has his 2nd birthday coming up, we are going camping next weekend, and there is just not enough time in a day to do everything!

Talk to you all soon!

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