Tonight I was working on preparing an online proofing gallery for Erin, which is one of the last steps of my workflow. By this step I have already processed the photos and I’m ready to pop them online for ordering consideration. However, sometimes as I’m doing my final pick I’ll see the images with fresh eyes and decide to try a black and white process on some new ones I hadn’t before. Sometimes it’s hard to decide which I like better.

I LOVE this photo in color. Erin’s skin, eyes and hair KILL me. (Plus I’m loving that lip gloss!)

but the black and white is pretty cool too. The lashes come out a lot more in this one. (That’s where Preston gets them from.)

I just thought I would share a bit of my process and the two versions of that photo.

Here’s a couple more happy Preston shots to make you smile on a Monday morning.

Hey Erin, your online proof gallery will be up soon. Start the buzz amongst the fam! (I can’t imagine grandma would be too interested, though, right?) 😉

Oh, and since I love to throw a random Miles pic up for the Grandma’s in our life, here’s Miles. He’s hanging out with a plastic pic in his mouth. Would you expect anything else from a one year old?

The funny thing about that pig, is it’s part of this whole set of realistic (not to mention VERY anatomically correct) farm animals that my mom got for Miles. The pugs are pretty good about leaving Miles’ toys alone, but Whisper & Stamp have a really hard time restraining themselves around these toys. A couple of these toys have a tooth mark here and there from their lack of will power. So considering the pugs were probably in the cage behind me when I took this shot, Miles was probably thinking, “ha ha, pugs, I get to chew on this pig! Jealous?”

So is it just me or is Miles the cutest thing ever in those jeans? Even John, who could care less about clothes, had to admit he was pretty cute in them. Goodness gracious we have fun with that little guy!

Oh, and is this week REALLY the last week in February? Anybody ever watch that show in the 80’s about that girl who could put her fingers together to stop time? (It was on Sunday mornings right after that REALLY, REALLY dumb show about the little girl who was a robot.) Anyway, lately I’ve been wanting to stop time a bit to just give me some extra hours in the day to get stuff done, or of course, sleep, which, back to Erin, I know she could use a bit of that too.

Speaking of sleep, I’m off to bed. Nighty night.