Not Cute & Cudley

I don't know what this animal is, but it was behind my house today. It's about the size of a ground hog. It has a round, fat body with a tail like a rat. It's not even cute. I think the feet may have been webbed, but I can't say for sure.

Look Out Below!

Doesn't that look like fun?

Pretty Woman

Welcome Home

They're back!

Winter

This is the second photo in the "seasons" series.

Weee!

Doesn't that look like fun?

Well Done

He got a Silver medal in individual kata and a bronze metal in team kata.

Going For A Medal

Hmmm, I wonder how he did.

You Lookin' At Me?

Is This My Good Side?

More Attitude

Mother & Daughter

Attitude

How Old Do You Think I Am?

It is said that the eyes are the window to the soul. This is the same photo as posted before. In this one I've desaturated it except for her brown eyes so they really stand out. I've also cropped the photo in quite close. I'm very happy with the results. (Her father hates it, lol)

Mystery Woman

I took this picture this evening. Over the next few days I will post different versions.

Before & After

Here is another example of what you can do in Photoshop. The photograph itself is an old one and not a very good quality one. The subject however, was a young attractive girl who needed hardly any touchups. Basically I just whitened her eyes and added highlights to her cheeks. I also blurred the background to make her stand out. Having such a photogenic subject makes my work much easier.

Pockets & Pawz

This is Pockets and Pawz, Mark's pet rats. They are about 7 weeks old, so they still have some growing to do.

Oh My God!

Am I ever old!
(Happy Birthday mom.)

Freeze!

One of my homework assignments was to take a silhouette shot and a freeze motion shot. I thought I would combine the two shots into one. It's easy enough to do the freeze frame, but the silhouette shot is proving more challenging than I had anticipated. These are my best attempts before the sun went down, but I think there is still too much light on Mark. The settings for both shots were F14 and 1/320 with an ISO of 100. I will try again on the next sunny day we have and maybe use a shutter speed around 1/800 or 1/1000.

Before & After

This is an example of what can be done with Photoshop. In the after picture I gave myself green eyes just for the fun of it.

Self-Portrait

I've been playing around in Photoshop again. I think I look 10 years younger! Too bad we can't apply Photoshop to real life.

Brown Eyes

Thanks to my brothers excellent tutelage I've been experimenting in Photoshop.

Randy Harasen

1957 - 2000

Our Family Grows

We have a new addition to our family, "Pockets". She's the small fury one.

Cousins

These are two of my young attractive cousins. I don't see much of them during the winter, but we try to get together during the summer at camp.

Sister-In-Law

This is another family member, (one of many) who was kind enough to agree to pose for me.

My Best Friend And Her Mom

This is our favourite shot of the two of them.

My Mom

I took a few shots of my mom this afternoon. I'm quite happy with the results, I hope she is too.

My Best Friend

My brother got me interested in photography, so I've set up a studio in my basement and recruited friends and family as test subjects on which to practice my budding photography talents. My best friend and her mom came over earlier this week for a "photo shoot". The above photo is one of the results.

Kia!

Another picture of Kevin with his brown belt.