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April 5, 2011 By Sarah Halstead

Simply Bliss: Week 1

Filed Under: Family, Photography

I am in my first week of Faith’s Simply Bliss Child Photography class. The first week is talking all about natural light. She also wrote a great post about that here. You can see a little bit of what she discusses in class there.

Here was the first exercise.

I love this mouse from “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”

Then you used what you learned with your immobile model above on a mobile model. Even though I used my less mobile out of my models. Ha ha! Here is my SOOC photo.

How I would do my clean edit.

and Black & White.

Here is a picture of his two teeth. The one on the right came in two months after the first one. It is also coming in really crooked. I think it will straighten out, hopefully.

While I am sharing all these photos of Carsyn- I wanted to let you know the neurologist office called today and said that everything in his chromosome testing came back completely normal. I am relieved. It is one step closer to getting answers. Thanks for all your prayers.


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  1. Adeena says

    April 7, 2011 at 4:53 pm

    So cute! :D Love those teeth. So glad his tests were normal!
  2. Summer says

    April 7, 2011 at 12:53 am

    awe his tooth! Love it!
  3. Branson says

    April 7, 2011 at 12:19 am

    That collage is so cute! And so is your more mobile model of course ;-) My lil man has had his bottom teeth for months and still won't let us look in his mouth! haha. Luckily he is always smiling and showing them off!
  4. Nessa says

    April 6, 2011 at 9:55 pm

    So glad to here the news! Look at those teeth! My daughters first ones came in almost sideways and them they turned as the others piled in.
  5. Lisa says

    April 6, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    Isn't it interesting to see how the light and position affects the image?
  6. Susan says

    April 6, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Great news! And beautiful photos...Carsyn is just too cute!
  7. jennifer says

    April 6, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    beautiful photos and edits!
  8. Ashley Sisk says

    April 6, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Love it - and look...teeth!
  9. allison says

    April 6, 2011 at 8:12 am

    beautiful job!! love the catchlights in his eyes!!
  10. bobi says

    April 5, 2011 at 11:28 pm

    love the photos and the edits are great. He has amazing eyes.
  11. Chari says

    April 5, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    that's awesome news!!!
  12. kelly @ In Everything says

    April 5, 2011 at 10:45 pm

    Love the mouse model;) And Carsyn is just too cute! Love his little teeth coming in... all 3 of my older babies got their 1st tooth about 10 months and then the others slowly followed (nice since i was nursing). But not Nate... the child cut his 7th tooth last week??? They are all so different! Glad the test came back normal. Praying for peace and more answers soon!
  13. Summer Crosbie says

    April 5, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    You are so good Sarah. Look at those teeth! My boys both had a gap in their two top teeth and they grew together. Well, Parker's still working on his. :) Glad we are taking this class together!
  14. Whitney says

    April 5, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    So glad to hear about the testing! We are still keeping him (and you and the family) in our prayers.
  15. Angee says

    April 5, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Cute little tooth and your mani is still looking good :) I'm so glad the genetic testing came back normal.
  16. Magnolia Mom says

    April 5, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Toofers!!! Yay. Great edit too.

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I'm Sarah and I am the writer behind this blog. I love sharing recipes, DIY projects, photos and about my everyday life. I married my high school sweetheart Kenny. We have three boys and one baby girl - Dustyn, Carsyn, Prestyn, and Annelyn. Thanks for stopping by, can't wait to get to know you more. Read More…

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