Lightroom 3 Week Kickoff – Free Rounded Corners Preset!

I’ve deciding that this week will be the “week of Lightroom 3” here at becoming mom. Several things converged having to do with Lightroom this week that make it worth celebrating!

1) The imminent release  of the LR3 plugin for …

Guessing Game: 50mm 1.2L vs 50mm 1.4

A few months ago, I was lucky enough to stumble into a local meeting of photographers. Chris who runs the meetings in his awesome studio in Nyack NY was kind enough to let me try out his 50 1.2 on …

Image Boxes: My New Favorite Product!

On one of my photography boards I kept reading rave reviews of image boxes and how much their clients loved them.  As in once they saw them they HAD to have them.   Honestly, I didn’t quite understand all the appeal …

Jo Totes Camera Bag Winner

And the winner of the Jo Totes giveaway is…

Commenter #91 Kelly! Kelly, I’ll be emailing you to see what your final choice is between the Missy Gray and Blue :)

For all of you who didn’t win, thanks …

I Am About to Kill You with Cuteness

Don’t say I didn’t warn you..

Jasper Rocking Out from Ariana Falerni on Vimeo.

(no really, you want to click play – yes even if you are at work and your boss is within earshot!)

Jasper is OBSESSED …

Editing DSLR Videos on a PC – Help!

Yesterday Jasper did perhaps the cutest thing EVER. I’m not going to tell you what, because I don’t want to ruin the surprise, but it was cute enough for me to implore him to WAIT. STOP! LET MOMMY FIND HER …

Jo Totes Camera Bag Review and Giveaway

Almost as long as I’ve been “serious” about photography I’ve wanted a gorgeous, girly, fun and functional camera bag.  More than once I almost hit add to cart on a Kelly Moore bag, an Epiphane and even considered a Jill …

Jasper Gets a Big Boy Haircut at the Barber..

I had planned on doing a review/giveaway for a Jotote camera bag today, but instead Jasper and I got stranded at home this morning with a dead car battery.  THANK GOD AAA had people that will not only come out …

Mystery of the Incredible Shrinking Toddler Pants..

If you’ve been reading for a while, you know that for most of his life  Jasper has been on the low side of the height and weight charts.   More specifically about 15%-25% for both until he somehow ended up at …

What My Two-year-old Taught Me About Lightroom 3

Having my main photography editing computer in our our dining room Jasper’s playroom has it’s advantages and it’s disadvantages.  One of the clear disadvantages is that Jasper loves  meddle with it, and last night was no exception.

I was …