All Hail the King (Tempurpedic!)

It was an eventful weekend at casa Falerni.. Saturday I had a newborn shoot which took up the majority of my day. When I got home late in the afternoon we headed right over to Sleepy’s.  Having been there a …

Revenge of the Night Owl

Just a quick update to yesterday’s discussion.. I did NOT tell daycare to keep him from napping and so he napped for a little over 1 hour yesterday and was up until 10:30pm!!!!!!!!!! As frustrated as I was with him, …

Announcing the Winner of the Bedtime Wars: Hint, it’s Not Us.

There has been a battle going on for months – I can’t even truly recall when it began- with Jasper refusing to go to sleep in his own bed.   We put up a good fight for a while, but when …

Lightroom Histogram and Red Channel Clipping in Photoshop

I received this question in my inbox from Kacey. With her permission, I’m posting it here in case this discussion helps anyone else!

I’ve been reading your tutorials about LR and PSE and I’ve found them so helpful!  I have

Adobe Girls Photography Getaway in San Francisco

Sometimes I think I am the luckiest girl alive.   Lucky as in Adobe invites me for an all expenses paid amazing getaway to shoot in one of my favorite cities,  to train with Julianne Kost in one of my favorite …

I have BIG NEWS. And yes, it’s about poop.

So I know that I am supposed to writing about the Adobe Girl’s Getaway – and that’s coming  this afternoon. But something happened last night so important that it  has interrupted the regular news cycle: Jasper pooped on the POTTY …

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Today was a great Valentine’s day.. I’m finally home with Jeff & Jasper after a pretty nasty illness that kept me in San Francisco a bit longer than anticipated (a lot more on that later!)  My guys made me the …

Im in San Francisco!

I know, I know, I meant to blog about it ahead of time, but the paci post and the Valentine shoot etc I just didn’t have time.   But I’m here, at a “girl’s getaway”  sponsored by Adobe Lightroom for shooting …

How to Get Your Child to Give Up a Pacifier with One Gesture

Or, “how to prey on your child’s neurotic tendencies.”

I won’t go so far as to say that Jasper is the baby equivalent of Woody Allen or anything, but he does tend towards the slightly neurotic. The idea of certain …

Boutique Valentine’s Day Card Design

If you were  masochist enough to attempt reading my giant post about ImagingUSA, you will remember that I reported that die cut cards were EVERYWHERE now (not just Miller’s Luxe anymore!)  which is great news for those of us …