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I feel pretty...oh so pretty...

I have gotten a bit side-tracked lately with my daughter just moving in. We've been doing things here and there. It's fun having her back around me. :) Did I say that she is in photography? Well, Sunshine has been working on her photography for awhile now and so the other day she took some photos of me.

Added by Niki Blurton on August 16, 2011 at 12:30am — No Comments

Back to School - Dorm Room Art Using Facebook and Twitter

Is your teen going off to college in another city or state? Are they already missing there 800 closest friends? Here are some great wall art that will keep you (if you are friends with them on Twitter or Facebook) and their friends close.…

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Added by The Succulent Wife on August 13, 2011 at 7:34pm — No Comments

A Balloon Launch With the Paparazzi

I teased you Saturday with a hint of how we usually spend our Father's Day weekends. It's not everyday that the skies fill with colorful conveyances and our…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on June 22, 2011 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Awestruck

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Even before I moved to Vermont, I became familiar with Simon Pearce glassware and its reputation for elegant and yet everyday glassware. We are lucky enough to have some Simon Pearce pieces ourselves: champagne glasses that we got as an engagement gift,…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on June 9, 2011 at 10:20pm — No Comments

Photo Walk: The Waterfall

My journey into photography classes has come to an end. Two straight months of assignments became a bit grueling, and I will admit I flaked a bit on the last week. The final assignment, a sort of culmination of all that I have learned, was to take a photo walk and capture the moments and surroundings. Exhausted, overwhelmed by switching to WordPress, and frustrated or not, I knew I had to make time for that one. A tribute to my…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on June 6, 2011 at 9:35pm — No Comments

Photo Editing Giveaway!

Yesterday was a really exciting day! I reached two blogging milestones simultaneously. I now have over 100 people who like Rub Some Dirt On It's Facebook page (102) and over 100…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on May 13, 2011 at 8:20pm — No Comments

Photography, This Week

So I thought I'd keep you all posted on my progress in my online photography class at Simplicity--my life in mostly photographs. Just finished week 3, which focused on cropping, and as an exciting bonus, my mom just signed me up for the next eclass which starts in May as an early birthday present! I am really excited to learn the nitty gritty details of my camera; I hate being self-taught and just winging it. But…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on April 29, 2011 at 3:40pm — No Comments

Simply Bliss Week 1

I am currently taking my first photography class ever online with one of my favorite photography bloggers, Faith at Simplicity.

I am so excited to get down to basics and learn the little things that I never had an opportunity before. Like how to wrangle the dreaded indoor light that is my nemesis. Since my…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on April 10, 2011 at 8:23am — No Comments

Diptych

One of the best parts about expanding my blogging horizons has been the amazing things I've learned about photography and the very cool people and websites I have discovered who challenge me. One of the first ones I found was Simplicity--my life in mostly photographs

and the very first day I went over there…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on April 3, 2011 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Old Polar

Disclaimer: I consider myself a writer who takes photographs, not a photographer who writes. I have no particular insight or expertise regarding photography other than what I have learned through trial and error or from online tutorials.

Disclaimers aside, I am really digging a particular preset in my Adobe Lightroom photo editing software. I really have not dabbled in the world of presets…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on March 31, 2011 at 8:20pm — 1 Comment

Joy of Luck #7: My Rainbows

Today is the last Joy of Luck assignment, and it ends on a high note. We are to consider (and photograph) our own personal rainbow, in a metaphorical sense. What will bring me luck in the future? What blessings do I have to look forward to? That one was pretty easy for me, since my family is such a blessing and I can only consider myself lucky for having the people and babies in my life that I…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on March 25, 2011 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Defunkifying

We're in a funky stage right now, by which I mean "a stage which puts me in a funk." The kids are oblivious and happy, but I am less than enamored with their current conditions. Jax has decided that the art of listening is not high on his priority list and has deemed myself, his gymnastics instructor, his music teacher, and any other adult who tries to corral him into a polite or sedentary state as irrelevant. No need to listen to them; they're irrelevant. …

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on March 22, 2011 at 8:29pm — 1 Comment

A little MacGuyver inspired photo shoot

Feels like I haven't I haven't posted all weekend. Oh wait, I haven't. Sorry wonderful people who read my blog. I've been working on a little side project that took up most of my free time this weekend.

But today I thought I'd give you a tutorial on how to take some "product shots." You know, pictures of things like jewelry or food or anything that you want to take a photo of but you want it to have a white background and to be sitting on a white surface. Does this make sense?…

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Added by JENNIFER CURTIS on March 11, 2011 at 2:36pm — No Comments

iheartfaces: head, shoulders, knees, and toes

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Today, the iheartfaces photo challenge is to to take a… Continue

Added by Rebecca Whitney on March 1, 2011 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Joy of Love Day #28: Companionship

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Today is the final day for the Joy of Love photo tutorial and I'm going to miss it. Even though I only participated about once a week, I still loved getting the emails and thinking of ways to document how I love my family. I need to continue doing that, tutorial or no, on…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on February 28, 2011 at 3:51pm — No Comments

Joy of Love #24: Ocean Beach

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Today's Joy of Love assignment was to document Where. Where I fell in love. Where my heart became his. I could have applied this to my kids, but who wants a picture of a yucky delivery room? I'll take sunny California any day. San Diego, where JDubbs and…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on February 24, 2011 at 9:05pm — No Comments

Valentine's Day 2011

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!!!

I hope you all have wonderful day filled with...well, LOVE! This year Justin will be working aaall daaaay loooonnng! Ugh. So I will be what my friend calls a work widow. : p

But don't be sad for me, because my husband totally rocks and managed to give me a handmade card at… Continue

Added by JENNIFER CURTIS on February 14, 2011 at 11:26am — No Comments

Joy of Love #12

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As I mentioned about a week ago, I'm somewhat participating in an online photography group/tutorial. To me, it's a daily reminder to consciously acknowledge those I love. It really rocks and the woman who is running it shares great tidbits to help with…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on February 12, 2011 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Walking On Water

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This weekend we bundled up to do something that was rustic even by Vermont standards. Uber-outdoorsy. Not my usual cup of tea. In fact, my father-in-law was so suprised to see my step out of the mini-van that he exclaimed, "You're coming, too?" Of course I'm coming. It's not every day I get to take pictures of Jax's first time ice…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on February 2, 2011 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Leading Lines--A Mini-Photography Tutorial

From Rub Some Dirt On It, http://vermontwhitneys.blogspot.com

Since having kids, I have developed a very serious hobby taking and editing photos. I started using all automatic settings and only cropping and using red-eye reduction to now using only manual settings (with all their mistakes and mishaps) and obsessively editing on Lightroom. I also love to go online and read photography…

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Added by Rebecca Whitney on January 31, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments