Toots and Smooches

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:24:00 +0000

Check out my NEW Photography Blog at www.courtneyschnee.com

New Year

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +0000

VSCO Film edits

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:25:00 +0000

Marionette "Dominic"

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:29:00 +0000

Grandma Marie worked so hard on this. The first one was eaten by the dog, so this one was the second make. She and Noah started it last year around this time and she told him that she'd finish it and Noah has been waiting and waiting for the package to come. It was so exciting to finally get it. And he was so impressed, we all were! Thank you Grandma Ree for working so hard on the puppet, it is beautiful and we will treasure it (in a safe spot). His name is Dominic. Apologies for the pictures, we took them last night in very low light.

Claps!

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:25:00 +0000

Turkey Bowl and Faces

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:53:00 +0000

Still Praying

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:12:00 +0000

For Chaia, Gungor Loves Chaia www.mustardrevolution.blogspot.com

Thanks Amber for the headband!

sick baby

Tears, Pennies, Potties, Dancing

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:21:00 +0000

I've kept my word...manual settings, manual focus, no edits....soon I'll be shooting film, just need some money to buy it :)

NO MORE!

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:39:00 +0000

NO more Actions or Plug-ins! I've decided to start doing more film, and stop smothering my pictures with layers in photoshop....so I hop that announcing this on my blog will hold me to it, not that anyone reading (or not reading) will care :) So I hereby declare that I WILL NOT use another photoshop action/plugin or over layer any of my digital pictures again! Only the basic levels/saturation/contrast if needed :) And hopefully I will be getting more film on here :)

Chaia Wins When We Kneel

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:08:00 +0000

www.mustardrevolution.blogspot.com

Praying for Chaia

Eggrolls

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:33:00 +0000

Gus

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:16:00 +0000

canon 40d, sigma 30mm 1.4
1/1000, f2.5, 30mm, iso 100
totally rad actions, fzero, BAMF BW

Blowing Rock, NC

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:51:00 +0000

October, 8

Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:57:00 +0000

I've decided to make this blog a photography blog. I'm not a big writer and really only enjoy posting photos online with very few words.

Monster Book

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:43:00 +0000

My sister (at my leading) made a Monster Book inspired by this one from Anthropologie. It's a pretty big book. All of the monsters are designed by her, embroidered and embellished by hand. It is made of all cloth and embellishments and took several months to make - working on and off in the evenings. I LOVE it. And so do my kids. I wrote the stories and came up with the names of each monster, which was so much fun because I get to read it to them and hear them say the names.

So far since the kids received this gift at Christmas, Noah has drawn each monster by memory once and each monster with the book in front of him twice. He LOVES the book. And they talk about it a lot.

Thanks Hil! You rock! And did I mention, the original book on Anthropologie costs over $1000! Ours is worth more :) Because the final monster in the book, "Harriet Googley Eyes" aka. the Hairy Eyeball Monster made the book for us - Aunt Hilly is the final monster...so fitting.

She may start making more on a smaller scale...she really enjoyed it.

Hiatus Over

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:38:00 +0000

I admit that I haven't been very anxious about sharing my life with the world on this blog for a while. And while feeling this way, I just got busy with life -searching for a house, moving in with my parents, being pregnant with number four, and now becoming homeowners for the second time tomorrow.

I also admit that I can be very moody - and that's putting it nicely - when I'm pregnant. Hormones and I do not get along, I'm ready for them to be locked up until I'm 50 and can handle them without a house full of kids.

Amidst all of our moves and life changes, I am having a difficult time raising our boys, one in particular. I know that we signed up for this and I am so thankful for friends and family helping and encouraging us. I am just so so so ready for things to settle down.

I know I have not been the most loving wife, mother, daughter or sister in the past few months. I'm praying that God will be gracious and forgive my disobedience and pride and shower me with mercy and use my rags for His glory.

So now I will begin again -

Seconds to a fall

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:49:00 +0000

test, and Gus took this picture

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:38:00 +0000

CSO Blog post on Outreach

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:01:00 +0000

I wrote this for the CSO Blog this week. I'm a little disconnected with Organizational Sports Outreach right now, but not at all from the Outreach part of things....

http://www.csosports.org/god-will-get-it-done

Millers

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:32:00 +0000

I LOVE the Sun in these pictures! and I'm learning so much taking pictures of my friends, and having so much fun! I couldn't help but post these tonight, we took pictures for a couple hours, in sunlight, no light and under stadium lights!

Emma and Eli

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:34:00 +0000

I did it! I drove to a location, met some friends and took some pictures of them! And it was SO MUCH FUN! Mostly because Matt and Sarah and Emma are fun. We got a late start but had a few minutes in between thunderstorms with a little sunlight and a cute little 2 year old running around in the grass counting to ten and saying, "Emma push stroller, Emma hold Eli..." so cute. Here are a few of my favorites.

Matt and Sarah are friends from our old church in SC. They followed a call to moved to New Orleans a couple of years ago. They share Christ at a women's home, where they also live.

see more here.

Movement

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:54:00 +0000

more Cheese

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:04:00 +0000

because I'm becoming obsessed. I guess you'll know where I'll be on a sunny evening around 7pm.

These are of my gorgeous niece Gwenyth.

and then me.

Cheese

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:32:00 +0000

Have you ever had some really good cheese? Like the expensive kind that you just can't stop eating?
Some images taste like really good cheese, and although I'd like for my pictures to taste the same, they do not - unless of course, the person tasting hasn't had good cheese in a very long time. My pictures are more like Kraft single packaged sliced American or even spray cheese but they still taste yummy, especially on salty crackers. And I don't claim to be a professional with expensive cheese.

The expensive cheese that I'd like to be some day. I love the sun flare.

And here is my spray cheese with no edits.

Trying to get the sun glare/flare (don't claim to know the terminology) look with a cheapo plastic lens. I've figured out a few tricks along the way - manual focus, 7pm when sun is very low and golden and use a wide glass lens (I'm thinking the flare is much better but haven't tried it).

And in the words of the subjects..."CHEEEEZE"!

Are you ready for swimsuit season?

noreply@blogger.com (courtney schnee) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:08:00 +0000

Nina's making sure she is....She gets those push-ups in everyday and even does some yoga stretching. She makes it look so easy! I'll be sure to post some two-piece shots of her for evidence of her workouts. I love you Nina Bambina!