The Wonders of Life

Pet Faces

2010-12-14T19:02:00.000-06:00

This weeks theme over at I Heart Faces is Pet Faces!

I decided to Submit one I took of my cousins horse because Horses are my all time favorite animal!

Check out some other awesome entries over at

Self Portrait

2010-12-07T13:36:00.000-06:00

This weeks theme over at I Heart Faces happens to be a self portrait!
This picture was taken earlier when the weather was still warm and there was no snow in sight.

Definitely go check out some of the other creative entries at

I love I Heart Faces. Its a great way to learn photography skills and you also get great tips from some awesome contributors!

Christmas Card Templates!

2010-12-01T18:10:00.002-06:00

Christmas Cards

They are all in .PSD format so you can edit them how you want!

Free Giveaway Contest!!!

2010-12-01T16:45:00.000-06:00

Im finally having a contest and I could use your help!

This Contest is for a free give away of a beautiful picture taken by me :]

Whichever pictures have the most votes will be printed out and the winner gets to choose which one they want!

Thanks in advance and good luck!

How to receive an entry?

Make sure you leave a comment on at least 2 pictures on my Fan Page letting me know which ones you want me to print out for an entry!

For everytime you "share" my Fan Page you get one vote! --The "share" button is on the bottom left of my Fan page-- Here is the link to my Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/LeBaronPhotography

If you Follow my Blog you receive an additional entry!

If you "Like" my Fan Page you get an additional Entry!

If you invite your friends to "like" my Facebook Fan page you get an additional entry!

Make sure you "Share" my note by clicking "share" at the bottom of the note on my Fan Page!

Here is the Link to the NOTE on my fan page

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=171599896193450&id=310913882635

-------DONT FORGET TO Leave a comment on the note in my FAN PAGE for EVERY entry letting me know what you did!

Scenic Black & White

2010-11-29T11:31:00.000-06:00

The theme this week is Scenic B&W. Which I think is awesome because I love taking scenic pictures and pictures of people. My entry is of 3 best friends who wanted some pictures taken together before they left back to school.

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Trees

2010-11-23T12:38:00.000-06:00

My Favorite thing to Photograph happens to be Trees.
I dont know what it is about them but I LOVE taking pics of them.
Yesterday the weather was perfect for taking pics so I went out and found a couple trees.
Here is what I got!

My goal for next year is to get my name out there and to have people know me for the work I do.

I am so thankful for everyone of you who enjoy reading my blog!

It is because of you that I post.

Hope you all have a great day!

This Weeks Contest: Silhouette

2010-11-16T20:58:00.000-06:00

This is my entry for this weeks contest.
I love all the entries so far!

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Orange

2010-11-08T08:50:00.000-06:00

This weeks theme is Orange!

My entry is of my cousin Aurora!

While you are at it make sure to check out some other awesome entries at

Fix it Friday #75

2010-10-22T11:45:00.000-05:00

Here is the SOOC (straight out of camera) shot

Here is my edit

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Week 42- Orchard

2010-10-18T11:31:00.000-05:00

This week over at I Heart Faces the theme is Orchard.

When I realized this theme was Orchards I knew immediately which picture I wanted to use!

It is my sister sandra and it was taken in a Pecan Orchard.

While you are at it check out some of the other awesome entries over at

Ryan & Carissa [Engaged]

2010-10-13T16:23:00.000-05:00

Over this weekend I had the opportunity to shoot my 2nd Engagement pictures.
I was really looking forward to this shoot because of all the great fall colors!
Ryan and Carissa were so easy to work with. You can tell the love they have is real...

Congratulations Ryan & Carissa!
Wish you guys the best of luck!

Fix-It Friday #72

2010-09-24T22:52:00.000-05:00

Original

My Edit

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My Favorite Animal

2010-09-22T13:24:00.000-05:00

One of my favorite animals in this world happens to be a Horse.

To me they are so free spirited and are amazingly beautiful.

They are so big and strong and yet gentle.

I actually plan on getting some horses sometime in the future.

While on vacation in my hometown in Mexico I got a chance to get some pictures of a Horse.

What is your favorite animal?

Week 38 • Smirk Photo Challenge

2010-09-21T11:45:00.000-05:00

This week over at I Heart Faces the theme is Smirk.

My picture is of my little brother Kevin.

Hope you enjoy!

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Fix-It Friday #71

2010-09-17T09:07:00.000-05:00

Here is the Original Picture

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Home Made Wine [Day 1]

2010-09-13T17:09:00.002-05:00

So I started an Experiment :] Home made wine!

Call me crazy but I thought it would be really cool to try it out.

I have always thought the process of making wine and beer was cool. Me and my cousin once tried to make some while in Nicaragua but we didn't have the correct materials so it never worked and I forgot about making it until a couple of days ago. A customer who comes into the bank makes her own homemade wine all the time and I thought to my self I wanted to give it a try.

So I went online and I did plenty of research on recipes and materials.

I finally found a simple and easy recipe that I tweaked a little bit and now the wait begins!

~Recipe~

All you need is a gallon Jug. Preferably glass so that the plastic doesn't leak or affect your wine. Call me crazy and this is a whole different topic but I have my feelings about chemicals from the plastic leaking into our food/drinks.

Any ways you also need 4 & 1/2 cups sugar

One container of Juice (nothing citrus, dont know why) I chose grape!

One .25 oz package of dry active yeast.

One Ballon rinsed out with 4 SMALL needle pokes in the top of it (It lets the carbon dioxide out while keeping air from getting in, thats why the holes have to be small)

Some rubber bands

& lastly a funnel

Stir the sugar in some water so that i will be easier to pour into the Jug.

Then add the Juice along with the yeast and fill the rest of the Jug up with cold water.

Put the ballon on the top of the jug and put rubber bands around it.

Now place the whole concoction in a cool dark place and wait 6 weeks!

I wrote the date on mine so that I know when I did it and I can know when it will be ready

The recipe told me 6 weeks but Im gonna give it 6 & 1/2 or 7 weeks just to be safe.

Once the 6 weeks is up your gonna want to strain the wine so that you get out all of the imperfections like the sugar and yeast that didn't dissolve.

Within the first day your ballon will start to inflate so make sure there is nothing sharp around it.

It wont get big just big enough for the air to escape through the small needle holes.

The one on the right was done on the 10th and the one on the left was done on the 13th.

The only difference between the two is one has more sugar than the other. I want to see if there is a difference in taste.

How the ballon's are is how big they are going to get and stay, unless you forget to poke the holes...

I will keep you updated on whats going on!

Currently the one on the right has been fizzing all day today.

So it tells me that is working!

If you decide to do this let me know because I would love to hear how you did yours and if you tweaked it at all!

Week 37 • Vroom, Vroom Photo Challenge!

2010-09-13T08:29:00.000-05:00

So this week over at I Heart Faces the challenge is to have a picture with a car in it. Wether the car be real or a toy car is my decision!

Here is my entry!

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Fix-It Friday #70

2010-09-10T08:11:00.000-05:00

Its Fix It Friday again! Probably my favorite day of the week :]

Here is the Original

Here are My edits!

Jolie [Part 1]

2010-09-01T12:55:00.000-05:00

This is another one of my Photo Shoots I did while in Mexico.

Its of my Gorgeous Cousin Jolie.

<3 you Jolie.

FIF #68

2010-08-27T06:21:00.002-05:00

This week over at I Hear Faces its Fix-It-Friday number 68.

Here is the Original File

Here are My edits

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

For all of these pictures all I did was change the Brightness contrast, added some color layers then change the mode to soft life, add a lens flare and change the lighting effects.

While your at it check out some awesome other entries over at I heart Faces.

Fix-It Friday #67

2010-08-20T12:58:00.000-05:00

This is my first entry into Fix-it Friday!
Over at I Heart Faces they have a picture every friday that people edit and submit for others to check out. Its a great way to learn editing tips and to simply get inspired!

Here is the Original File

Here is my fix

Here is what I did to the picture

I added a couple of colors, changed their opacity and the blend mode.

Increased the contrast and decreased the brightness.

I added some lens flares to the pictures along with adding some lighting effects.

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Here is Edit number 2

Here are the things I did to this picture.

I just made copies of the original layer and changed their coloring.

I also added a lens flare and changed the lighting effects.

If you get a chance check out some other entries over at

PLUS the site if filled with tips on photography!

& they have great contests that you can learn a lot from!

Aurora [Part 1]

2010-08-20T12:27:00.000-05:00

This was another photo shoot I did while in Mexico.

Aurora was so much fun to shoot.

she has a great smile and her hair is amazing.

We drove around to different places trying to find the perfect spots for pictures.

Week 32 Surprise

2010-08-09T21:37:00.000-05:00

Today over at I Heart Faces the challenge was to enter a photo that best represents surprise.
When you are done checking mine out you should check out some of the other cool pictures!

Check out other AWESOME entries over at

Little Brother

2010-08-09T12:18:00.000-05:00

These are some of the shots I took of my little Brother Kevin in Mexico

Looking at these pictures definitely make me miss him.

He is down there with his mom and our dad.

Friends

2010-08-09T11:55:00.000-05:00

I had a lot of fun taking these pictures for these girls.

They were easy to work with and they all have great smiles!

We got off to a rough start because of some misunderstanding.

I ended up at one park and they were at another.

But after a quick drive we were at the same place.

Hope you enjoy the pics!

and any feedback you have will be appreciated!

Whether it good or bad!