Jamie Ray Photography

.dos arboles.

... two trees .... i promise this week to post something non-nature-related... :)
playing still with nichole's retro actions!!

.something new.

just purchased nichole van's new action set and i've been playing... :) here are a couple plays....

here's the above picture in my "regular" style.... made front page explore!! woohoo!!!! :)

.cold as ice.

we were all hoping for some SNOW, but got fed some freezing rain instead..... i couldn't help but to try to capture a few shots of the frozen stuff...

and, yes, i had to change my blog header to something more... winter-like... and i liked this tree!

.does this make me a REAL photographer??.

so i have a REAL business card now!!!!! the most awesome and talented amanda aeschliman designed it for me and she has just been a total pleasure to work with! i have them ordered and i couldn't be more excited!! thanks amanda... you have no idea how happy i am with this!!!!

the top is the FRONT and the bottom is on the BACK of the card. i did half the cards with this picture and then the other half with the full body one from this shoot (posted below). i ordered from gotprint.com and we'll see how they come out!

.cooler.

well, the weather got the email that it's JANUARY so back to cooler weather..... and with it comes cooler processing... here's a shot of miss mae with some "different" processing for me...

.big red barn.

since 1999 i have pasted this property that i have ALWAYS wanted to shoot at, and i've always called it the "big red barn place"... i couldn't believe my luck when a friend of mine said to me "you should go take pictures at my grandparents' farm" and it was THAT PLACE!!!! i visited there today for the first time and i'll say i'll DEFINATELY be back!!!
thanks, kelley, for allowing me to shoot there... here's some of your biggest fan... miss jaden.....

and heres a couple of my boy who isn't as much into having his picture taken....

.fog.

i've been waiting and waiting for the perfect fog for this picture so was tickled pink to wake up and find it!!! for some reason lately, i've been finding these landscape shots very comforting.....

and heres one of my morning crower.... was tricky because he runs from me so! i felt like a rooster stalker!! LOL!

.baby its COLD outside.

if you didn't know it, i do NOT like the cold. i find any reason NOT to go outside... so outside shoots are OUT. but then i see all the people posting pics in FAR colder weather... so i felt a little weenie for not venturing out. so i bundled up and ventured outside (just so you know, it was 20 degrees...), shot 8 pics i think, and then wimped out and came back inside to my comfy woodstove.
i did fall in love with the very first shot i took... prob cause my brain and fingers were most warm at shot number one. here it is processed with my new cross processing editing and one texture... the more i look at it, i may blow it up because when i look at it it makes me feel... at home.

sidenote: in a few days it'll be 70 again!!! woohoo!!! lovely nc weather....