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I know … it’s crazy. Another session with the Manning family so soon already? We had so much fun a couple weeks ago that we headed out again for more (okay, maybe I had most of the fun, but if they dig down deep the rest of the family would admit it wasn’t all that bad for them either). My five year old, Adeline, played stylist with me as I let her pick some of the props and session ideas.

The light was glorious and one of our first sunny days we’ve had here in our little rainy Oregon town in many months. I was able to use one of my favorite go to actions again, Pop My Flare! from the Fresh set. For Elements users lusting after this action, look for the upcoming Fresh Wonderland II set which will give PSE users all the actions they’ve been missing out on from the Fresh and Wonderland sets. I also used a good heaping of Picture Perfect with a little Moxie and Coffee House mixed in. So much fun! I’ll be posting some recipes and tips from both this session and the last family session in the coming week … possibly even a video tutorial and tips on sun flare!

I have SO many photos from this shoot, but I didn’t want to bombard everyone with a photo overload. So, look for the second part of this post to be up this weekend with the other half of this session’s photos. For the photographers out there interested, these were taken with a Nikon D700 and either my Nikon 35mm 1.4G lens or my 85mm 1.4G. Most were taken at f1.4, with the exception of a couple family shots at f2.5.

Adeline adores this old Argus of mine and picks it to play with almost every time we go out … so, yes, it’s a little overused in our pictures but she loves it!

My happy little Junebug.

And, can you believe it, yet another photo with me in it! I think I’ve been in more of our family photos this past few weeks than I have in all the past five years combined. I’m rather proud that we were able to get these done since my remote has been broken (and I keep forgetting to replace it) and all these photos with lil’ ol’ me in them were done with the old self timer, tripod and SCRAMBLE method. LOL!

Me (again – gasp!), the Bee and the Bug. Not too easy to capture with a tripod and getting that sun flare just right!! Ha!

A quick post and wrap up for week fifteen and sixteen, and the announcement for this week’s theme (week 17). :)

If you haven’t already please come join us!! Feel free to jump in at any time … no requirements except shooting and posting a photo a week in the group. Check out some more information and tips here at the original post. Be sure to come to our Facebook page, there is always lots of activity going on and you’ll find much support, information and inspiration to be had (not to mention exclusive freebies and offers rotated regularly).

Below is my Week Sixteen photo for the theme Unexpected. A bout of the grouchies turns into an unexpected smile.

Processed using actions from Picture Perfect. Beautiful hat by Madtown Topper.

This week’s themes (Week Seventeen – April 23rd through April 29th) are In Motion and the alternate theme is Tired.
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Join our group, Let’s Do 52. Anyone is welcome, join anytime.

Here are week fifteen and sixteen’s picks from all the amazing posts for Let’s Do 52 … click on image for photographer’s Flickr listing and credits. Your photo could be in next week’s picks (use Paint the Moon products on your edit and say so in your post for a better chance of being featured)!

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