Let’s see my Mr. Man has been so helpful over the past two days helping me get Photoshop loaded and software loaded to add my logo to my pictures..and pretty much anything else I needed to post up the pictures I just shot of a Friends family.  I’m STILL editing them.  Yes, it’s been 3 days and I’m not done yet.  I do have other blogs I post on regularly, a set of four year old twins, house to maintain and “heaven help” maybe grab a shower hear and there. So, I think I could have it completed by tomorrow.  I knew the pictures I loved had editing done on them.  And I knew that was probably 60% of what I loved but what I didn’t know is how much work it is.  I think a full on Photoshop class will be needed.  ‘

I’ve always been a self-help kind of girl but MAN..this is out of control!  Do you have tricks that you use are want to know about ?  Here’s what I’ve learned from this shoot (and a little reminder of the Photography musts):

1. Shoot in Raw – I’ve always known this but wasn’t sure why.  When you shoot in RAW you have more control on the editing part.  If you over expose a picture,  It’s so easy to change in the RAW format.
2. Make sure Sunlight is behind the subject.  I love the glow the sun has in ones hair when the light is dancing and flowing through hair.  So beautiful!
3. Snap, Snap and Snap some more.  If you wait and wait until you think your ready to get “the” shot, you just might miss it.  The best way to ensure this is to have a great Memory Card that will allow you to hold many shots.  For me the SanDisk Extreme 8GB Compact Flash Memory Card would work just perfectly.  Of course there are more out there with higher memory.
4. Have fun!

Update:  I can’t believe I didn’t know this.  I recently learned that even if you do not shoot in Raw {just using jpeg} you can still open your image in Raw format.  This is HUGE!!!  This will eliminate me needing that 8Gb memory card.   I’m beyond excite.