nathalie bearden photography

papa bear goes downtown...

this is mister papa bear.  one of three bears i'm making for us to play with.  mama bear and little k bear are still to come.  on new years day we took papa bear for a walk downtown.  we wanted to hunt for neat backdrops for photography. 

and boy did we find some.  when we got downtown we walked a little ways and crossed paths with a gentleman.  he was carrying his fancy camera and tripod.  i asked him if he could point me to some cool walls that would make nice backdrops for photos.  he not only pointed them out, he walked us all of the way to a great spot.

look at this.  she is so beautiful she did not even want to waste the time looking at the camera.  i'm not a fan of graffiti, but you must agree this does make a neat place of photos.

ohh it is so hard to be so fashionable.

more graffiti.

this alley had a nice soft light.  i loved it.

this is the perfect door.  so funny.  this is why.  i keep showing papa bear to kennedy and i ask her, who is this? she replies, "monkey!"   i say, "nooo, this is papa bear."  she says again, "monkey!"  would you say a door with a sheep saying meow is a perfect spot for papa bear's shoot?  i think so.   sooooo, i will give away a papa bear just like this one.  leave a comment and on monday, january 12 i will draw a name.  i hand drew this pattern and i was going to post it for you all.  however i realized my new printer/scanner is not working well with the mac.  i sent hp an email and as soon as i get it working i will scan it and post a little tutorial on how to make this little guy. 

wishing you a wonderful week! 

minha familia...

have you ever had the curiosity to meet my gorgeous family?  here we are.

papa, k, sonya, a.k.a nhanha, and mama.  there, all so beautiful.  and my fave one.  little k below.  in her pigtail and her curly hair. 

this was soooo easy to make.  here is the quick version:

1-snap a profile photo. 

2-cut around it with a small pair of scissors.

3-trace on black card stock paper with a fine mechanical pencil. 

4-cut around the black card stock. 

5-glue the black card stock to the white card stock. 

6-place it in an oval frame, and you got your own victorian silhouette.  for much much cheaper than if you would have had someone else make it. 

just make sure you cut it well so it will look like you or your family.  i used those little bee paper scissors.  they are ultrasharp and very small.  i think my silhouettes turned out really great.  i tested my skills by asking kennedy who each person was.  she was able to give me the correct answer.  i think this would be neat to make each year to track growth. so year one, done.  i got the oval frames several weeks back at michaels for 50% off. 

although i LOVE photography, i'm not crazy about tons of photos around the house.  my friends will tell you.  especially not the main rooms of the house.  so i think these silhouettes make such a great statement in place of photography.  i'm not quite sure where they will go yet.  we are about to start a major painting job around the house.  so i might wait to see which room will be most suitable. 

i'm trying to use iphoto to edit my images until my copy of photoshop cs4 arrives.  i called yesterday and they said it should be in by the end of next week.  i'm tired of dowloading pictures on the pc then having to burn them onto a cd so i will have it in the macbook.  anyway, because my signature was created on photoshop i can't use it on iphoto.  so, until then, you won't get to see my little natB.  i can barely wait until the software gets here.  switching to mac was the best thing in the world.  however, it is taking a little time to learn this new environment.  but this little macbook pro can fly.  everything is soo fast.  when i get on my pc i feel like i age.  it takes forever to do anything.  but again, it is 7 years old and still kicking.  well, happy weekend everyone.  now go make you some victorian silhouettes.